Sam Bagenstos
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Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
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Little did baby Bybee know he’d be the Torture Memos guy AND that this Rehnquist-era states-rights argument would somehow make him a Trump-era RINO
And here is Bybee's 1997 article on the matter (which is cited in the footnotes twice and appears to be the reason why we're getting this): scholars.law.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcont...
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Little did baby Bybee know he’d be the Torture Memos guy AND that this Rehnquist-era states-rights argument would somehow make him a Trump-era RINO
Exactly. We know they can and will move lightning-quick when it suits their ideological agenda.
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Exactly. We know they can and will move lightning-quick when it suits their ideological agenda.
We need to elect a majority in Congress that will use the appropriations process to head this off at the pass and protect medication abortion.
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We need to elect a majority in Congress that will use the appropriations process to head this off at the pass and protect medication abortion.