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Illustration of the founding fathers, credit Jon Stich

Newsbrief

Wednesday May 8, 2024

  • How originalism ate the law and made our lives worse
  • What being trans in prison is really like
  • Conservative lawyers are suing women who cross state borders to get abortions
  • Some in the legal community believe that investing in Black women is unconstitutional
Illustration of various supreme court justices, Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomás

Newsbrief

Wednesday May 1, 2024

  • The new reparations movement is changed how this lawyer saw history
  • Conservative judges are using a new, dangerous legal standard
  • The darkest day on the Supreme Court
  • The endgame is much more sinister than six-week bans
Illustrations of Victorian scenes, Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by the Library of Congress, National Archives, and Irina Shatilova:iStock:Getty Images Plus.

Newsbrief

Wednesday April 17, 2024

  • Reparations podcast from UCLA Law professor
  • Lawyers sound the alarm on rampant sexual abuse of incarcerated women
  • SCOTUS effectively abolishes to mass protest in 3 states
  • Get ready for the revival of Victorian era laws
Pro choice protestors in Florida, credit Chandan Khanna:AFP:Getty Images

Newsbrief

Wednesday April 10, 2024

  • California makes the case for reparations
  • I’m a retired Supreme Court Justice. What my former colleagues just did to women is indefensible
  • Arizona judges revive zombie law to control women’s bodies
  • The case that could criminalize homelessness
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, credit Chip Somodevilla:Getty Images

Newsbrief

Wednesday April 3, 2024

  • A simple reform could solve the prosecutor shortage crisis
  • Why are law schools outsourcing services to the Federalist Society?
  • Conservative federal judges are fighting with each other
  • Anti-abortion lawyers are trying to tell doctors like me how to do our jobs
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, credit Evan Vucci

Newsbrief

Wednesday March 27, 2024

  • Justice Breyer thinks originalism is doomed to fail

  • The superstar conservative lawyers trying to kill the abortion pill

  • Don’t ask the conservative legal movement what comes next

  • How to manage your cases

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