law

May 16, 2022 3:00 am

5 Lies Abortion Supporters Spread About Overturning Roe And How To Counter Them

Truth: More than 63 million children have had their lives legally taken by abortion since 1973 under Roe.

Tags: "Roe V Wade", Abortion, FEDERALIST, law

May 13, 2022 1:04 pm

Texas Supreme Court Allows Child Abuse Investigations Over Mutilative Sex Surgeries To Proceed

The court found the state may continue abuse investigations against parents who subject children to puberty blockers or mutilative surgeries.

Tags: FEDERALIST, law, Texas

May 13, 2022 10:17 am

House Counsel Who Subpoenaed McCarthy For Jan. 6 Under Fire For Conflicts Of Interest

Even more bizarre than the subpoenas issued to sitting lawmakers are the circumstances surrounding their inception.

Tags: Congress, FEDERALIST, law

May 13, 2022 7:15 am

Virginia’s GOP Leaders Are Refusing To Enforce The Law Against Leftists Harassing SCOTUS Justices

Youngkin, along with Miyares, is refusing to enforce Virginia state law that would hold demonstrators accountable for their illegal actions.

Tags: Abortion, FEDERALIST, law

May 13, 2022 3:30 am

Court Agrees To Let Spygate Cabal Hide Some Of Their Emails From The Grand Jury

Given that Marc Elias maintained all the emails were protected by attorney-client privilege, the court’s unquestioningly accepting his word seems strange.

Tags: FEDERALIST, law

May 11, 2022 5:01 am

Did Congress Give the Court Power to Preselect Questions?

Congress gave the Court power to pick cases, but it never gave the power to pick questions.

Tags: law, REASON

May 10, 2022 4:01 pm

Divorce Agreement Provision Requiring “Great Care Prior to Introducing” Child to Their Lovers

held to be vague and therefore unenforceable.

Tags: free speech, law, REASON

May 10, 2022 5:01 am

A Brief History of Certiorari, Error, and Appeal

No matter how the case got there, the Court had to decide the whole thing.

Tags: law, REASON, Supreme Court

May 10, 2022 3:30 am

The Supreme Court’s Decision On Overturning Roe Will Be An Inflection Point For The Nation

If the Supreme Court does not overturn Roe v. Wade, its legitimacy is finished, and so is the nation the Founders created. The opposite is also true.

Tags: "Roe V Wade", Abortion, culture, FEDERALIST, law, Slavery, Supreme Court

May 9, 2022 2:42 pm

Congressional Statute Protecting the Right to Travel?

I doubt that Congress would pass a law categorically protecting abortion rights throughout the country—especially given the possibility of a Senate filibuster (and my sense is that there aren’t enough votes to eliminate the filibuster for such laws). And there’s a good chance that the Court would conclude that such a law exceeds Congress’s enumerated…

Tags: law, REASON

May 9, 2022 6:10 am

What the Leaked Abortion Opinion Gets Wrong About the Founding Era

Understanding state regulatory powers at the time of the founding.

Tags: Abortion, Civil Liberties, constitution, law, REASON, Supreme Court

May 6, 2022 1:57 pm

Ambiguity With the Dobbs Supreme Court Abortion Case

The well-publicized leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s majority opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, if it represents the Court’s final decision, would allow the State of Mississippi to retain the prohibition on abortion beyond 15 weeks into a pregnancy that was passed by the Mississippi legislature. That much is clear. But…
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Tags: Abortion, BEACON, Civil Liberties, Healthcare, law, Politics, Supreme Court

May 6, 2022 11:11 am