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The Sixth Circuit disagrees with the Second Circuit in the @RealDonaldTrump case (but maybe not by much).

The Dobbs dissenters should have quoted that other passage from Justice Scalia about Justice Kennedy.

The Virginia governor's proposed 15-week ban shows what a moderate approach to abortion looks like.

In Dobbs, the Court concluded that the Constitution doesn't speak on whether abortion should or shouldn't be legal, and that therefore the question should be returned "to the people and their elected representatives." But if we look at national surveys, it…

That awkward moment when Justice Breyer joins an opinion that criticizes his join in Lawrence.

Somerville still has costly regulations on the books even though New Jersey has legalized the sale of home-baked items.

Plus: stereotypes within libertarianism, and Katherine compares the editors to Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters.

The unanimous decision will rein in prosecutions that have long had a chilling effect on pain treatment.

Who assigned the majority opinion to Justice Alito?

IVF at "significant risk"

What role should liquidation play in originalism?

A 6–3 majority sees it as noncoercive and not a violation of the Establishment Clause.

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The Constitutionality of "Shall Issue" Regimes After Bruen.

Three Florida companies are suing in federal court for the right to discuss diversity and inclusion concepts in workplace trainings.

Justice Gorsuch stabs the final pencil into the Lemon Test.

The Supreme Court may have overturned Roe v. Wade, but it has not ended legal battles over abortion.

Justice Thomas reiterates his desire to revisit the contours of defamation law and New York Times v. Sullivan.

Plus: What overturning Roe means for Republicans' future, court halts ban of Juul products, and more...

From the Phaedrus dialogue: Socrates…. Where is deception most likely to occur—regarding things that differ much or things that differ little from one another? Phaedrus. Regarding those that differ little. Socrates. At any rate, you are more likely to…

The article explains why the Supreme Court was right to hold that state voucher programs can’t discriminate against “sectarian” religious schools and addresses various objections.

From Judge Lee Rudofsky's opinion Thursday in EEOC v. Kroger Ltd. Partnership I (E.D. Ark. June 23, 2022): This case arises from Kroger's termination of two employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges that these terminations amount to…

There’s no painless way to restrict choices for people who resist.

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6/27/2005: McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU and Van Orden v. Perry are decided.  

Even Obamacare's fiercest advocates say it has not lived up to its goals.

They came to grab a bite at the food court or do some lunch-time shopping, but 50 people at Calgary's Core Shopping Centre ended up with a summons for jury duty. And they had to report immediately. It's called Talesman, and it's basically grabbing someone off…

A new framework for originalist judging.

Although the chief justice's incrementalism did not sway his colleagues, his observations about the meaning of a "right to choose" could be relevant in state legislatures.

Liberals won't reconcile themselves to Dobbs, any more than conservatives accepted Roe v. Wade and Casey.