Did the Conservative Justices Commit Perjury? Here’s What They Said Under Oath About Roe v. Wade
SCOTUS justices did not commit perjury, says Professor Dan Urman, but their careful lawyerly phrasing demonstrated their stance on Roe v Wade.
SCOTUS justices did not commit perjury, says Professor Dan Urman, but their careful lawyerly phrasing demonstrated their stance on Roe v Wade.
It strikes me that the high-profile and incendiary nature of the case makes it virtually impossible to have a fair trial in or near Barron,” Professor Daniel Medwed tells USA Today.
“This is not something progressive Democrats together with progressive allies are going to significantly achieve,” Professor Emeritus Peter Enrich, chair of the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts, tells CommonWealth. “If we’re going to make a difference here, it’s going to require a far broader coalition that reaches out across the political spectrum, to groups engaged with various issues.”
More state legislatures are mobilizing in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s decision on an abortion ban in Mississippi, which directly threatens the rights spelled out in Roe v. Wade. Professors Martha Davis and Jeremy Paul weigh in on the latest effort in Vermont.
"Overdose mortalities and related harms require a public health response, not more criminalization and incarceration," writes Professor Leo Beletsky in a co-authored piece for Inquest.
Professor Brook Baker ’76 welcomes the Biden administration’s plans to expand access to Paxlovid, the first medication developed to treat COVID-19. However, “that still leaves a lot of people uncovered who aren’t near those kinds of facilities,” he says.
“We’re putting our heads in the sand if we ignore the way partisanship has come to impact how judges see issues,” Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty director of Northeastern Law's Center for Health Policy and Law, tells Bloomberg Law.
The timing of WNBA Star Brittney Griner’s arrest in Russia on drug possession charges "could not be worse for her," says Professor Alexandra (Xander) Meise.
“What happened in all three cases—in Aziz and Islam’s, Broadwater’s, and Strickland’s—amount to travesties of justice,” Professor Rose Zoltek-Jick tells news@Northeastern. But she adds: “It’s never too late to tell the truth.”
“It would be an extraordinary failure of public policy for Congress not to reauthorize funding to extend government supported access to vaccines, boosters, tests, and therapeutics,” Professor Brook Baker ’76, senior policy analyst for Health GAP, tells Bloomberg Law.