“What Has the Pro-Life Movement Won? Donald Trump gave us a Supreme Court that could overturn Roe v. Wade. But the fight against abortion may leave the current G.O.P. behind.” Columnist Ross Douthat has this essay online at The New York Times.
“A Trump-Nominated Judge’s Courageous Campaign for Police Accountability”: Online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay that begins, “Progressives have many reasons to be skeptical of Don Willett, a former justice of the Texas Supreme Court whom Donald Trump placed on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2018.”
“Supreme Court ruling recognizes same-sex adultery”: Mark Hayward has this front page article in today’s edition of The Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire reporting on a ruling that the Supreme Court of New Hampshire issued yesterday.
“There’s a new lawsuit attacking Obamacare — and it’s a serious threat; The legal arguments in Kelley v. Becerra aren’t exactly good arguments, but five justices have signaled that they agree with them”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“There’s No Middle Ground in American Law: What if a coherent legal philosophy could exist between the poles of living constitutionalism and originalism?” Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“Teen cheerleader’s Snapchat brings Supreme Court clash over schools and free speech; Schools, parents worry fight against cyberbullying could be harmed by case”: Devin Dwyer and Jacqueline Yoo of ABC News have this report.
Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Diverse Array of Groups Back Student in Supreme Court Case on Off-Campus Speech” (subscription may be required for full access).
And in commentary, online at Slate, Frank D. LoMonte has an essay titled “The Future of Student Free Speech Comes Down to a Foul-Mouthed Cheerleader.”
In Bashman news from Zimbabwe: The news outlet ZimEye reports that “In-laws Bash Man Over Unpaid Lobola; A Bulawayo man was mercilessly thrashed by his in-laws before they took away his wife and three children because he had not paid lobola.”
“The Supreme Court Isn’t as Conservative as You Think; A unanimous pro-consumer decision just redefined the court’s stand on an issue of corporate liability”: Law professor Kimberly Wehle has this essay online at Politico Magazine.