Democrats target 150-year-old 'zombie law,' warning the GOP …
Jun 20, 2024 · WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats is pushing to repeal a 150-year-old law that reproductive rights advocates fear could be used to further curb access to abortion, specifically...
GOP Digs Up “Zombie Laws” - Vanity Fair
Dec 18, 2024 · These “zombie laws,” as they’re called, are provisions that haven’t been enforced or invoked for decades but are somehow still on the books. Yet they could be resurrected in a radical fashion if...
What is the Comstock Act? The 151-year-old law mentioned in …
Mar 26, 2024 · Some experts and abortion rights advocates refer to Comstock as a "zombie law," or legislation that has been invalidated by courts but was never fully repealed, leaving room for …
The 'Zombie Law' That Anti-Abortion Groups Want to Resurrect …
Nov 25, 2024 · Anti-abortion activists want Donald Trump in his second term to enforce a 150-year-old law they believe would be the next best thing to nationwide abortion ban, and have …
Democrats Are Trying to Repeal a Zombie Law That …
Jun 21, 2024 · Now, Democrats are finally trying to fight this so-called zombie law, by introducing legislation in Congress that would repeal the sections that most directly threaten abortion. On Thursday,...
Back from the dead: state “zombie” laws in the post-Dobbs era
As we saw in the immediate wake of the Dobbs decision, dormant zombie laws become enforceable once the Supreme Court reverses course on the relevant issue. This was the case …
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Democrats target ‘zombie law’ to shield against …
Jun 20, 2024 · Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation Thursday to overhaul a long-dormant law they worry could be used by a future Trump administration to severely limit or effectively ban...
With the Supreme Court's help, Republicans' plan to …
Jun 21, 2024 · The Comstock Act is what's known as a "zombie law" which is a law that has been neutered by subsequent High Court decisions that have found a constitutional prohibition against enforcing them...
An obscure, 150-year-old morality law has resurfaced …
Apr 13, 2023 · An obscure, 150-year-old morality law that one law professor called "zombie" legislation has resurfaced in the legal battle over abortion medication. The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals...
Zombie Laws Don’t Have to Be the Last of U.S. - Dame Magazine
Jul 9, 2024 · Zombie laws jumped out of the Pandora’s box that pro-life Republican activists opened with Dobbs, but there are possible solutions that a Democratic president supported by …