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Displaying all articles tagged:
Roe V. Wade
interesting times
May 17, 2019
Andrew Sullivan: Elizabeth Warren Just Transformed the Abortion Debate
The war over a woman’s right to choose has been raging for a half century. The solution lies in politics, not Supreme Court decisions.
By
Andrew Sullivan
roe v. wade
May 16, 2019
The GOP’s Assault on Abortion Rights Is Tyranny of the Minority
Most GOP voters want
Roe
v.
Wade
upheld. And banning abortion in all circumstances is opposed by a majority of voters
in every U.S. state
.
By
Eric Levitz
scotus
May 13, 2019
As Abortion Cases Loom, Breyer Warns Supreme Court May Overturn Major Precedent
With a
Roe
v.
Wade
challenge easily available in the smorgasbord of state abortion restrictions, Breyer raised fears about conservatives’ next move.
By
Ed Kilgore
abortion
Apr. 26, 2019
A Decision in Kansas May Show How Abortion Rights Could Outlive
Roe
v.
Wade
The Kansas Supreme Court’s decision may lead other states to establish abortion rights that could survive a reversal of
Roe
v.
Wade
.
By
Ed Kilgore
abortion
Apr. 10, 2019
Texas Bill Would Make Abortion Punishable by the Death Penalty
The logic of the Right-to-Life cause has always led to the direction of treating reproductive rights as homicide.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Apr. 10, 2019
Trump’s Nominee for Deputy AG Won’t Say
Brown v. Board
Was Rightly Decided
The prospective number-two DOJ official, which enforces civil rights laws, wouldn’t endorse the most important Supreme Court civil rights decision.
By
Ed Kilgore
reproductive rights
Mar. 29, 2019
‘Insurrection’ Against Abortion Rights Is Growing Within the Federal Judiciary
If and when the Supreme Court decides to unravel
Roe
v.
Wade
, lower federal courts and GOP state legislatures will supply the tools.
By
Ed Kilgore
judicial appointments
Feb. 28, 2019
Trump Aide, Thomas Protégé Confirmed for Top Circuit Court
Neomi Rao, with an assist from Clarence Thomas, satisfied conservatives on abortion policy, and could be a candidate for a Supreme Court opening.
By
Ed Kilgore
abortion
Feb. 25, 2019
The Big ‘Pro-Life’ Shift in a New Poll Is an Illusion
Polls on abortion policy are often slippery, but there’s no evidence of a shift toward support for overturning
Roe
v.
Wade
.
By
Ed Kilgore
clarence thomas
Feb. 14, 2019
Is Trump Trying to Ease Clarence Thomas Off the Supreme Court?
A Thomas retirement this year would probably give conservatives an extended hold on the Supreme Court.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national circus
Oct. 10, 2018
There’s a Silver Lining to Brett Kavanaugh Joining the Supreme Court
He has been delegitimized in the eyes of many Americans. That will diminish the moral authority of his decisions.
By
Frank Rich
the kavanaugh hearings
Oct. 8, 2018
Sen. Collins, Why Are Anti-Abortion Groups Celebrating Kavanaugh Confirmation?
Susan Collins thinks Kavanaugh might wind up being pro-choice. The anti-abortion lobby begs to differ.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Sept. 27, 2018
Here’s What Happens If Republicans Dump Kavanaugh
It’s unlikely, but if Trump pulls the plug on Kavanaugh he’ll have time to nominate someone else in time for confirmation later this year.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 21, 2018
Christian Right Leaders Want Senate to Ignore Assault Charges Against Kavanaugh
Conservative Evangelicals like Ralph Reed and Franklin Graham want their SCOTUS justice even if he hasn’t been cleared of attempted rape charges.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 19, 2018
Is the Anti-Abortion Movement Just Applied Anti-Feminism?
