In his majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade would return the issue to the “democratic process,” where he thought it belonged. It is unclear whether Alito intended that as a prediction, a command, or both. Either way, abortion rights are having a hard time staying out of the courts.
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Political junkies were settling in for one of those super-long nights of see-sawing election results in Kansas. The main event was not the state’s tense gubernatorial race or the prospect of anti-immigration hardliner Kris Kobach making yet another play for electoral office. Rather, it was a ballot referendum. Kansans were the first group to vote on whether to keep or overturn abortion rights in the state since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade.
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Donald Trump has never been known for being a “details guy,” but there came an occasion this past Monday when he was laser-focused and determined to get the small stuff exactly right. Picture the scene: There’s the once and future GOP standard-bearer, sweating over a last-minute endorsement in Missouri’s senate primary. Here, Trump faced a real dilemma. His clear favorite in the race, disgraced former Governor Eric Greitens, was collapsing in the polls as more and more voters came to be continually reminded of the revenge porn... Читать дальше...
