Arizona’s unofficial and unelected “31st Senator,” Cathi Herrod of the Center for Arizona Policy, is having a good week (for her) with the Christian Right’s annual “Culture War Week” in the Arizona legislature. Using the Mississipi 15 week abortion law currently under review before the U.S. Supreme Court as a model, Republicans are once again … Read more
On Thursday, a Texas state Judge ruled Texas abortion law’s enforcement mechanism unconstitutional, but then unbelievably did not issue an injunction. The status quo here is Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood: a woman has a constitutional right to make reproductive decisions for herself in consultation with her medical provider, and it is … Read more
CNN reports, Justice Department sues Texas over six-week abortion ban: The Biden Justice Department sued the state of Texas on Thursday over its new six-week abortion ban, saying the state law is unconstitutional. Announcing the lawsuit at a news conference in Washington, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Texas law’s “unprecedented” design seeks “to prevent … Read more
Harvard Constitutional Law professor Laurence Tribe has a plan to challenge the Texas vigilante abortion bounty hunter law. How a Massachusetts case could end the Texas abortion law: The Supreme Court’s Whole Woman’s Health decision not to block the Texas post-six-week abortion ban has caused terrified abortion providers to shut down despite the ban’s flagrant … 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