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Published: October 21, 2024 14:42

Wow: The Florida official who sent letters threatening TV stations for airing pro-choice ads has filed a declaration in federal court stating that (1) DeSantis' office directed him to send them, and (2) he resigned rather than sending more.…

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Published: October 18, 2024 19:11

On a new bonus episode of Amicus, @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and I talk about Ron DeSantis embracing authoritarian tactics—including threats to jail media over political speech he dislikes and an assault on Floridians' constitutionally enshrined right to…

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Published: October 17, 2024 23:37

The DeSantis administration lawyer who ordered TV stations to take down pro-choice ads resigned shortly after sending the letters, invoking his “conscience” and declaring: “I cannot join you on the road that lies before the agency.”…

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Published: October 17, 2024 22:14

That was fast: Judge Walker issues a restraining order prohibiting Ron DeSantis' administration from threatening to prosecute TV stations that air ads in favor of Amendment 4, the abortion rights initiative, finding an egregious First Amendment violation.…

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Published: October 16, 2024 23:37

It can’t be stressed enough that what Nebraska Republicans did here was essentially a criminal conspiracy to unlawfully deny voting rights to qualified citizens. A great outcome, but a conscience-shocking story of corrupt public officials breaking the law.…

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Published: October 15, 2024 19:54

Donald Trump appears to be making real improvements with nonwhite voters, especially Hispanics. But thanks to the Electoral College—operating, as designed, to inflate the value of whites' votes—his gains with racial minorities might not help him one bit.…

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Published: October 10, 2024 15:59

Alarming piece from @susanrinkunas.com on Alliance Defending Freedom’s far-reaching efforts to reshape every aspect of American life in the image of conservative fundamentalist Christianity—not through the democratic process, but by judicial decree. …

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Published: October 9, 2024 21:53

In his quest to justify Richard Glossip’s death sentence, Clarence Thomas latched onto an objectively false fantasy this morning and wouldn’t let go. Two lawyers and a fellow justice refuted it, but he was too obsessed to move on. A bizarre spectacle.…

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Published: October 8, 2024 20:22

n the wake of DeSantis' administration ordering TV stations to remove a pro-choice ad or face potential jail time, FCC Chairwoman @jrosenworcel.bsky.social has a statement reiterating the First Amendment rights of broadcasters to air political speech, even…

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Published: October 8, 2024 13:58

The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments in Garland v. VanDerStok, a challenge to ATF’s rule requiring “ghost gun” sellers to comply with the requirements of regular firearms dealers. This rule has already saved lives. Ending it would kill people.…

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Published: October 7, 2024 22:08

The DeSantis administration's threat to prosecute a TV station for airing an ad in support of an abortion amendment is almost comically unconstitutional. But it's part of the governor's unrelenting assault on freedom of speech—which is no laughing matter.…

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Published: October 2, 2024 19:47

On Amicus, @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and I had a great conversation with North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, who wrote that scorching dissent in the RFK Jr. case and is running to keep her seat in November. You can read an excerpt here:…

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Published: September 30, 2024 23:28

Judge McFadden, a Trump appointee, rules that Biden violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it canceled construction of the border wall and ended Trump’s Remain In Mexico policy. He holds that the presence of migrants damages the environment.…

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Published: September 27, 2024 23:11

The Wisconsin Supreme Court denies RFK Jr.’s request to “remove” him from four million ballots by placing stickers over his name, which would have likely jammed voting tabulation machines and required a hand count on Election Day.…

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Published: September 25, 2024 22:30

From @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and me: While the Supreme Court’s conservatives ignore the strong innocence claims of men like Marcellus Williams, they have extended a kind of supercharged solicitude toward one specific class of favored criminal…

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Published: September 25, 2024 00:06

RFK Jr. seeks a court order that would “remove” him from four million Wisconsin ballots—by ordering clerks to put a sticker over his name on each one. Officials say it’ll jam up voting tabulation machines on Election Day, forcing a weeks-long hand count.…

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Published: September 23, 2024 21:41

Here, @dahlialithwick.bsky.social links the trauma and death inflicted by abortion bans with the theocratic conviction held by some that women who attempt to escape "the pain of procreation" DESERVE to be punished.…

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Published: September 23, 2024 18:52

Had a great time moderating George Washington Law School’s Annual Supreme Court Term Preview last week—my eighth year as moderator! Always a highlight of my fall. You can watch the whole thing here: https://vimeo.com/1012107144?share=copy

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Published: September 23, 2024 16:40

After Amari Marsh had a miscarriage, South Carolina prosecutors jailed her without bond, charged her with murder/homicide by child abuse, and threatened her with life imprisonment. The criminalization of pregnancy loss in red states after Dobbs:…

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Published: September 23, 2024 15:44

RFK Jr., who is currently fighting to *remove* his name from the ballot in swing states, just asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order to *restore* his name to the ballot in New York. Lead counsel is Jed Rubenfeld.…

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Published: September 17, 2024 21:38

This fall, Ohioans’ ballots will falsely inform them that an amendment to END gerrymandering would actually REQUIRE gerrymandering. A brazen lie, now greenlit by the Ohio Supreme Court. It is, as one dissenting justice put it, a “fraud upon the voters.”…

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Published: September 17, 2024 21:09

I LOVE this @cristianfarias.com profile of Elizabeth Prelogar, one of the greatest solicitors general in American history who, in a just world, would be next in line for the Supreme Court. A fabulous, charming, enthralling piece.…

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Published: September 17, 2024 13:28

The chief justice who emerged last term is done with compromise and middle ground. He's powering the 6–3 supermajority to new extremes, freezing out the liberals while basking in the glow of the conservatives' sycophancy. The mask is well and truly off.…

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Published: September 16, 2024 13:08

Abortion bans kill women. They criminalize life-saving care for pregnant patients, sacrificing their actual lives for the hypothetical interests of a fetus. A vote to ban abortion is a vote to inflict avoidable agony and death on women. These laws are…

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Published: September 15, 2024 15:12

Here's confirmation that Roberts could have sided with the four women justices to issue a narrow opinion in the Trump ballot removal case—but instead sided with the four more MAGA justices to write a gratuitously broad opinion maximally protecting Trump.…

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Published: September 15, 2024 15:06

How did John Roberts develop a delusional certitude that his dangerous opinion granting Trump sweeping immunity would "soar above politics, persuade the public, and stand the test of time"? He was egged on by these sycophants behind the scenes.…

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Published: September 15, 2024 14:58

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's vote to jeopardize some Jan. 6 convictions was a bit of a puzzle in June. Now we know she used her vote to leverage a more moderate opinion from Roberts that will ensure many convictions still stand. Impressive strategizing.…

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Published: September 15, 2024 14:49

This reporting suggests that Roberts KNEW Alito's participation in a Jan. 6 case—in favor of J6 defendants—posed a major ethics problem ... but Roberts' solution was to take over the opinion from Alito rather than pressuring Alito to recuse. Optics over…

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Published: September 13, 2024 21:28

A Trump lawyer fighting to get Jill Stein on the ballot in a swing state … wonder why that could be … [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: September 12, 2024 18:59

RFK Jr. has thrown a grenade into the North Carolina election. He waited too long to remove his name from the ballot—then persuaded the far-right NC Supreme Court to do it anyway, an egregious violation of law that has canceled early voting indefinitely.…

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Published: September 12, 2024 17:41

A North Dakota court has struck down the state's total abortion ban, holding that it violates the state constitution's guarantees of due process and individual liberty. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ND-RRWC-v-Wrigley-SJ.pdf