{"id":759,"date":"2020-05-10T01:49:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T01:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cornell-law-review.pantheonsite.io\/?p=759"},"modified":"2020-05-10T01:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T01:49:47","slug":"bad-effects-the-misuses-of-history-in-box-v-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/2020\/05\/10\/bad-effects-the-misuses-of-history-in-box-v-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Effects: The Misuses of History in Box v. Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Justice Clarence Thomas\u2019s concurrence in&nbsp;<em>Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky&nbsp;<\/em>sparked considerable controversy.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">1. 39 S. Ct. 1780, 1782 (2019).<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>&nbsp;Offering a lengthy historical narrative about the relationship between abortion and eugenics, Thomas argued that one part of a disputed Indiana law, a measure banning abortion in cases of race, sex, or disability selection, addressed a grave present-day problem. This Essay identifies deeper stakes in&nbsp;<em>Box<\/em>, exploring how Thomas\u2019s concurrence reflects the evolving uses of history in abortion jurisprudence\u2014&nbsp;approaches based not the original intent or original public meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment but on the motives of those seeking and exercising a right and the effects of any precedent protecting that right. This style of argument figures centrally in certain justices\u2019&nbsp;reasoning about the application of stare decisis to both&nbsp;<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">2. 410 U.S. 113 (1973).<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Planned Parenthood v. Casey.<\/em><sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">3<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">3. 505 U.S. 833 (1992).<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>&nbsp;But as&nbsp;<em>Box&nbsp;<\/em>and its predecessors show, this form of historical argument is deeply problematic, radically oversimplifying both historical arguments about causation and the motives, goals, and divisions defining social movement lawyering. As the Essay shows,&nbsp;<em>Box&nbsp;<\/em>may become known for more than an incendiary concurrence. Instead, the misuses of history may play a central role in the future of abortion jurisprudence, discouraging popular engagement and muddying an already divisive issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Court\u2019s decision in&nbsp;<em>Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky&nbsp;<\/em>sparked considerable controversy for saying so little.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">4<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">4. 139 S. Ct. 1780 (2019). For some of the controversy surrounding&nbsp;Box, see Eli Rosenberg,&nbsp;Clarence Thomas Tried to Link Abortion to Eugenics. Seven&nbsp;Historians Told The Post He\u2019s Wrong,&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_4');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> <em>Box&nbsp;<\/em>involved two provisions of an Indiana law passed during Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s time as governor of Indiana.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">5<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">5. <em>See Box<\/em>, 139 S. Ct. at 1781\u201382.<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>&nbsp;The Court upheld a measure regulating the disposal of fetal remains.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">6<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">6. <em>See id.&nbsp;<\/em>at 1782\u201383.<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>&nbsp;Reasoning that the provision did not directly deal with abortion, the Court applied rational basis review to the Indiana law and upheld it.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">7<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">7. <em>See id.&nbsp;<\/em>at 1782.<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>&nbsp;The Court did not weigh in on the constitutionality of a second provision forbidding any doctor from knowingly performing an abortion in cases of race, sex, or disability selection.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">8<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">8. <em>Id<\/em>.<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>&nbsp;In a lengthy concurrence, Justice Thomas told a troubling story about the shadow cast by eugenic legal reformers over the movement for abortion rights\u2014and over contemporary women choosing abortion.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">9<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">9. <em>See id.&nbsp;<\/em>at 1782\u201393 (Thomas, J., concurring).<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Thomas\u2019s concurrence reflects the evolving uses of history in abortion jurisprudence. It comes as no surprise that Thomas, a self-described originalist, views historic context as crucial.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_759_1('footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">10<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">10. <em>See, e.g.<\/em>, Brian Lipshutz,&nbsp;<em>Justice Thomas and the Originalist Turn in<\/em> <em>Administrative Law<\/em>, 125 YALE&nbsp;L.J. F. 94, 94\u2013100 (2015).<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_759_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>&nbsp;But in abortion cases like&nbsp;<em>Box<\/em>, Thomas and other self-professed originalists do not focus on the original intent or original public meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. Instead, as&nbsp;<em>Box&nbsp;<\/em>shows, the Court\u2019s conservatives enlist historical stories as part of their analysis of stare decisis.&nbsp;<em>Box&nbsp;<\/em>illuminates just one example of how the justices use historical narratives to question the motives of those seeking and exercising rights.&nbsp;<em>Box&nbsp;<\/em>also illuminates how these claims factor into larger consequentialist claims about specific judicial precedents. In this way, Thomas\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Box&nbsp;<\/em>concurrence is far more than an incendiary comment on a law that the Court has yet to fully consider. It exposes a broader line of argument for transforming abortion jurisprudence\u2014one centered not on original purpose or original meaning but on consequentialist claims about the real-world effects of a decision or the motives of those who sought it out. This Essay explores the fundamental flaws inherent in this line of historical argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To read more, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Ziegler-online-essay-final-version-6-15-20.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Ziegler-online-essay-final-version-6-15-20.pdf\">Bad Effects: The Misuses of History in Box v. Planned Parenthood<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_759_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_759_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_759_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_759_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">39 S. Ct. 1780, 1782 (2019).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">410 U.S. 113 (1973).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_3');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">505 U.S. 833 (1992).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_4');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">139 S. Ct. 1780 (2019). For some of the controversy surrounding&nbsp;<em>Box<\/em>, see Eli Rosenberg,&nbsp;<em>Clarence Thomas Tried to Link Abortion to Eugenics. Seven<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Historians Told The Post He\u2019s Wrong<\/em>, WASH. POST, (May 30, 2019, 9:50 PM), <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2019\/05\/31\/clarence-thomas-<\/span> tried-link-abortion-eugenics-seven-historians-told-post-hes- wrong\/?utmterm=.68c4682dff4c [<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/BE4D-TA9W\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/BE4D-TA9W<\/span><\/a>]; Alexandra Minna Stern,&nbsp;<em>Clarence Thomas\u2019&nbsp;Linking Abortion to Eugenics Is as Inaccurate as it Is Dangerous<\/em>, NEWSWEEK, (May 31, 2019, 12:02 PM), <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/clarence-thomas-abortion-eugenics-dangerous-<\/span> opinion-1440717 [<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/ZDT6-5U64\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/ZDT6-5U64<\/span><\/a>].<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_5');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_5\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>See Box<\/em>, 139 S. Ct. at 1781\u201382.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_6');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_6\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>See id.&nbsp;<\/em>at 1782\u201383.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_7');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_7\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>See id.&nbsp;<\/em>at 1782.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_8');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_8\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>Id<\/em>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_9');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_9\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>See id.&nbsp;<\/em>at 1782\u201393 (Thomas, J., concurring).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_759_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_759_1_10');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_759_1_10\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>See, e.g.<\/em>, Brian Lipshutz,&nbsp;<em>Justice Thomas and the Originalist Turn in<\/em> <em>Administrative Law<\/em>, 125 YALE&nbsp;L.J. 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