Supreme Court set to give the most extremist movement in the US a big win — and it's not abortion
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court set to give the most extremist movement in the US a big win — and it's not abortion

Raw Story  

This weekend's horrific mass killing in Buffalo serves as a tragic reminder that the radicalism of the American right-wing is not confined to abortion policy or an anti-democratic movement to take over the election machinery for partisan gain. There hasn't been as much talk about it, but the Supreme Court heard a case this session that could do for gun proliferation advocates what the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organizationcaselooks poised to do for the anti-abortion movement. Former Justice John Paul Stephens called it the worst decision of his tenure, noting that when he came on the court there was not even any discussion of gun ownership being a "fundamental right." If the Court overturns the New York law, the gun proliferation advocates will tell the people in those states they just don't know what's good for them and that "an armed soci­ety is a polite soci­ety." Legal observers worry that the Court could take the most extreme approach and introduce this new "text, history and tradition" test at least partly because of trumped up partisan grievance politics that insist the 2nd Amendment has been treated as a "second class" right.

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The Newly Revived Zombie Laws Threatening to Lock Up Women When They Miscarry
1 month, 1 week ago

The Newly Revived Zombie Laws Threatening to Lock Up Women When They Miscarry

Slate  

Last week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of a pair of cases that will determine access to abortion in the state. A trial judge bought Kaul’s argument, and now the case is before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which has a new liberal majority since the 2022 election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz. A woman who babysat for …

Abortion rights advocates win in 6 states but lose in 3
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Abortion rights advocates win in 6 states but lose in 3

LA Times  

Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans in one of six victories for abortion rights advocates, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota defeated similar constitutional amendments, leaving bans in place. A measure that allows more abortion restrictions and enshrines the state’s current 12-week ban was adopted in Nebraska and a competing …

New York votes to put abortion rights in the state constitution
1 month, 2 weeks ago

New York votes to put abortion rights in the state constitution

NPR  

New York votes to put abortion rights in the state constitution toggle caption Yuki Iwamura/AP This story originally appeared as part of NPR's live coverage of the 2024 election. ALBANY, N.Y. — New York voters have approved an amendment to the state constitution designed to protect the state’s current access to abortion along with protections against various forms discrimination, according …

Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri’s November ballot, court rules
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri’s November ballot, court rules

Associated Press  

— A measure undoing Missouri’s near-total abortion ban will appear on the ballot in November, the state’s high court ruled Tuesday, marking the latest victory in a nationwide fight to have voters weigh in on abortion laws since federal rights to the procedure ended in 2022. The order also directs Ashcroft, an abortion opponent, to “take all steps necessary to …

Judge declines to order New York to include ‘abortion’ in description of ballot measure
4 months ago

Judge declines to order New York to include ‘abortion’ in description of ballot measure

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York judge said Friday he won’t force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed antidiscrimination amendment to the state’s constitution would protect abortion rights, dealing a blow to Democrats who pushed for the change. The amendment would expand the list to ethnicity, national origin, age, disability and “sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, …

In New York, a ballot referendum meant to protect abortion may not use the word ‘abortion’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

In New York, a ballot referendum meant to protect abortion may not use the word ‘abortion’

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — A proposed amendment to New York’s Constitution that’s intended to protect abortion rights might appear on the ballot this fall without any mention of the word “abortion.” That’s partly because of sharp disagreements about what the so-called Equal Rights Amendment would actually do, if passed. The Democrats wrote a letter to the board that said the amendment …

The Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Should Satisfy Nobody
6 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Should Satisfy Nobody

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Now the Supreme Court has unanimously shot down the 5th Circuit and Kacsmaryk, an embarrassing rejoinder to these lower courts’ law-free militancy. That’s true even in a “healthcare desert, where other doctors are not readily available.” A doctor who opposes abortion, the court …

What's next up for the Supreme Court? Abortion rights, gun laws and more
6 months, 2 weeks ago

