Almost fifty years ago the United States Supreme Court decided Griswold v. Connecticut.  It’s a case I remember learning in High School, then again in college, and then again in law school.  It’s one of the most important cases decided, in which the court held that the government doesn’t have the right to ban contraceptives.   

Recently, every single Republican candidate for Senate in North Carolina stated that the state had the right to ban contraceptives.

That’s wrong. I’m not saying their opinion is wrong (OK, I am) — this is just factually wrong. The state does not have the right to ban contraceptives, and hasn’t for fifty years. This is not a matter of opinion.

I mean, you’d think if you were applying for a job where you got to write laws you might actually want to know something about, you know, laws and stuff.  Just sayin’.