Clarence Thomas: Supreme Court should strike down same-sex marriage and contraceptive rights next
2 years, 6 months ago

Clarence Thomas: Supreme Court should strike down same-sex marriage and contraceptive rights next

Salon  

Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday confirmed some of the darkest warnings about the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The right-wing court had been expected to overturn the ruling after a draft circulated showing that Justice Samuel Alito had written a decision striking down Roe in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, and many warned the court would next target other agreed-upon rights. Thomas opened the door to that in a concurring opinion to the 6-3 ruling in Dobbs, saying the court should reconsider rulings that protect the rights to contraception, same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage. "In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court's substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell," Thomas wrote.

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Analysis: John Roberts leads the charge to uphold bans on trans care
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Analysis: John Roberts leads the charge to uphold bans on trans care

CNN  

CNN — As Chief Justice John Roberts set the tone for what appears to be a Supreme Court majority to uphold state bans on gender-affirming care, his remarks Wednesday recalled his attitude nearly 10 years ago when the court declared a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Roberts brushed aside arguments that Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care amounted to sex discrimination …

Dobbs Was Just the Beginning. Now Trans Rights Are Being Tested at the Supreme Court.
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Dobbs Was Just the Beginning. Now Trans Rights Are Being Tested at the Supreme Court.

Slate  

On Dec. 4, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in what is likely to be the most important trans rights case in history. It will have knock-on effects for civil rights jurisprudence that will affect the freedoms and protections of LGBTQ+ Americans, women, medical providers, and parents’ rights to raise their children without interference from the state. Chase Strangio: …

Your guide to Proposition 3: Affirming gay marriage in California’s Constitution
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Your guide to Proposition 3: Affirming gay marriage in California’s Constitution

LA Times  

Assemblymember Evan Low authored legislation asking voters to remove and replace the Proposition 8 definition, calling it “discriminatory and unconstitutional.” The measure comes amid Democrats’ distrust of the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court. Advocates of Proposition 3 point to a concurring opinion by conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the 2022 case overturning of Roe vs. Wade, …

On the anniversary of the fall of Roe, Democrats lay the blame for worsening health care on Trump
6 months ago

On the anniversary of the fall of Roe, Democrats lay the blame for worsening health care on Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is using the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade to argue that Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women’s freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis. Harris said Monday that Trump “intended” for his three Supreme Court picks to overturn Roe. “Trump has not denied, much …

Transgender Rights Advocates’ Last Best Hope Is Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts
6 months ago

Transgender Rights Advocates’ Last Best Hope Is Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts

Slate  

The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will decide whether states have the constitutional authority to prohibit gender-affirming care for minors. The 6th Circuit held that the due process clause does not protect the parents because there is no “deeply rooted” right to secure gender-affirming care for one’s offspring, and that the equal protection clause is not offended because …

Sam Alito Is to Blame for the Alabama Supreme Court’s Devastating Anti-IVF Ruling
10 months ago

Sam Alito Is to Blame for the Alabama Supreme Court’s Devastating Anti-IVF Ruling

Slate  

In June 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito promised that other reproductive rights were not in danger. Abortion, he proclaimed, was different: “It destroys … an unborn human being.” A decision issued last Friday by the Alabama Supreme Court is a reminder that the effects of Dobbs are not limited to restricting access to …

A State Supreme Court Just Issued the Most Devastating Rebuke of Dobbs Yet
54 years, 11 months ago

A State Supreme Court Just Issued the Most Devastating Rebuke of Dobbs Yet

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s eradication of the constitutional right to abortion in 2022’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization had an immediate and devastating impact on gender equality in the United States. The majority vehemently rejected Dobbs’ history-only analysis, noting that, until recently, “those interpreting the law” saw women “as not only having fewer legal rights than men but also as …

These Reproductive Rights Cases Could Do More Damage to the Judiciary Than Dobbs
54 years, 11 months ago

