Dissenting Opinion

Selective History in the Dobbs Dissent

| July 22, 2022
2022.06.24 Roe v Wade Overturned SCOTUS Washington DC USA 175 143222 52170668098

JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer criticizes Justice Sotomayor’s dissenting opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. However, he also appreciates that the dissent does not exclusively rely on historicism.

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