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Should the "Duress" Defense Be Available in Cases of Extremely Reckless Homicide?

From Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget McCormack's majority opinion (for four of the seven Justices) delivered Thursday in People v. Gafken: [W]hile fleeing from police, Theresa Gafken ran a red light at speeds topping 100 miles per hour and collided with other vehicles, killing one person and causing severe injuries…

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After a swastika was sprayed on my parents’ headstone, it seems like hatred toward Jews will remain forever

A swastika partially covered the words that described my dad as a “beloved husband and father,” and my mom as a “beloved wife and mother.”

Chicago Sun-Times

There’s an antifeminist backlash silencing women – more and more literally

Powerful men are using defamation lawsuits to shut down allegations against them, and anti-choice groups are trying to pass laws criminalizing speech about abortion

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Women’s rights have suffered a grim setback. But history is still on our side

You can take away a right through legal means, but it is harder to take away the belief in that right. The uproar over the court’s hideous abortion decision is a reminder of how unpopular it is

The Guardian - US

Who The Hale Cares What They Think?

Justice Barrett cites Sir Matthew Hale, as did Justice Alito in Dobbs draft.

Reason

Abortion is set to tear the country apart

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells reporters that a Republican Senate “certainly could legislate in that area.” Which can only mean, Mike Tomasky deduces in The New Republic, “that Republicans are contemplating a federal law to make abortion illegal — everywhere.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Samuel Alito's black-robed dominion

Alito's leaked draft decision goes back almost a thousand years to illustrate abortion bans in living color

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Samuel Alito: the abrasive justice taking abortion rights back to the 17th century

The man who wrote the draft supreme court opinion overturning Roe v Wade is known for his quick temper and ‘traditional’ values

The Guardian - US

A far-reaching verdict that ends a regressive exception

In pronouncing the end of the marital rape exception, the Karnataka High Court has delivered a nuanced judgment

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