As Justice Alito's draft opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson sinks in across America, many commentators are coming to realize that eviscerating Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey is just the beginning of the abortion wars. Alito's proposed opinion will have far-reaching consequences that will tear this country apart for decades. 1. Some contraceptives will face bans. If Alito's draft or something like it becomes the Court's eventual ruling in Dobbs v Jackson, cons

Committee hearings for Supreme Court nominees tend to be more about political posturing than substance, but the hearings this week for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson set a new low as Republican Senators seem to play to the absolute lowest common denominator among the GOP's voter base. Sen Ted Cruz was especially unhinged in his questioning, but Senators Josh Hawley, Lindsey Graham, and Marsha Blackburn embarrassed themselves throughout the proceedings with insanely silly questio

This week, in a 6–3 decision authored by Justice Brett [don't judge me on youthful indiscretions] Kavanaugh, the US Supreme Court decided in the case of Jones v. Mississippi that judges need not determine that a juvenile convicted of a crime is incapable of being rehabilitated before sentencing them to life in prison without the possibility of parole. It is a poorly decided opinion that will join the Court's pantheon of boneheaded embarrassments. Moreover, it shows that this

Donald Trump celebrated his opportunity to replace Supreme Court icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a conservative woman justice while speaking at a rally in an airplane hanger in Fayetteville, NC yesterday. It was a raucous crowd that clearly wanted the President to quickly nominate a new justice, breaking into chants of “FILL THAT SEAT,” after Trump mentioned Ginsburg's passing. The President's base seems to understand what is at stake with the appointment of a sixth conservativ

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion or national origin. This Fall, the US Supreme Court will decide whether "sex" includes sexual orientation and/or gender identity. The two cases, scheduled to be argued in October, are important to the LGBT community and Donald Trump's evangelical supporters who believe that their ability to discriminate is an essential element of their "religious liberty,"

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is battling cancer again. She is 86 and it's her fourth bout with the disease. She has suffered from both pancreatic and lung cancer during her tenure on the Supreme Court. Her doctors were upbeat, however, about her prognosis after her most recent treatments saying there is no evidence the disease has spread elsewhere. The Guardian: "As the court’s oldest member, Ginsburg has been asked questions for years about her health and how l