Articles tagged as Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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Conversation with Catherine Glenn Foster ’16, President & CEO of Americans United for Life
JWI: Can you tell me a little bit about Americans United for Life? Catherine: Americans United for Life (AUL), the nation’s premier pro-life legal team, works through the law and legislative process to one end: Achieving comprehensive legal protection for human life from conception to natural death. AUL is a nonprofit, public-interest law and policy […] -
“The Shell Game of ‘Tiers of Scrutiny’ Exposed, Once and for All” –Prof. Arkes in the Library of Law and Liberty
We invite you to read Prof. Arkes’s essay, “The Shell Game of ‘Tiers of Scrutiny’ Exposed, Once and for All,” in the Library of Law and Liberty. In the piece, Prof. Arkes offers commentary on the 2016 Texas abortion case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, drawing upon the reasoning contained in Justice Thomas’s dissent. Prof. Arkes joins Justice […] -
“Pro-Lifers Discover Again the Perils of Indirection” –Prof. Arkes in The Catholic Thing
After the terrible loss at the Supreme Court for the state of Texas in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Prof. Arkes provides an analysis of the weakness of the argument from the pro-life side in the case with his piece in The Catholic Thing “Pro-Lifers Discover Again the Perils of Indirection.” “We run the risk now of sounding […] -
“Scalia’s Death Has Liberal Justices Smelling Blood”–Garrett Snedeker in The Federalist
Writing in The Federalist, Garrett Snedeker details the state of oral argument at the Supreme Court in the weeks after the passing of Justice Scalia. Snedeker argues Scalia’s absence has left the liberal justices less restrained, with their conservative colleagues bearing a greater burden than ever before to sustain conservative arguments. Some excerpts: “In the first couple […] -
“Abortion and the Court Without Scalia” -Prof. Arkes in The Catholic Thing
On March 2, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a case concerning the constitutionality of new health and safety regulations on abortion in Texas. Amidst the backdrop of this, the first major case since the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, Prof. Hadley Arkes calls for pro-life lawyers and judges to review […]