These Reproductive Rights Cases Could Do More Damage to the Judiciary Than Dobbs

Slate  

In key cases on abortion and contraception this past week, conservative judges debated how to approach what seems like a dry and technical issue: who has standing to be in court in the first place. Related From Slate How Dobbs Forces Doctors to Practice Medicine and Law at the Same Time Meanwhile, standing dominated oral argument on Monday when the …

One year later, the Supreme Court's abortion decision is both scorned and praised
1 year, 6 months ago

One year later, the Supreme Court's abortion decision is both scorned and praised

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a statement, President Joe Biden pledged to protect access and decried the court's …

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone
1 year, 8 months ago

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone

Al Jazeera  

The ruling preserves broad access to mifepristone, while litigation continues over the pill’s approval for US use. “But let’s be clear – the American people must continue to use their vote as their voice, and elect a Congress who will pass a law restoring the protections of Roe v Wade,” Biden added, citing a landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that …

AP WAS THERE: Supreme Court gives same-sex marriage rights
2 years ago

AP WAS THERE: Supreme Court gives same-sex marriage rights

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Editor’s Note: On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to marry. The vote was narrow - 5-4 - but Kennedy’s majority opinion was clear and firm: “The court now holds that same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry.” The ruling will put an end to same-sex marriage bans …

Don’t bail on abortion.
2 years, 1 month ago

Don’t bail on abortion.

Slate  

In his majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito noted that there was no place for abortion protections in the Constitution. With great satisfaction in the wake of this search, Alito determined conclusively that: “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.” As Jill …

US House passes bill to protect same-sex marriages after Supreme Court's ruling on abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

US House passes bill to protect same-sex marriages after Supreme Court's ruling on abortion

India Today  

The US House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by many conservatives. “The extremist right-wing majority on the Supreme Court has put our country down a perilous path,” said Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., in a floor speech …

House passes same-sex marriage bill in response to Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

House passes same-sex marriage bill in response to Supreme Court

LA Times  

Del Martin, left, slips a ring onto the finger of Phyllis Lyon during a wedding officiated by then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in June 2008. The U.S. House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade’s guarantee of abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by …

More women are seeking sterilization since Roe vs. Wade was overturned
2 years, 5 months ago

More women are seeking sterilization since Roe vs. Wade was overturned

LA Times  

Ciara Walter, 33, poses for a photo before her June 29 bilateral salpingectomy, a surgical procedure in which the fallopian tubes are removed. “Never before have I seen so many women in such a panic or state of anxiety about their bodies and their reproductive rights,” Muldrow said. “They feel like this is their only option.” Dr. Kavita Shah Arora, …

Roe vs Wade: Judicial history of right to choose abortion in US
2 years, 5 months ago

Roe vs Wade: Judicial history of right to choose abortion in US

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday last week eliminated the constitutional right to choose abortion that existed for almost 50 years, clearing the decks for the states to severely restrict or completely ban the practice. “This right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment’s concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action, as …

The Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Reminds Me to Enjoy LGBTQ Rights While I Still Can
2 years, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Reminds Me to Enjoy LGBTQ Rights While I Still Can

Huff Post  

At the beginning of Pride Month, I told many of my friends to legally enjoy sodomy while they still can. Among them include South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who argued in an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” that Justice Samuel Alito, author of the majority opinion, “set the right tone” by writing that the overturning of Roe v. Wade by …

The force of the Supreme Court’s right turn has shaken the country
2 years, 5 months ago

The force of the Supreme Court’s right turn has shaken the country

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court reached into every corner of American life, reordering intimate family choices, breaching the separation of church and state, and diminishing the steps government can take to prevent gun violence or protect the environment. “After today’s decision, the nine Members of this Court will no longer decide the basic legality of pre-viability abortion for all 330 …

Why Clarence Thomas’ opinion is the only honest concurrence in Dobbs.
2 years, 5 months ago

Why Clarence Thomas’ opinion is the only honest concurrence in Dobbs.

