opinion
OBJECTION
In the bad old days, divorcing couples had to prove one of them was terrible (even if they weren’t). Republicans want to bring that back.
Joanna L. Grossman, a Justia columnist, is the Ellen K. Solender Endowed Chair in Women and Law at SMU Dedman School of Law. She is currently serving as the Herman Phleger Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School. She is the author or editor of nine books, including, The Walled Garden: Law and Privacy in Modern Society (2022); Nine to Five: How Gender, Sex and Sexuality Continue to Define the American Workplace (2016); and Inside the Castle: Law and the Family in 20th Century America (2011). Her research focuses on family law, sex discrimination in the workplace, and reproductive rights.