by Robert Pearl A pair of Supreme Court rulings in June — one on gun rights, the other on abortion — have elicited strong, partisan reactions. In recent weeks, critics have called out inconsistencies in the court’s decisions: One ruling restricts the ability of states to ...
There’s nothing quite like the chill of terror that runs down your spine when you realize the people dictating the laws that constrain your life are a bunch of ignoramuses. This, of course, in reference to some of the stunningly stupid comments West Virginia senators made on the final ...
by Robin Abcarian Call it the Alito Fallacy. Earlier this month, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was in Rome, where he delivered a keynote speech at Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Summit. Among the anecdotes he shared: Some years ago, at a museum in Berlin, ...
On the off chance one needed further confirmation the current Legislature is dragging West Virginia backwards, one need to look no further than the attempts to “clarify” West Virginia’s abortion laws. Because instead of repealing the 1800s statute that criminalizes all abortions ...
by Christopher M. Richardson After the Dobbs decision ended federal protections for abortion, some high-profile responses suggested the ruling marked the first time the Supreme Court rescinded an established fundamental right. But that is not true for Black Americans. They did gain, ...
by Jay Ambrose Tune in to leftists much? You might try E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post, a columnist who recently repeated the mantra that “the abrupt fall” of Roe v. Wade “would endanger the lives of women and place a particular burden on the least privileged among us.” Not ...