by Jackie Calmes We can argue whether 2021 was “the least bad year of the last two years,” as “The Daily Show” claimed, considering that it began […]
Tag: Supreme Court
Dec. 26 letters to the editor
Families, average citizens are put last Two stories in the Dec. 17 issue of The Dominion Post drew my attention for different reasons. The first reported on […]
Packing the Court should be off the table, but term limits make sense
In a 288-page report as long and detailed as any Supreme Court ruling, a 34-member, bipartisan presidential commission couldn’t reach consensus on whether the nation’s highest judicial […]
Calif. Gov. Newsom parodies Texas ban
by Noah Feldman If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s the spirit of the law proposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to empower private citizens to […]
That stench? It’s the Supreme Court’s funeral pyre for women’s rights
by Robin Abcarian It was impossible to listen to the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over a restrictive Mississippi abortion law without wondering how a woman who has […]
Texas abortion law would recreate the Wild West
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether to allow a Justice Department suit to proceed against Texas’ near ban on abortion after six weeks […]
Here’s how your rights will change
by Erwin Chemerinsky This Supreme Court term, which began Monday, is the culmination of five decades of efforts by conservatives to seize control of the court. It […]
Schemes monetize extremism. They must be stopped
The Justice Department’s lawsuit last week against the state of Texas over its extreme new anti-abortion rights law isn’t just about abortion. Also at issue is the […]
A far-fetched dystopia has come to pass
by Jackie Calmes On this, Donald Trump didn’t lie. As a presidential candidate in 2016, he said he’d name as many as three anti-abortion justices to the […]
Is SCOTUS ready to overturn Roe?
by Noah Feldman A day after the Constitution-flouting Texas anti-abortion law went into effect, a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that it won’t block the law before […]
