On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in June Medical Services v. Russo, an abortion case challenging a Louisiana law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where the abortion is performed. I hear you asking, “Hey, didn’t the Supreme Court already deal with … Read more
Above: Cheers, whoops and shouts of “God is Great” broke out after Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s political leader, signed the landmark agreement in Doha on Saturday. Hussein Sayed / AP On Saturday, more than 18 years after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. made a bid … Read more
In late January after Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the attorneys general of the last three states to ratify the ERA filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that the Trump administration must add the amendment to the U.S. Constitution. State AGs file lawsuit demanding addition of ERA to … Read more
We all could use a little good news today. Both chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly passed the Equal Rights Amendment Wednesday, fulfilling a promise that helped Democrats seize control of the legislature and marking a watershed moment in the nearly century-long effort to add protections for women to the U.S. Constitution. ‘A long time to … Read more
The annual anti-abortion rights “forced birther” March for Life Rally in Washington, D.C. is January 24, 2020. In advance of this annual ritual calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Roe v. Wade (1973), Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reports, Federal government’s brief in abortion case supports Louisiana’s position, raises possibility of … Read more