Seven days in June: The SCOTUS coup Trump's violent insurrection didn't quite work — but six people in black robes went much further, without weapons Salon · Jul 9, 2022
Biden planned to pick Thomas-style judge Biden reportedly agreed to nominate anti-abortion lawyer Chad Meredith in deal with Mitch McConnell Salon · Jul 8, 2022
SCOTUS sets up election theft for GOP Supreme Court ends infamous term with promise for worse outcomes next time Salon · Jul 1, 2022
Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism's conservative wing The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
Biden cut anti-abortion deal with Mitch "This is some bullsh*t," said Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker, calling it a "complete slap in the face" Salon · Jun 30, 2022
One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo. WEKU · Jun 30, 2022
Inside John Eastman's California rise from GOP 'happy warrior' to Jan. 6 firebrand The theme of the third congressional hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection was unmistakable: John Eastman was not just a peripheral figure in the panel's investigation, but a main character. If Eastman was tuning in, though, the proceedings may have struck him as something else — a bizarro episode of… Los Angeles Times · Jun 27, 2022
How the Christian right took over the judiciary and changed America Leaders of the movement understood very well that if you can capture the courts, you can change society The Guardian - US · Jun 25, 2022
Has US-style politicisation of the courts come to Australia? In the landmark 1973 decision of Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court held that the right to privacy provided by the 14th amendment to the US Constitution protects a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. Last month, a leaked draft of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization… The Conversation · Jun 22, 2022
How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports The Independent UK · May 13, 2022
How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports The Independent UK · May 10, 2022
The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 7 May 2022 This week unscalable barriers were erected around the United States Supreme Court to keep protesters at bay. It's now about as difficult to enter the highest court in America as it is to get a legal abortion in Missouri. inkl Originals · May 7, 2022
Trump the hero for anti-abortion movement after bending supreme court his way The former president was once pro-choice – but the threat he posed to reproductive rights was hiding in plain sight The Guardian - US · May 5, 2022
Reason · Mar 29, 2022 Video of Discussion of Critical Race Theory at University of Chicago Law School Last Wednesday, I gave a talk about Critical Race Theory at U. Chicago, as a guest of the school's Federalist Society chapter. Professor William H.J. Hubbard commented on my talk. We had an interesting, amicable discussion, with me being very critical of CRT, and Prof. Hubbarb, while agreeing with many…
Reason · Mar 29, 2022 The Inaugural Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture "Originalism and Stare Decisis in the Lower Courts"
The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022 Legal scholars and lawyers who know Justice Thomas say he can no longer ignore his wife’s activism ‘I know of nothing remotely like this in the history of the court,’ says legal expert
Reason · Mar 25, 2022 More on the Students' Disruption of the Yale Law School Event For my earlier post on the incident, see here; three follow-ups: [1.] Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law)—one of the most prominent liberal constitutional law scholars in the country—and Chancellor Howard Gillman (UC Irvine) had a Washington Post op-ed, "Free speech doesn't mean hecklers get to shut down campus debate"; an…
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022 Senator quotes Laura Ingraham talking about ‘all the money that’s been raised’ for Supreme Court Senator Sheldon White House asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about the quote during her confirmation hearing
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022 Why Ketanji Brown Jackson’s public defence history matters She represented some of the most vulnerable people in the criminal justice system. Her perspective is vital for safeguarding constitutional rights under threat, advocates tell Alex Woodward
Salon · Mar 8, 2022 Anti-Jackson funders have ties to Jan. 6 Groups that backed Amy Coney Barrett and are attacking Ketanji Brown Jackson pumped money into Trump's Big Lie
Reason · Feb 25, 2022 Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern) and Me, Moderated by Judge Stephanos Bibas, on "Freedom of Thought on Campus" I much enjoyed this Federalist Society discussion (sponsored by the Georgetown Law Student Chapter and by the Free Speech & Election Law Practice Group) and hope you do, too! Here's their summary: Is open discussion and debate essential to the function of the university? Many universities, including Georgetown, have adopted…
Reason · Feb 22, 2022 Prof. Ashutosh Bhaghwat vs. Me on Whether Social Media Platforms Should Be Treated Like Common Carriers The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law hosted this debate last week as the inaugural event in their new Seigenthaler Debates series, cosponsored with The Free State Foundation and Catholic Law's chapters of the American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, and the Law and Technology Student Association; Ninth…
The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2022 ‘The Scheme’: a senator’s plan to highlight rightwing influence on the supreme court Sheldon Whitehouse spent nine years rousing the Senate to act on climate change. Now he’s set his sights on the changes at the supreme court
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 9, 2022 Editorial: Partisanship on the Supreme Court is damaging. A code of conduct could help Supreme Court justices adamantly declare they are above the grubby machinations of partisan politics. But that narrative is contradicted by events like last week’s speech by Justice Neil Gorsuch to a closed-door gathering of the conservative Federalist Society that also included such Republican luminaries as former Vice President Mike Pence…