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Why are We Still Obsessed with Roe v Wade?

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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Is Roe a Singular Supreme Court Decision?

Roe occupies this really unique role. Do you feel comfortable giving us a theory of why? I think the thesis of the book is we all rushed, as you said, to import meaning into Roe and then it became everything even when it wasn't that. There's no other real Supreme Court decision I think that's ever been in that category.

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