Slate  

Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion for a bare majority of the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ended constitutionally protected abortion rights in America, seemed to delight in invoking professor John Hart Ely’s memorable criticism of Roe v. Wade. In 1973, the same year the Roe opinion came out, Ely wrote that the court’s decision to protect …

Roe v. Wade outrage highlights growing rift between the American people and the Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Roe v. Wade outrage highlights growing rift between the American people and the Supreme Court

CNN  

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. Abortion rights activists across the country are meeting the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade with a blitz of dissent. Consider this: Most Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll conducted Friday and Saturday in the …

Regressive, inhumane: The Hindu Editorial on the U.S. Supreme Court removing right to abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

Regressive, inhumane: The Hindu Editorial on the U.S. Supreme Court removing right to abortion

The Hindu  

When a democracy rolls back a constitutional right that has been in place for almost half a century, it must consider itself in deep peril. The U.S. stands at that fraught juncture now, after its Supreme Court, in a 6-3 majority, overturned the 1973 ruling in Roe vs Wade, and took away the constitutional right to abortion. With Roe, as …

Chief Justice John Roberts lost the Supreme Court and the defining case of his generation
2 years, 5 months ago

Chief Justice John Roberts lost the Supreme Court and the defining case of his generation

CNN  

CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts has long piloted America’s highest court, securing majorities on controversies over religion, race, voting rights and campaign finance regulation. In doing so, they wrote, “this Court betrays its guiding principles.” They said they felt sorrow for the court itself although more “for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental …

Column: A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Supreme Court decision
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Supreme Court decision

LA Times  

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is a double disaster. It is another deep distortion to say, as the Dobbs opinion does, that Roe, and the later decision Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, inadequately protected “potential life.” Both decisions placed substantial weight — many would argue excessive weight — on fetal safeguards. Alito derides Casey’s admittedly …

Will Overturning Of Roe Spell The End Of Same-Sex Marriages, Right To Contraception In US
2 years, 6 months ago

Will Overturning Of Roe Spell The End Of Same-Sex Marriages, Right To Contraception In US

News 18  

The US Supreme Court’s decision erasing the constitutional right to abortion provides a roadmap to end other freedoms involving marriage, sexuality and birth control, its three liberal members said on Friday, while conservative Justice Clarence Thomas urged the court to take just that path. In future cases, Thomas said, “we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents,” …

News Analysis: Supreme Court is emboldened, conservative and ready to push further right
2 years, 6 months ago

News Analysis: Supreme Court is emboldened, conservative and ready to push further right

LA Times  

Abortion rights advocates gather outside the Supreme Court on Friday to protest its decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. It’s difficult to think of a decision that’s more personal or important to a pregnant woman than whether or not she will bear a child.” Once Powell had spoken, it was clear there was a majority within the court to rule …

Analysis: Reversal of Roe v. Wade is stunning moment that will reshape American politics
2 years, 6 months ago

Analysis: Reversal of Roe v. Wade is stunning moment that will reshape American politics

CNN  

CNN — The day that remade America was decades in the making. The Supreme Court’s overturning of a woman’s right to an abortion on Friday was a legal, political and societal thunderbolt that merits the overused term “historic” because it will change life in multiple ways, many still unknown. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who did as much as any …

With Roe over, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights
2 years, 6 months ago

With Roe over, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advocates, who feared that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for same-sex couples to marry. “It really is much more extreme than the justices are making it out to be.” He added: …

Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, striking down abortion rights across US
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, striking down abortion rights across US

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A decision from the nation’s high court on …

Roe v Wade overturned: Read the Supreme Court’s ruling in full
2 years, 6 months ago

Roe v Wade overturned: Read the Supreme Court’s ruling in full

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The US Supreme Court …

Roe v Wade: US top court ends 50 yrs of federal abortion rights
2 years, 6 months ago

