Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion

The Comstock Act gets shorthanded as an anti-obscenity law—which it is—but it’s also an anti-abortion law, making it a crime to use the mail to send or receive any device or object that could cause an abortion. Legal scholars have Continue reading Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion

The International Court of Justice’s Rebuke of Israel Was Swift and Scathing

Undeniably humiliating for Israel, however, were the voting margins. All of the Court’s measures were accepted by a margin of 15-2 or 16-1. One judge—Julia Sebutinde of Uganda—voted against every measure on the grounds that the ICJ had no jurisdiction Continue reading The International Court of Justice’s Rebuke of Israel Was Swift and Scathing

How a Supreme Court Leak Helped Conservative Justices Unite to Overturn Roe

The report also depicts an effort by Alito to force the other conservative justices to help him overturn Roe after Ginsburg passed—including by secretly sharing a draft opinion with conservative allies. Once Alito circulated his draft opinion amongst the members Continue reading How a Supreme Court Leak Helped Conservative Justices Unite to Overturn Roe