Author: Daniel snow

Opinion | Why Was Roe v. Wade Overturned?

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Obviously, one of the most controversial decisions that you’ve been involved in so far at the court is the Dobbs decision that overruled Roe v. Wade. The Constitution obviously doesn’t say anything about abortion. There’s no abortion provision in the Bill of Rights or anywhere else, right? Right. Does that just mean from an originalist perspective: Case closed, abortion is left to Congress or left to the states, and that’s all that needs to be said? No, because the Dobbs decision was interpreting the 14th Amendment’s due process clause — which says that no person shall be deprived of life,…

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Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era

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new video loaded: The Supreme Court Is Looking Beyond the Trump EratranscriptBacktranscriptThe Supreme Court Is Looking Beyond the Trump EraWhat do we expect from the Supreme Court and what can it actually do? On “Interesting Times,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Ross Douthat discuss how the court makes decisions, with an eye toward the future, rather than focusing on the moment we live in right now.We’re living through an era when it seems to a lot of observers that Congress is increasingly unwilling to or at least unexcited by the exercise of its own powers. Is that something that enters…

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