Thomas Jipping is a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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Long before American independence, legislatures were enacting laws to restrict the killing of human beings before birth. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court put a… Read More
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The Supreme Court’s June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that “the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion” returned “the… Read More
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The First Amendment to the Constitution has two connected clauses on religion, one prohibiting an “establishment of religion” and the other protecting the “free exercise… Read More
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Roe v. Wade—one of the most contentious Supreme Court decisions of the modern era—was sent to history’s dustheap on Friday. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s… Read More
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Stories of resilience and hope emerge even in the darkest times. In its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court created and imposed… Read More
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Even before a leaked draft opinion indicated that the Supreme Court might overrule its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision creating a right to abortion, a… Read More
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The Senate on Wednesday is expected to vote on whether to end debate on S 4132, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022. Even though… Read More
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In a New York Times column published Tuesday, Bret Stephens argued that while Roe v. Wade was “ill-judged” when decided in 1973, overruling it today… Read More
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The Senate voted 53-47 on Thursday to confirm President Joe Biden’s nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Three… Read More
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sentencing pattern in child pornography cases was one of the big issues raised in last week’s multiday confirmation hearing before the… Read More
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President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 with clear instructions about undoing his predecessor’s impact on the federal judiciary. Weeks earlier, more than 70… Read More
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“I do not have a judicial philosophy, per se,” Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson told the Senate Judiciary Committee last year. This week, the committee held… Read More
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President Joe Biden has nominated U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Who is Jackson? What is… Read More
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Then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., condemned weakening the Senate’s tradition of extended debate as “an example of the arrogance of power,” a “power grab by the… Read More
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Most of us know the old philosophical chestnut: If a tree falls in the woods but no one is around to hear it, does it… Read More
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The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act. The law… Read More
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We are only a month into the Supreme Court’s 2021-22 term and abortion already appears to be this season’s defining topic. The court heard arguments… Read More
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Justice Clarence Thomas has distinguished himself as a rigorous jurist on the Supreme Court. He is also distinguished as a long-serving member—with 30 years on… Read More
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The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court met Tuesday for its second public meeting, hearing from 27 witnesses about everything from the court’s so-called shadow… Read More
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What would it take for the American Civil Liberties Union and the Independent Women’s Law Center, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and… Read More
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President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court commission is up and running, keeping alive the calls for court packing. This plan for a hostile takeover of the… Read More
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Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. The White House announcement and… Read More
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When President Joe Biden addressed the filibuster during his first press conference on March 25, most of what he said was either factually wrong or… Read More
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Senators of both parties often say they want to legislate “on a bipartisan basis.” On March 6, for example, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Ill.,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
To say that the Equality Act, which the U.S. Senate will soon take up after its passage in the House, has changed over the years is a… Read More
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With all that’s going on these days, and with the narrowest majority in half a century, you’d think House Democrats would be a little more… Read More
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President Joe Biden has announced the creation of a commission to examine “reforming” the courts. This move is not only a “solution” in search of… Read More
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Political parties and candidates have different positions on issues, but should at least support the fundamentals of our system of government. Sounds simple, right? So… Read More
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The concept of “court packing” has received a lot of attention recently, and rightly so. That radical move—which Democrats rejected in the 1930s—would permanently damage… Read More
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If necessity is the mother of invention, obsession is the weird uncle of crazy. Leftists obviously do not want President Donald Trump in the White… Read More
