Yesterday, I covered what I call The Battle of 1864; an obscure law that led to Arizona’s new/old abortion ban. But it’s not just the age of the law that should shock you. WaPo (Gift Article): Here are some other laws Arizona had on the books in 1864. “Consider the other prohibitions that surround the initial Howell language. A bit before that, for example, the code establishes what constitutes a murder or a manslaughter. In Section 34, it also creates the category of ‘excusable homicides.’ Those include situations such as when ‘a man is at work with an axe, and the head flies off and kills a bystander’ or ‘a parent is moderately correcting his child, or a master his servant or scholar.’ Only when that correction is ‘moderate,’ mind you. Exceed the bounds of moderation correction, and you’re subject to more severe charges.” Back then, if women didn’t like a law, there wasn’t much they could since they didn’t have the right to vote. They do now.

+ “Conservatives spent a generation stacking the bench with anti-abortion judges.” Now, they’re having to contend with the political ramifications of how those judges are ruling.