What's next up for the Supreme Court? Abortion rights, gun laws and more

NPR  

What's next up for the Supreme Court? It is the most important test of presidential power since the Supreme Court’s 1974 decision ordering President Nixon to turn over to the Watergate special prosecutor specific — and ultimately incriminating — tape recordings of his White House conversations. Aside from those cases, there are other major controversies: two involving abortion, two involving …

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states
8 months, 1 week ago

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states

Associated Press  

Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal elections — including the presidential race — and directly in the form of referendums in some states. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling that allows enforcement of a ban …

Alabama’s IVF ruling is spotlighting the anti-abortion movement’s long game
10 months ago

Alabama’s IVF ruling is spotlighting the anti-abortion movement’s long game

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S. Brittany Jones, an attorney and policy director for Kansas Family Voice, which opposes …

A State Supreme Court Just Issued Another Devastating Rebuke of the U.S. Supreme Court
10 months, 2 weeks ago

A State Supreme Court Just Issued Another Devastating Rebuke of the U.S. Supreme Court

Slate  

The Hawaii Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion on Wednesday declaring that its state constitution grants individuals absolutely no right to keep and bear arms outside the context of military service. Its decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, refusing to interpolate SCOTUS’ shoddy historical analysis into Hawaii law. It’s a unanimous opinion authored by …

US Supreme Court lets New York enforce gun law during lawsuit
1 year, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court lets New York enforce gun law during lawsuit

Firstpost  

New York lawmakers rewrote the state’s handgun laws over the summer after a June Supreme Court ruling invalidated New York’s old system for granting permits to carry handguns outside the home Washington: The Supreme Court is allowing New York to continue to enforce a sweeping new gun law banning guns from “sensitive places” such as schools and playgrounds for now …

Similar state abortion challenges meet different outcomes
1 year, 11 months ago

Similar state abortion challenges meet different outcomes

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The top courts in two conservative states ruled the same day on similar challenges to abortion bans — and went in opposite directions. The 3-2 decisions Thursday in Idaho, which keeps a ban on abortion at all stages of pregnancy, and South Carolina, which blocks enforcement of a ban after cardiac activity can be detected, are the …

2022 Notebook: A seismic reversal in U.S. abortion rights
2 years ago

2022 Notebook: A seismic reversal in U.S. abortion rights

Associated Press  

THE BACKGROUND: After decades of abortion rights, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and suddenly abortion was illegal in parts of the country. When the decision came down in June, women across the U.S. suddenly found themselves living in states where abortion wasn’t legal. ___ NOREEN NASIR, video journalist based in New York, who reported from Jackson, Mississippi, …

After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws
2 years, 4 months ago

After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over everything from bans on AR-15-style guns to age limits. “The gun rights movement has been given a weapon of mass destruction, and it will annihilate approximately 75% of the gun laws eventually,” said Evan Nappen, a New …

Column: Threats to criminalize out-of-state abortions are a scary reminder of 1850s America
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: Threats to criminalize out-of-state abortions are a scary reminder of 1850s America

LA Times  

Abortion rights supporters march to the White House to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision to end federal abortion rights protections on Saturday. With Roe vs. Wade overturned, law professors from three Pennsylvania universities observe in a draft paper, “we have already seen the beginnings of these battles.” Among the signposts is Texas’ infamous SB 8, an anti-abortion law that …

New York moves to ban concealed guns in many places, including Times Square
2 years, 5 months ago

New York moves to ban concealed guns in many places, including Times Square

India Today  

New York lawmakers voted to pass new gun laws on Friday that ban weapons from a long list of "sensitive places," including Times Square, and require people who want a gun license to get more training and submit their social media accounts to government review. "Our state will continue to keep New Yorkers safe from harm, even despite this setback …

NY lawmakers endorse proposed abortion rights amendment
2 years, 5 months ago

NY lawmakers endorse proposed abortion rights amendment

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers took the first step Friday toward amending the state constitution to enshrine abortion rights following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Both houses of the Democrat-controlled Legislature approved a resolution to begin the process of passing the amendment, which would expand the state constitution’s Equal Protection Amendment by banning discrimination based …

