Blog Round-Up – Saturday, December 3rd

Here is Concurring Opinions on Judge Alito’s footnote 10.

In a June 3, 1985, strategy memo to then Solicitor General Charles Fried on Thornburgh v. American College of Obstreticians Judge Alito wrote, in footnote 10:

The case against Roe v. Wade has been fully and publicly made. See, e.g., A. Bickel, The Morality of Consent 27-29 (1975); A. Cox, The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government, 112-114 (1976); Epstein, Substantive Due Process By Any Other Name, 1973 Sup. Ct. Rev. 167-185; Ely, The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade, 82 Yale L. J. 920 (1973). In Akron, the Court’s reponse was stare decisis and the “rule of law.” [emphasis added; small typos corrected; formatting made simple]

Think Progress has this post on a plan by conservative groups to portray Alito’s opponents as anti-God.

Rick Hasen has this post titled, “Another Explosive DOJ Voting Rights Memo Leaked to the Washington Post; Could It Affect Supreme Court’s Decision in Texas Redistricting Case?”

Here is ACSBlog’s complete coverage of the Solomon Amendment debate between William Eskridge, a professor of law at Yale Law School and a board member of FAIR;and Daniel Polsby, professor of law and Dean of the George Mason University School of Law, who has filed an amicus brief in support of the Amendment.