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Martha S. Jones
History
Martha Jones appointed to U.S. historical committee
Published March 13, 2023
As a member of the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, Jones will oversee ongoing efforts to document the history of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Voices
Inside the 'Dobbs' decision
Published July 1, 2022
Health law and policy expert Joanne Rosen discusses the Supreme Court decision that overturned 'Roe' and 'Casey' and ushered in a new era of reproductive rights in the United States
Concept idea art of way change and choice showing a woman and surreal road
Voices
After Roe falls
Published June 21, 2022
Johns Hopkins experts discuss a future without the safeguards outlined in 'Roe v. Wade'
Exterior of the Supreme Court with an American flag flying
Commentary
'A full-throated reversal' of abortion rights
Published May 13, 2022
Health law and policy scholar Joanne Rosen discusses the legal arguments laid out in the pending 'Dobbs' decision that may prove the undoing of 'Roe'
Detail of Supreme Court building with inscription
Reproductive health
How did 'settled law' get unsettled?
Published May 4, 2022
The conservative movement carefully orchestrated the end of abortion rights over decades, using the women's suffrage playbook, says political scientist Dawn Teele
Pro choice protesters gather outside the Supreme Court
Health+policy
The public health case for abortion rights
Published Nov 30, 2021
Joanne Rosen from the Johns Hopkins Center for Law and the Public's Health discusses Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which heads to the Supreme Court Dec. 1
Linda Greenhouse
Who owns the constitution?
Published Aug 26, 2013
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Linda Greenhouse to speak at JHU's annual Constitutional Forum
Talk to focus on changing attitude of Supreme Court
Published Sept 18, 2012
Stanford law professor to discuss high court's recent decisions, how they are shaped by apparent disdain for politics