EXPLAINER: Abortion ruling sparks wave of new legal issues
2 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: Abortion ruling sparks wave of new legal issues

Associated Press  

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has set off a frenzy of activity in courthouses around the country, with judges asked to decide when or if state-imposed bans or other far-reaching restrictions on abortion can go into effect. To complicate matters, some states have multiple abortion bans in play, and the measures conflict, overlap or are set to …

Supreme Court pushes divided nation closer to breaking point with new fights over abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court pushes divided nation closer to breaking point with new fights over abortion

CNN  

CNN — The contrast between the theoretical legal bubble of the Supreme Court chamber and the confused, divided nation rocked by the destabilizing decisions of its conservative majority has never been more stark. Despite his own opposition to abortion, Roberts argued that a less abrupt move by the court that did not overturn Roe v. Wade would be “markedly less …

How States Will Target Pregnant People Now That Roe Has Fallen
2 years, 6 months ago

How States Will Target Pregnant People Now That Roe Has Fallen

Slate  

This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. The study, which was published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that the confusing and threatening legal landscape created by the law had “a chilling effect on a broad range of health care professionals, …

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, …

Abortion access threatened in these US states after Supreme Court ruling
2 years, 6 months ago

Abortion access threatened in these US states after Supreme Court ruling

Hindustan Times  

The US Supreme Court's overturning of America's constitutional right to abortion gives all 50 states the freedom to ban the procedure, with nearly half expected to do so in some form. Anti-abortion demonstrators celebrate outside the US Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization abortion case. Missouri's attorney general Eric Schmitt tweeted a photo …

US Supreme Court ends constitutional right to abortion, states can ban it now
2 years, 6 months ago

US Supreme Court ends constitutional right to abortion, states can ban it now

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. The Biden administration and other defenders of abortion rights have warned that a decision overturning Roe also would threaten other high court decisions in favor of gay rights and even potentially, …

NEWS18 EXPLAINS: After US Supreme Court Says Americans Have Right To Carry Firearms, A Look At Its Impact
2 years, 6 months ago

NEWS18 EXPLAINS: After US Supreme Court Says Americans Have Right To Carry Firearms, A Look At Its Impact

News 18  

The Supreme Court issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more than a decade Thursday. In its decision, the Supreme Court struck down New York’s “proper cause” requirement, but other states’ laws are expected to face quick challenges. States can still require people to get a license to carry a gun, Kavanaugh wrote, and condition that license on “fingerprinting, a …

After Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?
2 years, 6 months ago

After Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more than a decade. In its decision, the Supreme Court struck down New York’s “proper cause” requirement, but other states’ laws are expected to face quick challenges. States can still require people to get a license to carry a gun, Kavanaugh wrote, and condition that license on …

'States can ban abortion': US Supreme Court rules
2 years, 6 months ago

'States can ban abortion': US Supreme Court rules

India TV News  

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. In roughly a half-dozen other states, the fight will be over dormant abortion bans that were enacted before Roe was decided in 1973 or new proposals to sharply limit when abortions …

US Supreme Court Expands Gun Rights, Overturns New York Handgun Law
2 years, 6 months ago

US Supreme Court Expands Gun Rights, Overturns New York Handgun Law

The Quint  

Americans have the right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, the United States Supreme Court said Thursday, 23 June. The Supreme Court also struck down a New York gun law, which will not only affect New York but also California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. The law in New York required people to show a specific …

New York officials slam 'shocking' Supreme Court gun ruling
2 years, 6 months ago

New York officials slam 'shocking' Supreme Court gun ruling

Raw Story  

New York officials expressed shock and outrage Thursday at a Supreme Court ruling that strikes down a gun law, warning the move would undermine public safety. New York's governor Kathy Hochul said the decision marked a "dark day" while Big Apple mayor Eric Adams said it "may have opened an additional river feeding the sea of gun violence." Adams, who …

