Short Take Politics
Arizona changes course
Oops, yeah, about that abortion ban from 150 years ago, we didn’t really mean it. https://apnews.com/article/arizona-abortion-1864-ban-repeal-24578e546b6…
Florida advances control over women
Interesting to frame abortion in the lens of pre-Civil War America, where the slave states insisted the federal government protect their rights and property. In contect, the current battle over abortion rights being a state thing not a federal issue paints the same trouble all over again. Rules for me, but only when I want them. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-1-2024
Columbia goes remote
The college campus protests over Palestine are becoming increasingly troublesome. Columbia has gone to remote learning to end the semester, saving students from dealing with campus anarchy. https://www.axios.com/2024/05/02/columbia-remote-protest-arrests