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Stare Decisis
June 28, 2022
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Matt Ford
I Guess
Roe
Wasn’t “Settled Law” After All
Did the conservative justices lie about how they felt about Roe v. Wade during their confirmation hearings, or did the senators just foolishly trust what they heard?
July 28, 2021
The Soapbox
Matt Ford
It Sure Looks Like
Roe
’s Foes Noticed That Amy Coney Barrett Is on the Supreme Court
The plaintiffs in the next big abortion rights case quietly—and ominously—flipped their script to better suit the ideology of the new justice.
May 19, 2021
The Soapbox
Matt Ford
Brett Kavanaugh Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
His recent ruling shreds a precedent that offered criminal defendants a chance to challenge unjust sentences—and reveals how the court’s conservative bloc has no boundaries.
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