Dahlia Lithwick

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Alabama’s Assault on IVF Is Even Worse Than It Soundsslate.com Friday’s ruling involves an Alabama law called the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, though its implications stretch far beyond this one statute.

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Not only is this grievance not justiciable, but it’s also an attack on free speech. You do not have a constitutional right to be free of harsh opinions or criticism. Obergefell created no sanction for disagreeing with it.

Justice Alito takes aim at marriage equality again, warning that Obergefell means "Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct" are being "labeled as bigots and treated as such" by the state and "society." www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

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Five justices recused from cases in today's orders list: Roberts, Alito, Barrett, Kagan, and Jackson. Kagan and Jackson followed the court's new ethics "guidelines" and provided a reason for their recusal. Roberts, Alito, and Barrett did not. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

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This should be obvious but isn't. Thanks @dahlialithwick.bsky.social for driving it home: Stop talking about Biden's age. Focus on his judgment and the team he chose👉 "experts, genuine scientists, respected economists, and effective governmental actors and advisers." slate.com/news-and-pol...

Everyone Needs to Stop Freaking Out About Biden’s Age Immediatelyslate.com We’re in a Biden-Trump rematch. And the media is focusing on this?

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as always, your rights are less important than whatever mild social opprobrium Alito suffers while in his bubble of people who never disagree with him

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RIGA, Latvia — Russia’s jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, died in a Russian prison colony on Friday, Russia’s prison service announced in the early afternoon, without giving the cause of his death.

Live updates: Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, dies in prison, officials saywww.washingtonpost.com The opposition leader and anti-corruption crusader had been imprisoned since 2021 on charges widely viewed as trumped up for political retribution.

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New in PN: If Biden is senile, why is he kicking so much Republican ass?

If Biden is senile, why is he kicking so much Republican ass?www.publicnotice.co They can't have it both ways.

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It was my privilege to have this extraordinary discussion with the brilliant @dahlialithwick.bsky.social about why @crew.bsky.social's case to remove Donald Trump from the ballot is not only right under the constitution, but so important for the survival of American democracy.

The Colorado Ballot Case Was Strong. It’s the Justices Who Were Weak.slate.com Talkin bout an insurrection sounds like a whisper at scotus

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"Acknowledging these atrocities does not diminish the suffering of Palestinian women in Gaza. It is essential to reaffirming our shared humanity." Thank you @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and more We need to make these arguments again and again slate.com/news-and-pol...

Why Won’t the World’s Feminists Show Up for Israeli Victims?slate.com Solidarity for victims of sexual assault should trump other politics.

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The Two Types of People Still Listening to Donald Trumpslate.com The rhetoric is the same, but the intent behind it is clearer than ever.

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I'm listening to @dahlialithwick.bsky.social's Amicus podcast interview of @shannonrwatts.bsky.social right now. Here's a link: youtu.be/Tqn9gk98Goo?...

The Right to Bear Arms and Terrorize Your Partner | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice,...youtu.be Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in one of the most significant—and potentially deadly—cases of the term - United States v Rahimi. The case, ...

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The American Right is fully committed to a fundamentally anti-democratic project, and the Republican Party has a comprehensive strategy to put it into practice. Some thoughts on the radicalizing threat of authoritarian minority rule: 1/

North Carolina GOP advanced a new congressional gerrymander with 10 safe GOP seats, 3 safe Dem seats, & 1 GOP-trending swing district in a key swing state It would be among America's most extreme gerrymanders & replace a court-drawn map that went 7D-7R in 2022 davesredistricting.org/join/e595a26...

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Feel like we're in a now-familiar cycle where some insane legal motion gets filed by a conservative and all the liberal lawyers on Twitter laugh at how stupid it is and then 18 months later its like "what Kentaji Brown Jackson's spirited dissent tells us about the 6-3 ruling for [batshit motion]"

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one crucial development in the ideology of anti-abortion politics is the widespread belief that pregnancy runs essentially on autopilot and no serious medical attention is ever required. allows anti-abortion zealots to ignore the fact that their policies produce maternity care deserts

staffing shortages (related to Dobbs) and refusing to expand Medicaid has destroyed another 3 labor & delivery units in Alabama. some mothers will have to drive 100 miles to get to a hospital with one www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

Fears rise as 3 maternity units prepare to close in Alabamawww.nbcnews.com The state has one of the country’s highest maternal mortality rates. Now, three hospitals plan to stop delivering babies, putting some pregnant women at even higher risk.

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Great podcast about the Supreme Court gerrymander case. @dahlialithwick.bsky.social’s guests provide essential context: racism, history, zoning, culture, trial evidence. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts/id928790786?i=1000631260158

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@dahlialithwick.bsky.social on this weeks amicus: having your high blood pressure lower immediately just by listening to Elizabeth Warren explain things

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Underemphasized how much "groomer!" stuff is fueled by how big conservative institutions—Catholic & Southern Baptist, Boy Scouts, school athletics—have been rocked for years now by actual examples of powerful people molesting kids and covering it up. It's a redirection of that real trauma response.

I'm too angry to type this out again

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"You’d be hard pressed to name an improvement to X under Musk." "How much longer can this wreckage of a formerly semi-functional website stay afloat? Endgame may come down to $. If X can’t keep making $300M quarterly interest payments, banks may repossess it." www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Twitter Is at Death’s Door, One Year After Elon Musk’s Takeoverwww.rollingstone.com Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion a year ago, but he's yet to make a single improvement to it.

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republicans in a nutshell tbh

As part of his bid for House speaker, Jim Jordan touted a far-right immigration bill as the year's "most significant legislative accomplishment." He was pointing to a bill that didn't become law — though in Republican politics, that doesn't matter.

Jim Jordan touts this year’s most significant ‘accomplishment’www.msnbc.com As part of his bid for speaker, Jim Jordan touted an immigration bill as the year's "most significant legislative accomplishment," but it didn't pass.

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Very excited to offer this conversation with the brilliant Garrett Graff as the season finale of my American Crisis podcast https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/american-crisis-ep-10-garrett-graff?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

American Crisis, Ep. 10: Garrett Graff on what if Watergate happened todayopen.substack.com Listen now (49 mins) | The author of "Watergate: A New History" offers insight on all that has changed in 50 years

This is just to say. I have eaten all the leopard faces that were in the icebox. and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold.

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It's October and you know what that means: SPOOKY SEASON (the Supreme Court starts its new term) Posting a megathread of term previews starting with @elienyc.bsky.social summarizing the central question: will their decisions drag us to the right with Roberts-style decorum or Thomas-style contempt?

Supreme Court Preview: This Term, It Can Always Get Worsewww.thenation.com With the liberals thoroughly outmatched, the upcoming term will not be a battle between right and left—it will be a battle between shades of extremism.