Supreme Court strikes New York gun law, expanding gun rights
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court strikes New York gun law, expanding gun rights

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry guns in public, a major expansion of gun rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision follows a series of recent mass shootings and is expected to ultimately allow more people to legally carry guns on the streets of the nation’s largest cities — including New York, Los Angeles and Boston …

SCOTUS decision in New York concealed carry law is a nightmare for gun control
2 years, 6 months ago

SCOTUS decision in New York concealed carry law is a nightmare for gun control

Slate  

The Supreme Court commenced a revolution in Second Amendment law on Thursday, striking down New York’s strict limits on concealed carry in a maximalist opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas that renders most of the nation’s gun control laws presumptively unconstitutional. The government may only save it from invalidation if it can prove that the regulation “is consistent with this nation’s …

'Devastating': Supreme Court blows massive hole in state gun control efforts
2 years, 6 months ago

'Devastating': Supreme Court blows massive hole in state gun control efforts

Raw Story  

In a decision with sweeping and grave implications for gun control laws across the country, the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down New York state's restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms in public. Slate legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern warned that the high court's 6-3 decision—penned by Justice Clarence Thomas—"goes so, so far beyond concealed carry." The …

New York gun law: Supreme Court says Constitution protects right to carry a gun outside the home
2 years, 6 months ago

New York gun law: Supreme Court says Constitution protects right to carry a gun outside the home

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York gun law enacted more than a century ago that places restrictions on carrying a concealed handgun outside the home – an opinion marking the widest expansion of gun rights in a decade. “The majority’s expansion of what the Second Amendment protects will have monumental ramifications far beyond carrying …

US Supreme Court strikes down New York restriction on guns
2 years, 6 months ago

US Supreme Court strikes down New York restriction on guns

Al Jazeera  

The ruling says a law requiring a resident to show ‘proper cause’ to carry a concealed gun in public is unconstitutional. The United States Supreme Court has deemed unconstitutional a decades-old New York state law that requires gun owners to show “proper cause” to carry a concealed handgun for self-defence in public. It is outrageous that at a moment of …

New York officials react to the US Supreme Court ruling on handgun law
2 years, 6 months ago

New York officials react to the US Supreme Court ruling on handgun law

CNN  

New York CNN — New York leaders are condemning the US Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to knock down a century-old state law that placed restrictions on carrying a concealed gun outside the home, with Gov. “It is outrageous,” she said on Twitter, “that at a moment of national reckoning on gun violence, the Supreme Court has recklessly struck down a …

Editorial: California gun laws under threat by right-wing Supreme Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Editorial: California gun laws under threat by right-wing Supreme Court

LA Times  

Hundreds of people participate in a rally during the March for Our Lives against gun violence event in downtown Los Angeles on June 11. California’s long history of promoting public safety by embracing reasonable restrictions on guns is under threat by a Supreme Court thatput its ideology above common-sense efforts to reduce the risk of violence and death. Legislation being …

Supreme Court strikes down N.Y. law that restricts concealed carrying of guns
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court strikes down N.Y. law that restricts concealed carrying of guns

NPR  

Supreme Court strikes down N.Y. law that restricts concealed carrying of guns Enlarge this image Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative supermajority on Thursday declared for the first time that there is a constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self defense. Writing for the court majority, Justice Clarence …

Abortion: How Things Stand in US as Court Prepares to Rule
2 years, 6 months ago

Abortion: How Things Stand in US as Court Prepares to Rule

News 18  

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver an opinion by the end of June that could roll back 50 years of abortion rights in the United States. This is the state of affairs in the country ahead of the much-anticipated ruling by the nation’s highest court: Roe v. Wade In the absence of any federal laws, it is the 1973 …

US Supreme Court: Abortion, guns among cases still to be decided
2 years, 6 months ago

US Supreme Court: Abortion, guns among cases still to be decided

Al Jazeera  

The US Supreme Court has a month left in its term, and 30 cases to rule on, including the possible overturning of Roe v Wade. Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver within the next month. Slower than usual …

