Dahlia Lithwick

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Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice

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Y’all, the preorder links for The Political Supreme Court are here!

Direct from UNC Press: uncpress.org/978146969713...

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uncpress.orgThe Political Supreme CourtToday’s Supreme Court justices bristle at the label “politicians in robes,” insisting that they operate above the fray of partisan politics. But for th...
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This morning US Judge Rochon of Manhattan will hold a conference on a temporary restraining order sought to stop Trump's govt-funded partisan campaign ads. @commoncause.org, unions & a DSA candidate allege the ads are “breathtakingly unlawful.”
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storage.courtlistener.comMemorandum of Law in Support of Motion – #26 in Common Cause v. Department of Homeland Security (S.D.N.Y., 1:26-cv-08882) – CourtListener.comMEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 25 EMERGENCY MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order . MOTION to Stay Under 5 U.S.C. 705. . Document filed by Common Cause, Empire State 32BJ SEIU PAC, Robert Hunter, S...
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Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."

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Join ACS for a virtual event on 10/5 at 2pm ET titled Protecting Voters & Our Votes: State Attorneys General on Democracy’s Frontlines. Two state AGs will discuss their work protecting elections and how it has intensified under recent federal action.

Register here: www.acslaw.org/event/protec...

Text reads: "Protecting Voters & Our Votes: State Attorneys General on Democracy's Frontlines. Nick Brown, Washington State Attorney General. Peter F. Neronha, Rhode Island Attorney General. Moderator: Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate. Mon., Oct. 5. Virtual. 2-3p.m. ET." The headshots of the three speakers are shown. the ACS logo is at the top. The background is an image of poll stations in a blue hue.
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The thing about the Tucker Carlson//Jacob Rees-Mogg interview is that Tucker is an American moron whose entire tactic is “assume the other guy won’t question my premises”, up against a British aristocrat that debates for fun at Oxford Union. Its like a small animal encountering an Apex predator

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"Local community activists and faith leaders from Louisiana and beyond marched and prayed Thursday at the fenced-off barracks and trailers at the airpark site where the Trump Administration is preparing to open a privately-run facility to hold children..."

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religionnews.comAs ICE readies Louisiana facility for children and families, faith leaders hold vigilALEXANDRIA, La. (RNS and Verite News) — Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, the facility — which will hold unaccompanied minors and families — is situated beside an air...
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“Then we have Christa Pike, and it's like, oh, wait, this is a violent act. This is an atrocious act. Wait, we're doing this? Who is she? What is her story? If there's something good that comes of this, it will be spurring conversations like this one of not only how we kill, but whether we kill."

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"The heart stops reluctantly. Before a person is ready to die on their own, it takes physical force to stop the heart from beating. It takes violence to stop the heart from beating, and it could be a car accident or a homicide or an execution, but it takes violence.”

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