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Saturday, July 23, 2022

“Is Democracy Constitutional? In Moore v. Harper the Supreme Court will decide if anyone besides itself should be able to adjudicate American election law.” Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“In wake of the Supreme Court’s Roe decision, New York preps for out-of-state women seeking abortions”: Joseph Ostapiuk of The Staten Island Advance has this report.

Posted at 8:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to hear two election cases next term, progressives warn it could ‘upend’ democracy”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“At Least 25 States Are One Supreme Court Decision Away From Banning Same-Sex Marriage”: Arianna Coghill of Mother Jones has this report.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Johnny Depp wanted to ‘move on’ from Heard trial but fired back with his own appeal”: Alexandra Del Rosario of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“South Carolina bill outlaws websites that tell how to get an abortion; More states could follow, setting up a battle over the future of online speech across the country”: Cat Zakrzewski has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“California Enacts Gun Control Law Modeled on Texas’ SB 8 Anti-Abortion Law; Both laws seek to evade judicial review by delegating enforcement exclusively to private parties”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republicans split on same-sex marriage bill, which faces uncertainty in the Senate; GOP senators are torn between their culturally conservative base, which is resistant to the idea, and a large majority of the country that favors legal gay marriage”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“As Supreme Court turns right, expansion supporters see opportunity in midterms; Liberal groups and some Democrats want to make structural changes to the Supreme Court an issue in the midterm elections; That’s likely to be an uphill fight”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 2:54 PM by Howard Bashman