constitutional law

Lyrissa Lidsky, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Florida, told Salon that she thought the Secret Service made the right decision in choosing not to arrest Decke.

Laura Portuondo, an associate professor of constitutional law with expertise in reproductive rights at the University of Houston Law Center, told Salon that the new bill, if enacted as currently written, would only have a marginal benefit for pregnant people in the state.

“As a matter of regulatory, statutory and constitutional law, they’re on very solid footing,” Parshall Perry said.

History tells us that personhood has had different meanings, but one thing has remained constant: If fetal personhood became a part of our constitutional law, the meaning of equality would change for everyone, and in contexts well beyond abortion itself.

Adam B. Cox, a professor of immigration law at New York University who also researches democracy and constitutional law, told Salon Wednesday that the government is deploying a "false and misleading" read of the Supreme Court order to justify its reluctance to proceed as mandated and retooling techniques for delaying the case that President Donald Trump's personal legal team wielded during his bevy of now-defunct legal challenges.