Justices to rule in gun case with US raw from mass shootings
2 years, 6 months ago

Justices to rule in gun case with US raw from mass shootings

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With mass shootings in Texas, New York and California fresh in Americans’ mind, the Supreme Court will soon issue its biggest gun ruling in more than a decade, one expected to make it easier to carry guns in public in some of the largest cities. I can’t recall the last time the Supreme Court ruled in so many …

US warns abortion ruling could increase extremist violence
2 years, 7 months ago

US warns abortion ruling could increase extremist violence

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down the constitutional right to abortion has unleashed a wave of threats against officials and others and increased the likelihood of extremist violence, an internal government report says. Violence could come from either side of the abortion issue or from other types of extremists seeking to exploit tensions, according …

Op-Ed: The Supreme Court flunks abortion history
2 years, 7 months ago

Op-Ed: The Supreme Court flunks abortion history

LA Times  

Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The 14th Amendment, the draft recognizes, protects unenumerated rights that are “deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition.” Applying that test, the opinion concludes that “the right to abortion does not fall within this category” because when the 14th Amendment was adopted, “three quarters of the States made abortion a crime at …

US states take up abortion battle
2 years, 7 months ago

US states take up abortion battle

China Daily  

Abortion advocates and protesters gather outside the US Supreme Court following the leak of a draft opinion on abortion rights in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2022. The abortion battleground in the US has moved to states and their new efforts to restrict abortion or strengthen protections following the report of a leaked majority draft opinion by the Supreme Court …

Here's Where Abortion Will Likely Be Illegal If SCOTUS Overturns Roe
2 years, 7 months ago

Here's Where Abortion Will Likely Be Illegal If SCOTUS Overturns Roe

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A leaked draft from the Supreme Court on Monday night revealed that the justices are poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, ending abortion protections that have been in place in the United States for nearly half a century. The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization focused on advancing reproductive health policy, has identified 26 states that are …

Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight
3 years ago

Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As the Supreme Court court weighs the future of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent anti-abortion movement is looking to press its advantage in state-by-state battles while abortion-rights supporters prepare to play defense. “We have to weather the storm so that in the future — five, 10, 15 years from now — we’re talking about …

Conflict over abortion laws won’t abate if Roe v. Wade falls
3 years ago

Conflict over abortion laws won’t abate if Roe v. Wade falls

Associated Press  

On both sides of America’s abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion — is imperiled as never before. Roe’s demise would likely prompt at least 20 Republican-governed states to impose sweeping bans; perhaps 15 Democratic-governed states would reaffirm support for abortion access. “Many of these states …

Supreme Court set to take up all-or-nothing abortion fight
3 years ago

Supreme Court set to take up all-or-nothing abortion fight

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there’s no middle ground in Wednesday’s showdown over abortion. On the other side, abortion opponents argue that the court essentially invented abortion law in Roe and Casey, and shouldn’t repeat that mistake in this case. They can either overrule the two big cases, Jipping said, “or they’re going to have to …

Editorial: Please, Supreme Court, do not take abortion rights away from any women, anywhere
3 years ago

Editorial: Please, Supreme Court, do not take abortion rights away from any women, anywhere

LA Times  

Consider the array of civil and human rights protected by Supreme Court landmark rulings in the last century: Public schools cannot be racially segregated. Only the right to an abortion, established by a Supreme Court ruling in Roe vs. Wade in 1973, has fueled intense resistance. The addition of three conservative justices during the Trump administration has encouraged states like …

Supreme Court set to take up all-or-nothing abortion fight
3 years ago

Supreme Court set to take up all-or-nothing abortion fight

LA Times  

The Supreme Court is seen at dusk in Washington on Oct. 22. “There are no half measures here,” said Sherif Girgis, a Notre Dame law professor who once served as a law clerk for Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. A ruling that overturned Roe and the 1992 case of Planned Parenthood vs. Casey would lead to outright bans or severe …

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