Post-Constitutional America

Governor Greg Abbott of Texas laments the prospect of living in a “post-Constitutional” America.  And well he should.  So do we all.  It hasn’t happened yet, of course, but he fears that he will be compelled to bring it on.  How is that possible, one might ask.  Because the Supreme Court might decree that heContinue reading “Post-Constitutional America”

Texas, Abortions, and the Courts

Ancillary Post No. 3             As a non-lawyer I fail to understand this explanation of the reputed tactical brilliance behind the new, blatantly unconstitutional, Texas anti-abortion law.  We seem to be told that the law does not put the State in the role of agent whom an aggrieved party could sue for relief.  The reasonsContinue reading “Texas, Abortions, and the Courts”