More and more, those who oppose legalized abortion seem motivated by animus toward women’s rights. The Kavanaugh fight could make that even clearer.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 17, 2018
Trump Should Have Nominated a Woman to the Supreme Court
Trump’s famous vetting process did not protect him from a SCOTUS nominee who may join the president as a presumed sexual predator.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 12, 2018
What You Need to Know About Kavanaugh’s ‘Abortion-Inducing Drugs’ Comment
Harris and Clinton may have made a marginally misleading argument against Kavanaugh. But it pales beside the Big Con about his views on abortion.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 6, 2018
Kavanaugh Testimony Ends With No Bombshells, But a Lot of Evasions
The nominee sometimes sounded like a criminal defendant taking the Fifth.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 6, 2018
Graham Vainly Tries to Get Wary Kavanaugh to Publicly Criticize
Roe
v.
Wade
The man who will very likely be the fifth Supreme Court vote to reverse or modify
Roe
v.
Wade
acted as though he had never thought about it.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 5, 2018
As Kavanaugh Tried to Focus on Legal Abstractions, Real World Kept Intruding
On day two of the Kavanaugh hearings, Democrats chipped away at the Supreme Court nominee’s attempt to put forth a regular-guy persona.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 5, 2018
Most Americans Can’t Name a Supreme Court Justice
This fact is crucial to a choice the Democrats made when deciding their strategy to oppose Kavanaugh
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 5, 2018
Republicans Are Trying to Make Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Seem Routine. It Isn’t.
Republicans are trying to disguise a confirmation that they think is an epochal moment in history as a bland, uncontroversial exercise in bureaucracy.
By
Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Aug. 21, 2018
Kavanaugh Thinks
Roe
v.
Wade
Is ‘Settled Law.’ That Doesn’t Mean It’s Safe.
Kavanaugh echoes John Roberts’s assurance that he acknowledges precedents protecting abortion rights. But precedents have been and will be overturned.
By
Ed Kilgore
Aug. 1, 2018
Collins and Murkowski Show No Signs of Bucking the GOP on Kavanaugh Confirmation
While still officially undecided, the two putatively pro-choice GOP senators are helping their party smooth Brett Kavanaugh’s path to confirmation.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 27, 2018
Ignore Polling: Abortion is in Danger in GOP-Controlled States
A state’s willingness to restrict abortion is based less on public opinion than the power of the GOP.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 20, 2018
Anti-Abortion Activists Have No Doubts About Kavanaugh to SCOTUS
If Brett Kavanaugh really hasn’t made up his mind about
Roe
v.
Wade
, why is the right-to-life movement fighting for his confirmation?
By
Ed Kilgore
July 12, 2018
A 2017 Kavanaugh Speech Will Provoke Controversy in His SCOTUS Confirmation
The speech that helped elevate Kavanaugh to Trump’s SCOTUS list doesn’t prove prejudgment of a challenge to
Roe
v.
Wade
, but it raises big questions.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 10, 2018
Last Resort: How Maine Democrats Can Save
Roe
v.
Wade
Beating on Senate Democrats to oppose Brett Kavanaugh would be divisive and wouldn’t matter anyway. Giving Susan Collins a free ride in 2020 would.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 10, 2018
Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS Confirmation Is in the GOP’s Hands
There are three Republican senators to watch. If they stay in line, nothing else matters.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 9, 2018
Kavanaugh: A Safe Supreme Court Pick Who Will Carry Out the GOP’s Extreme Agenda
He’s a careful jurist whose murky abortion stance will make it easier for pro-choice GOP senators to pretend that the future of
Roe
v.
Wade
is secure.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 9, 2018
On the 150th Birthday of the 14th Amendment, Its Future Hangs in the Balance
Trump may not know the 14th Amendment from the 14th floor of one of his hotels, but his second SCOTUS pick could greatly affect its interpretation.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 3, 2018
Are Democrats Crying Wolf on Threat to Abortion Rights?
The threat to abortion rights is very real, even if conservatives have grown adept at pretending otherwise.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 29, 2018
Poll: Nearly 70 Percent of Voters Don’t Want
Roe
v.