Roe v Wade: US top court ends 50 yrs of federal abortion rights

Hindustan Times  

In a judgment that will transform America’s political, legal and social landscape, the United States’ Supreme Court, on Friday, struck down the historic Roe v Wade judgment that had institutionalised abortion-related protections in the country. “It just stuns me.it is cruel…The court is taking America back 150 years.” Biden, however, said the fight was not over; he would do all …

The Supreme Court’s Next Target Is Marriage Equality. It Won’t Be the Last.
2 years, 6 months ago

The Supreme Court’s Next Target Is Marriage Equality. It Won’t Be the Last.

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday overruling Roe v. Wade is a devastating blow to individual autonomy and women’s equality, a horrific assault on liberty that will inflict unspeakable suffering and death in the states that are already criminalizing abortion. In Dobbs, though, Justice Sam Alito flatly rejected this vision of ever-evolving liberty: For the court to recognize unenumerated rights, …

Legal expert identifies an ominous 'tragedy' that the Supreme Court has inflicted upon itself
2 years, 6 months ago

Legal expert identifies an ominous 'tragedy' that the Supreme Court has inflicted upon itself

Raw Story  

Speaking on MSNBC this Friday, legal analyst Joyce Vance commented on the potential for the Supreme Court to overturn other rulings that guarantee rights such as contraception and same-sex marriage in the wake of its ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. Later in the segment, Vance said that she doesn't think the country benefits from a "highly politicized Supreme Court …

Clarence Thomas argues overturning Roe warrants SCOTUS to ‘reconsider’ landmark cases legalising same-sex marriage and relationships, contraception
2 years, 6 months ago

Clarence Thomas argues overturning Roe warrants SCOTUS to ‘reconsider’ landmark cases legalising same-sex marriage and relationships, contraception

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Friday, in his concurrent opinion to Dobbs v. …

U.S. Supreme Court overturns landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights
2 years, 6 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court overturns landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights

The Hindu  

In a significant curtailment of women’s rights, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a 1973 landmark decision giving women in America the right to have an abortion before the foetus is viable outside the womb — before the 24-28 week mark. ‘Deepened division’ “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by …

Clarence Thomas calls on court to undo rulings on same-sex relationships and contraception: 'We have a duty to correct the error'
2 years, 6 months ago

Clarence Thomas calls on court to undo rulings on same-sex relationships and contraception: 'We have a duty to correct the error'

Raw Story  

Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday confirmed some of the darkest warnings about the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The right-wing court had been expected to overturn the ruling after a draft circulated showing that Justice Samuel Alito had written a decision striking down Roe in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, and many warned the court …

The Supreme Court Overrules Roe v. Wade
2 years, 6 months ago

The Supreme Court Overrules Roe v. Wade

Slate  

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, abolishing a constitutional right to abortion that has existed for nearly half a century. Its 6–3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization—which overrules Roe by a 5–4 vote—paves the way for total or near-total abortion bans in half the states. “I would take a more measured course,” the chief …

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in sweeping setback to reproductive rights
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in sweeping setback to reproductive rights

Raw Story  

The United States Supreme Court has overturned the decades-old precedent set by Roe v. Wade and has ruled that there is no constitutional right to an abortion. In a sweeping ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court declared in a 6-to-3 vote that the original decision that established reproductive rights for women in the United States was wrongly decided. …

Photos: ‘Overruled’ – Top US court banishes abortion law
2 years, 6 months ago

Photos: ‘Overruled’ – Top US court banishes abortion law

Al Jazeera  

The Supreme Court on Friday ended constitutional protections for abortion that had stood in the United States for nearly a half-century. The decision by the court’s conservative majority overturned the landmark Roe v Wade ruling and is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the 50 states. The ruling, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination …

Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade with Dobbs decision
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade with Dobbs decision

