Far-right legal crusader Jonathan Mitchell thought that a local ordinance was key to create standing in the Supreme Court.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Nebraska’s Single-Subject Imperative on Abortion
A state supreme court decision could boil down to an all-or-nothing gambit.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s IVF Ideas Were Put to a Vote; Republicans Rejected Them
That IVF protection bill, S.4445, could come up again in the Senate.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Direct-Democracy Backsliding Claims Another Victim
A paperwork snafu kicked an abortion rights measure off the ballot in Arkansas. Organizers can try again in 2026.
Posted inPolitics
Will the Senate Take Off the Handcuffs?
The Harris-Walz ticket and every Democrat are promising big things. But the filibuster makes that agenda impossible. Will they finally remove that barrier?
Posted inPolitics
Seeds of a Conservative Crack-Up
An accidental encounter with a group of progressive anti-abortion activists revealed the tenuous hold Donald Trump may have on his coalition.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Kingmakers
This Supreme Court session demonstrated that the current conservative majority is unrestrained in its desire to expand its own power.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
No, Trump and GOP Have Not ‘Softened’ on Abortion, Women’s Rights
The language change in their platforms is a nakedly dishonest bait and switch.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Arkansas Secretary of State Rejects Abortion Amendment Petitions
Surprising grassroots signature-gathering effort thrown into turmoil with no apparent path forward to November.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Could a Trump Dictatorship Be Resisted?
If he is the next president, we could see civil disobedience on an unprecedented scale. Better to keep him out of the White House in the first place.