Alito, Abortion, and Autonomy
Plus: ruminations on public health, misinformation, and media literacy
Plus: ruminations on public health, misinformation, and media literacy
"Netflix alleges that Tyler County’s District Attorney, Lucas Babin, is 'abusing his office' through a 'singular and bad-faith effort' to maliciously prosecute Netflix in violation of the United States Constitution and in retaliation against Netflix for exercising its First Amendment rights."
A plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit says he had to declare bankruptcy after Chicago dumped $20,000 of ticket debts on him.
Tax loopholes for corporations end up making it easier for politicians like Rubio to meddle in private decision making.
The constitutional scholar on abortion, Sam Alito, and the future of federalism
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Understanding state regulatory powers at the time of the founding.
Stop government interference in reproduction, medical decisions, gun ownership, drug use, and more.
So Georgia Administrative Law Judge Charles R. Beaudrot ruled yesterday.
There is much, much less in the leaked draft than meets the eye
Former Congressman Alan Grayson, now running for the Senate in Florida, is producing some interesting caselaw.
"No matter how deplorable the plaintiff finds the defendant's remarks, the First Amendment precludes civil liability for the remarks in order to protect the right to free and robust debate on matters of public concern, which the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus plainly is."
A state law bans it -- but that law is very likely unconstitutional (though a different version of such a ban would have been constitutional).
The justice overlooks the long American tradition of pharmacological freedom and the dubious constitutional basis for federal bans.
The libertarianish Colorado Democrat is devolving decision-making to parents and trying to lower the income tax to zero.
The forgotten abortion politics of the pre-Roe era
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For libertarians who see unborn babies as innocent rights-bearing individuals, reducing the number of lives ended by abortion brings us closer to our credo.
International tensions empower politicians seeking to force the unwilling into government service.
That fact doesn't necessarily justify overruling Roe. Depending on how it's viewed, the history of such reversals may even counsel against further such moves.
cutting back on what seemed like a categorical prohibition on anti-libel injunctions from a 1978 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case.
Atlantic writer Jerusalem Demsas argues that blue states can't give "refuge" to people fleeing abortion restrictions if they don't cut back on zoning restrictions that lead to sky-high housing costs.
Very likely no, if the clerk is domiciled in D.C. or Maryland (and pretty likely no if in Virginia), if the stated factual background is accurate.
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It wasn't just autocrats who were frequently tempted to address "fake news" about the pandemic through state pressure and coercion.
Various experts, including co-blogger Josh Blackman and myself, discuss whether the draft opinion would threaten other constitutional rights, if adopted by the Court.
The answer to this important question is highly uncertain. I tentatively predict a significant, but still modest, increase in abortion-driven migration.
Does returning decisions about abortion to the states increase liberty or shrink it?
Although recent polls show a majority thinks the abortion precedent should be preserved, some respondents seem confused about what that would mean.
Fewer Americans would be forced to live under a legal regime, imposed from on high, that is contrary to their convictions on a matter of life and death.
A district court just allowed a First Amendment challenge to this policy to go forward.
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The alarm aroused by the Disinformation Governance Board is understandable given the administration’s broader assault on messages it considers dangerous.
Abortion is likely to remain legal in most states, and workarounds will mitigate the effects of bans.
Anthony Novak's arrest and subsequent lawsuit set up a debate around overcriminalization and free speech.
Under current Supreme Court precedent, the answer is probably "yes." But that precedent might not hold, thanks in part to Clarence Thomas.
If the leaker's identity is ever revealed, he or she will face serious professional and reputational sanctions. There's no need to wish for criminal punishments too.
Gorsuch just penned an important pro-LGBT decision two years ago. Americans are largely not interested in relitigating this issue.
This “unprecedented crisis for democracy” is neither unprecedented nor a crisis for democracy.
The Constitution protects many more rights than it mentions.