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March 26, 2024
Tori Otten
Anti-Choice Lawyer Makes Huge Slip-Up in SCOTUS Abortion Pill Case
The lawyer arguing against the abortion pill at the Supreme Court made a slip of the tongue that revealed how flimsy the entire case really is.
October 31, 2023
Magazine
Melissa Gira Grant
Mike Johnson Has a Dangerous Victim Complex
What links his election denial and his anti-gay policies is his belief that he’s a member of a persecuted minority.
August 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Texas Judge Orders Airline Lawyers to Take Training From Far-Right Hate Group
The lawyers must take religious freedom classes from the Alliance Defending Freedom, the right-wing Christian group that has systematically rolled back civil liberties.
June 30, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care That the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Based on Fiction
It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.
June 29, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court
In filings in the 303 Creative v. Elenis case is a supposed request for a gay wedding website—but the man named in the request says he never filed it.
June 28, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
The Christian Right Is Making Up Wedding Websites to Attack LGBTQ People
What’s curious about the 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis case is that no actual offense to religious freedoms occurred in the first place.
February 19, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Mothers Leading the Battle Against Trans Student Athletes
Their tactics mirror those employed by white mothers who fought school integration: disguising bigotry with pleas to protect children.
September 22, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Accelerating Attack on Trans Student Athletes
The Trump administration’s fight to dismantle trans students’ rights is a reminder of how fragile Supreme Court victories really are.
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