Salon  

The conservative majority of the Supreme Court overturned the landmark precedent on abortion rights on Friday, voting to strike down the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nationwide. "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion, a draft of which was leaked to much uproar months ago. During the proceeding, …

Contraception, same-sex marriage should be next in the crosshairs, Thomas says in opinion
2 years, 6 months ago

Contraception, same-sex marriage should be next in the crosshairs, Thomas says in opinion

LA Times  

The Supreme Court “should reconsider” rulings that rely on the same legal reasoning as Roe vs. Wade, including ones that protect gay sex, same-sex marriage and married people’s use of contraception, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion released Friday. In his concurring opinion in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe vs. Wade, enabling states to …

Dobbs: Conservative justices seized the moment and delivered the opinion they’d long promised
2 years, 6 months ago

Dobbs: Conservative justices seized the moment and delivered the opinion they’d long promised

CNN  

CNN — The five-justice Supreme Court bloc that overturned a half century of women’s abortion rights on Friday had coalesced less than two years. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote as the majority jettisoned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal nationwide. “Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had …

US Supreme Court overturns landmark Roe v Wade abortion ruling
2 years, 6 months ago

US Supreme Court overturns landmark Roe v Wade abortion ruling

Al Jazeera  

US top court overturns 1973 precedent-setting decision, upending nearly 50 years of abortion access in the country. The US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling that granted the right to abortion for nearly five decades in the United States, in what President Joe Biden has described as a “sad day” for the country. In a decision …

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism
2 years, 6 months ago

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism

NPR  

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism Enlarge this image toggle caption Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan wrote a searing dissent to the court's decision to end Roe v. Wade and overturn the constitutional right to an abortion. "Whatever …

How Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun’s Roe v. Wade opinion changed abortion rights in America.
2 years, 6 months ago

How Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun’s Roe v. Wade opinion changed abortion rights in America.

Slate  

Harry Blackmun wasn’t Richard Nixon’s first choice to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. “Justice Blackmun’s Journey: From Moderate to a Liberal,” New York Times, April 7, 1994. “​​Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wasn’t All That Fond of Roe v. Wade,” New York Times, Sept. 21, 2020. Robenalt, James D. “The unknown Supreme Court clerk who single-handedly created the Roe …

Hillary Clinton hits out at Samuel Alito and warns many rights are ‘at risk’ with Roe v Wade ruling
2 years, 6 months ago

Hillary Clinton hits out at Samuel Alito and warns many rights are ‘at risk’ with Roe v Wade ruling

The Independent  

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Analysis: Clarence Thomas calls out John Roberts as Supreme Court edges closer to overturning Roe v. Wade
2 years, 7 months ago

Analysis: Clarence Thomas calls out John Roberts as Supreme Court edges closer to overturning Roe v. Wade

CNN  

CNN — There was a little-seen warm moment between Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas last November 1, just before the Supreme Court heard arguments on Texas’ abortion ban. We may have been a dysfunctional family, but we were a family, and we loved it.” Thomas’ blunt remarks suggest new antagonism toward Roberts and added to the uncertainty …

Clarence Thomas says abortion leak has changed Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Clarence Thomas says abortion leak has changed Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. Politico has also reported that in addition to Thomas, conservative justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett had voted with the draft opinion’s author, Samuel Alito, to overrule Roe v. Wade and a 1992 decision, …

Justice Clarence Thomas says abortion leak has changed the Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Justice Clarence Thomas says abortion leak has changed the Supreme Court

LA Times  

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has long called for Roe vs. Wade to be overturned. Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. Politico has also reported that in addition to Thomas, conservative Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett had voted with the …

Explained | Why are reproductive rights under threat in the U.S.?
2 years, 7 months ago

Explained | Why are reproductive rights under threat in the U.S.?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court of the United States has privately voted to strike down the constitutional right to abortion as determined by the landmark Roe vs Wade case in 1973, according to a leaked draft opinion from February 2022. Based on the Roe vs Wade case, the framework of regulations that applied towards the right to abortion …

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