Wade
Overturned
As Republicans prepare to replace Kennedy with a more anti-abortion justice, a new poll shows overwhelming support for maintaining abortion rights.
By
Eric Levitz
June 28, 2018
The First Big SCOTUS Rumor Sends Senator Mike Lee to the Bench
This may be the first of many SCOTUS trial balloons for Trump. But it’s amusing to watch Lee try to walk back his earlier attacks on
Roe
v.
Wade
.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 27, 2018
Steps the Next Supreme Court Might Take to Roll Back Abortion Rights
Kennedy’s retirement doesn’t mean
Roe
will be overturned immediately, but a more conservative Court is likely to allow many new abortion restrictions.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 27, 2018
Anthony Kennedy Retires From Supreme Court
Get ready for the mother of all confirmation battles.
By
Ed Kilgore
roe v. wade
May 23, 2018
Trump Is the Most Substantively Anti-Abortion President Ever
Other Republican presidents have talked a good game against abortion. But Trump has delivered.
By
Ed Kilgore
May 8, 2018
From Impeachment to SCOTUS, Republicans Scramble for Ways to Rev Up the Base
From possible SCOTUS openings to impeachment to deep state conspiracies, the GOP is trying to get conservative voters psyched out of their skulls.
By
Ed Kilgore
May 4, 2018
A Red State Finally Rejects an Abortion Ban
In South Carolina a Democratic legislator mockingly asks Republicans to pass a total abortion ban they know to be unconstitutional. They nearly did.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 25, 2018
Evangelicals Have Displaced Catholics As the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Base
The shift of white Evangelicals into the anti-abortion camp has had a lot to do with partisan polarization over abortion policy.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 20, 2018
Kevin Williamson Won’t Tell Me What Should Happen to Women Who Have Abortions
After complaining no one will just ask him, I did. Williamson won’t answer plain questions.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 17, 2018
America’s Views on Abortion Are Undergoing a Generational Shift
For the first time in many years, it looks like a new generation of Americans is significantly more inclined toward pro-choice views.
By
Ed Kilgore
donald trump
Mar. 2, 2018
What It Means to Have a Government That Hates the Constitutional Right to Choose
When low-level bureaucrats try to keep vulnerable women from exercising reproductive rights, they’re just following signals from the top.
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 22, 2018
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has No Plans to Go Anywhere Anytime Soon
Conservatives pining for a fifth SCOTUS vote to overturn
Roe
v.
Wade
may have to win the 2020 election to outlast Ginsburg.
By
Ed Kilgore
Nov. 21, 2017
Tide of Right-Wing Judges Could Recede Quickly If Democrats Take Back the Senate
The GOP’s Alabama fiasco and a 2018 wave election could bring back a Democratic Senate and ruin the right’s plan to control the judiciary.
By
Ed Kilgore
Oct. 3, 2017
House Passes 20-Week Abortion Ban on Near-Perfect Party Vote
It doesn’t much matter what a particular abortion bill proposes: Democrats are the pro-choice party, Republicans aren’t.
By
Ed Kilgore
Sept. 28, 2017
Let’s Talk About Roy Moore’s Extremism on Abortion
His views should be terrifying to voters, even in arch-conservative Alabama. Democrat Doug Jones needs to put the spotlight on them.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 3, 2017
A 2018 Anthony Kennedy Retirement Would Light Up a Fiery Battle for the Senate
The 2018 electoral landscape is currently focused on the House. But a postelection SCOTUS-confirmation fight could make every Senate seat matter.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 26, 2017
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Did Not Retire Today
It is hard to overestimate the impact of this much-rumored event, had it occurred.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 19, 2017
GOP Senator Fans Rumors Trump Will Get Another SCOTUS Pick This Year
Chuck Grassley raises conservative hopes about a fifth vote against the right to choose.
By
Ed Kilgore
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