Arizona has a law from its territorial days in 1901, that was incorporated into the Arizona Revised Statutes when Arizona became a state in 1912, which criminalizes abortion. This law has never been repealed, even after Roe v. Wade rendered it unenforceable in 1973, almost 50 years ago. If Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood … Read more
One of my favorite lawyers and legal strategists is Elie Mystal of The Nation. His “maximalist” aggressive approach to lawyering is always entertaining in a “feels right to me” sort of way – Yeah, let’s do it! – but our political reality often makes it impracticable. I always have to remind myself of Arthur Jensen … Read more
Alex Seitz-Wald and Sahil Kapur from NBC News suggest that the Texas law could flip script on abortion politics, with Democrats eyeing gains: Virginia was once at the forefront of anti-abortion efforts, going to the Supreme Court to defend its right to prosecute a newspaper publisher for running an ad promoting abortion. But today, Democrats are … Read more
All day on Wednesday, court observers were asking “why is the court silent?” on the Texas abortion law that the court allowed to go into effect that morning by remaining silent. This was a 6 week abortion ban that the court had routinely enjoined as an unconstitutional deprivation of a woman’s reproductive rights to an … Read more
The “Grim Reaper of Democracy,” Mitch McConnell’s decade long corrupt effort to pack the federal courts with right-wing political activist judges to protect GQP minority rule, has come to full fruition. I have previously explained the corrupt “Texas Pipeline” of politically motivated lawsuits. Republicans have packed the federal courts in Texas with right-wing political activist … Read more