Amicus: Anti-Abortion Lawyers Love this Zombie Law

There’s a terrible legal Easter egg in Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk’s
ruling on the abortion medication, Mifepristone. And that same
Easter egg makes an appearance in the Fifth Circuit’s partial stay.
It’s the Comstock Act - a mostly forgotten 19th century vice
statute that is suddenly the anti-abortion movement’s favorite
zombie legislation. On a special extra episode of Amicus, Dahlia
Lithwick is joined by Mary Ziegler, an expert on the law, history,
and politics of reproduction, health care, and conservatism in the
United States from 1945 to the present. Together, they tackle the
chaos upon chaos of the past week’s medication abortion cases, and
take a long hard look at the next steps in the anti-abortion
movement’s fight for a nationwide ban.  In this week’s Amicus
Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to
discuss the “quid pro Crow” of Justice Clarence Thomas’ real estate
deals with GOP mega donor, and avid court-watcher, and
amicus-brief-funder Harlan Crow.  Sign up for Slate Plus now
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