Roe v. Wade
The problem with Roe v. Wade was that Justice Potter Stewart’s concurring opinion wasn’t embraced by the majority. It was decided on the basis of right to privacy rather than […]
Tag Archives: SCOTUS
Book Review: My Own Words
International Women’s Day seems like a great time to celebrate women who blazed the legal eagle trail. I was delighted to read about them in Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s My Own […]
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: Profile in Courage
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) is on Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) and the NRA’s hit lists. They want her gone. North Dakota is a red state, and it would have politically […]
Dr. Christine Ford: Profile in Courage
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony resonated with #MeToo survivors and empowered us. She is a true profile in courage. She taught us all why victims never forget and perpetrators fail […]
Book Review: Make Trouble
Activism isn’t accomplishment. Yes, it’s fun to raise hell. But, at some point, somebody needs to get the heavy lifting done. Roe v. Wade is in jeopardy tonight because Cecile […]
Bravo, SCOTUS: Love Wins Again
Where were you when SCOTUS ruled that same-sex couples were granted the fundamental right to marry? I had just woken up and turned on CBS This Morning. It was breaking […]
Hobby Lobby: What Would Jesus Do?
God grant me coffee for the things I can change and wine for the things that I can’t change. I’m an old, retired labor attorney who did some crazy-assed things […]
SCOTUS Opinion: No Guns for DV Perps!
Firearms and domestic strife are a potentially deadly combination nationwide. – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. v. Hayes, 555 U.S. 415, 427 (2009)* Justice Sonia Sotomayor and her female colleagues […]
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