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Today at Ms. | April 26, 2023
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The Dobbs Decision Could Erode Other Women’s Rights—Making the ERA More Important Than Ever [[link removed]]
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Six of the nine justices on the Supreme Court are current or former members of the Federalist Society, which advocates the idea that the Constitution is a fixed document, whose meaning may not evolve from what its 18th-century authors intended. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Dobbs v. Jackson was a clear indication that the Supreme Court will allow states broader latitude to pass laws that discriminate against women. This new reality makes final recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment more important than ever.
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How the Supreme Court Endorsed the Authoritarian Behavior of State Legislatures [[link removed]]
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Demonstrators protest against gerrymandering at a rally outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2019, during the gerrymandering cases Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause. (Evelyn Hockstein / For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
BY RAKIM H. D. BROOKS | In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled along political lines that it could not review disputes over partisan gerrymandering. The conservatives in Rucho v. Common Cause insisted that the question of how state legislatures draw their maps is a “political” question and thus “nonjusticiable” by the Court.
The truth is more that the Court silenced the Constitution and set our democracy on a destructive course. As Justice Kagan wrote in the liberals’ dissent, the Court had “encouraged a politics of polarization and dysfunction.” The resulting “unchecked” gerrymanders, she warned, “may irreparably damage our system of government.”
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As Official COVID-19 Emergency Ends, How Are Women Faring at Work? [[link removed]]
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The number of women formally employed expanded to a record 77.8 million in February. (Getty Images)
BY WENDY J. FOX | The structure of employment in the U.S. has long been untenable for anyone who has caregiving duties, but now that hybrid work is here—the flexibility of which women have been advocating for basically forever—is it enough?
A stark contrast to the benefits of hybrid work: It is precisely the people who need hybrid schedules the most who will end up paying the highest price.
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In this episode, Dr. Goodwin is joined by law professor and author Dr. Julie Suk to discuss her urgent, new book, After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What To Do About It , and explore how turning a lens on misogyny can help us to better understand the social, political, and legal challenges of these times. In the face of these challenges, how can women fight back?
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