Mark Joseph Stern

1 week ago | slate.com | Mark Joseph Stern

Skip to the content Measured, Reflective, and Occasionally Animated Jurisprudence By Get clear, smart takes on every major ruling. Subscribe to support Slate’s legal coverage. For years, Chief Justice John Roberts was widely considered a brilliant judicial craftsman whose opinions were polished and persuasive even if their conclusions were suspect. That reputation should not survive the chief’s opinion in United States v. Skrmetti.

1 week ago | slate.com | Dahlia Lithwick |Mark Joseph Stern

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1 week ago | slate.com | Dahlia Lithwick |Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence Get clear, smart takes on every major ruling. Subscribe to support Slate’s legal coverage. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court delivered a brutal blow to transgender equality, upholding a Tennessee law that outlaws gender-affirming care for trans youth. Its decision in U.S. v. Skrmettieffectively greenlit similar bans that nearly half of the states have already enacted, cutting off access to treatment for thousands of minors across the country.

1 week ago | slate.com | Mark Joseph Stern

Jurisprudence By Get clear, smart takes on every major ruling. Subscribe to support Slate’s legal coverage. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade three years ago, it assured the nation that it was returning authority over abortion to the states. That promise, insincere from the start, looks hollower every day.

2 weeks ago | slate.com | Dahlia Lithwick |Mark Joseph Stern

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