( I can't even resist smarting off when I'm writing about Equal Protection and standards of review. )

also, people who know ladies.

If you are pregnant, or are going to be pregnant, and you are going to have a complication which could cause you severe, crippling health problems if you complete the gestation, make sure you have those complications before the middle of the second trimester. Otherwise, the government is going to force you to carry ( Read more... )

  In a 5-4 ruling that "clearly signals the court's conservative shift following the departure of moderate Sandra Day O'Connor," (AP via CNN.com) the Supreme Court has ruled that police officers bearing a warrant can enter a home and seize evidence without knocking. Prior to the decision, courts had often ruled that failure by police to knock and ( Read more... )