The Opening for Democrats on Abortion

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House Democrats are rolling out a new strategy to protect civil rights post-Roe. Senate Democrats should get on board.

But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.

• Of course Biden has COVID.
• America’s self-obsession is killing its democracy.
• Are Latinos really realigning toward Republicans?

Enshrining Rights

Since the Supreme Court overturned , hard-won protections for interracial marriage, same-sex marriage, and contraception might be next to fall. In his concurring opinion in , Justice Clarence Thomas[which protects contraception], [which protects against criminalizing same-sex relations], and [which protects marriage equality].” Thomas then described the legal principle that these cases rest on—substantive due process—as “demonstrably erroneous,” and said that the Court has an obligation to “correct the error.”