Elliot Institute’s Voice Heard at the Supreme Court Most of March was occupied in writing an amicus curiae brief for the Supreme Court’s review of Planned Parenthood v Casey. Springfield attorney Stephen Kaufmann provided invaluable assistance in the preparation and filing of this brief. Drawing on our past research, the Elliot Institute provided evidence to […]

As the director, secretary, receptionist, bookkeeper, and gopher for the Elliot Institute I have been involved in many projects, big and small. In addition to the major research and writing tasks, there are literally hundreds of smaller tasks in which I have been involved. Indeed, these smaller tasks seem to monopolize most of my time. […]

The Supreme Court Declares Itself Infallible by David C. Reardon As you know, the Court refused to reject the basic premise in Roe which declared that women have a right to abortions. The swing vote of “conservative” Justices (O’Connor, Kennedy, and Souter) avoided a direct reexamination of Roe by deciding that whatever has already been […]