The gender divide on the Supreme Court took center stage during yesterday's oral arguments over whether states can criminalize emergency abortion care.

From Mark Joseph Stern & Dahlia Lithwick:

It is encouraging though to see how much Justice Alito is concerned with the potential for prosecutors to overcharge a criminal defendant. I am sure this will become a hallmark of his jurisprudence going forward.

Talking about this shitshow on MSNBC in a few minutes

(They were)

Mitch McConnell, in his speech after voting to acquit Trump in 2021:

'We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.'

Very popular take at the time!

Here at the Supreme Court to watch nine principled men and women scrupulously interrogate Trump’s criminal immunity claim with integrity and candor

Despite widespread argument that the Supreme Court should render judgement on presidential immunity quickly so that Donald Trump's trials can proceed and voters can make an informed decision in November, Mark Joseph Stern remains skeptical that the court will recognize that responsibility.

Going on MSNBC in a few minutes to talk about tomorrow’s Supreme Court arguments on Trump’s bogus immunity claim, which I’m sure the justices will easily dismiss with appropriate haste and principle.

It’s hard to gauge how today’s Supreme Court case about emergency abortions will come out because the lawyer defending Idaho’s total ban was so smugly condescending toward the women justices that even Barrett (rightly) lost her patience with him. slate.com/news-and-polit…

Justice Kagan just noted a fact we reported in Slate: In the short time that Idaho has been allowed to enforce its abortion ban against women who need emergency termination, SIX women have been airlifted to another state for care that's illegal in Idaho. slate.com/news-and-polit…

IDAHO: if a doctor says an abortion is warranted to protect a woman's life **but a prosecutor disagrees** then Idaho law gives the prosecutor discretion to prosecute the doctor.