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These state supreme court races could decide abortion access and trans rights

In the heated news coverage of what’s at stake in the 2026 midterms, state supreme court races are drawing relatively little attention. Yet these are highly significant elections.

The Conversation · 15h ago

Trans rights cases test American freedom

Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. BPJ challenge the strength of the 14th Amendment for all

Salon · Jun 18

Amicus Brief in Suncor Energy on the First Amendment and Climate Change Lawsuits

The legal advocacy group Neutral Principles engaged Erik Jaffe and me to draft an amicus brief for them in Suncor… The post Amicus Brief in Suncor Energy on the First Amendment and Climate Change Lawsuits appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · May 28

The Transgender Athletics Cases

They were not as combative as I would have expected, and maybe even not 6-3.

Reason · Jan 14

Trump is weaponizing the welfare state to attack healthcare

The proposed withholding of Medicaid and Medicare to restrict gender-affirming care follows the same logic as attacks on abortion care

The Guardian - US · Nov 6, 2025

Supreme Court to decide if Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy violates free speech

The constitutionality of a Colorado law that bans so-called “conversion therapy” is scheduled to go before the Supreme Court on Oct. 7, 2025. The question at the center of the case, Chiles v. Salazar, is whether a therapist who uses talk therapy to try to convince minors to change their…

The Conversation · Oct 2, 2025

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it limit sex designations on passports for transgender and nonbinary Americans

A federal judge had blocked the policy, saying that it violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause and was ‘built on a foundation of irrational prejudice’

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025

Who Was The Fourth Vote For Cert In Chiles v. Salazar?

In December 2023, only three Justices would have granted in Tingley v. Ferguson, which presented the same issue.

Reason · Aug 24, 2025

Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and Free Speech Coalition - "Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?"

I think Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and Free Speech Coalition can be summed up in a meme: Won't somebody please think of the Children? But more… The post Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and Free Speech Coalition - "Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jul 14, 2025

Contrasting Coercion for the Free Exercise Clause in Mahmoud and Coercion for the Establishment Clause in Kennedy

The Court finds that the government cannot indirectly coerce children who are exercising their religious beliefs, but the government can indirectly coerce children who are not exercising their religious beliefs.

Reason · Jul 9, 2025