Who voted to overturn Roe v Wade and what is the political make up of the Supreme Court?
2 years, 6 months ago

Who voted to overturn Roe v Wade and what is the political make up of the Supreme Court?

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. As The Independent’s own John Bowden explained earlier this year, those justices include: Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts. The Constitution doesn’t indicate specific requirements for justices, but as Bowden points out in his reporting nominees have historically had “experience at the federal court level either as a justice, attorney, or both in the case of some such as recent addition Neil Gorsuch.” Judicial appointments then come down to the Senate via the White House and are brought in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote a separate concurrence where he agreed with his colleagues in upholding Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban in Dobbs, but emphasized he would not have chosen to also overturn Roe. A joint dissent was filed by the liberal minority of Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote in their opinion: “With sorrow – for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection – we dissent.” “ eliminates a 50-year-old constitutional right that safeguards women’s freedom and equal station,” reads the justices’ dissention.

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U.S. Election Results 2024: Determining constitutional right to abortion with ballots
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

U.S. Election Results 2024: Determining constitutional right to abortion with ballots

The Hindu  

Since the U.S. overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling securing the right to abortion, several States of the North American country became the groundswell of public opposition. Not-for-profit public law observer Brennan Centre for Justice observed in a blogpost, “In most of these eight States, abortion opponents in official positions have used their power to try to block or …

America’s ‘war on women’: The Independent’s documentary and investigative series on abortion rights
2 months ago

America’s ‘war on women’: The Independent’s documentary and investigative series on abortion rights

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 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. Abortion rights demonstrators rally outside the …

Column: A reminder that the GOP used to be the pro-abortion party, and Democrats the anti party
2 months ago

Column: A reminder that the GOP used to be the pro-abortion party, and Democrats the anti party

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris speaking to promote women’s reproductive rights in San Jose in January, before she became the Democratic nominee for president and made those rights a centerpiece of her campaign. Here are the landmarks: In the decades prior to Roe vs. Wade, abortion was broadly illegal in the U.S. Women seeking abortions for their physical and psychological health …

Abortion quickly emerges as a flashpoint between Harris and Trump
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Abortion quickly emerges as a flashpoint between Harris and Trump

LA Times  

Abortion quickly emerged as a flashpoint in the first presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Republican falsely arguing that Democrats support killing babies after birth and the Democrat saying Trump can’t be trusted because of his dizzying statements on the matter. “It’s an execution,” Trump said, claiming that Harris, running mate Tim Walz and …

Where Trump and Biden Stand on the Issues, From Abortion to Immigration
6 months ago

Where Trump and Biden Stand on the Issues, From Abortion to Immigration

New York Times  

Roe v. Wade and its successor, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, affirmed a constitutional right to abortion until the fetus can survive outside the womb. Mr. Biden wants to enshrine that right in federal law now that the Supreme Court has overturned it. “Give me a Democratic House of Representatives and a bigger Democratic Senate, and we will pass a new …

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US
6 months ago

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US

Associated Press  

Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel Bans in Republican-led states have prompted many people seeking abortions to travel to get care. The U.S. Supreme Court this …

The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights in the U.S.
6 months ago

The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights in the U.S.

LA Times  

People march through downtown Amarillo, Texas, last year to protest a lawsuit that aimed to ban the abortion drug mifepristone. Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel …

Amy Coney Barrett seen again to break ranks with Supreme Court conservatives: experts
6 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett seen again to break ranks with Supreme Court conservatives: experts

Raw Story  

After the last few Supreme Court decisions, legal analysts wonder if one of the conservative justices is beginning to turn more moderate on some issues. In a case involving whether those with a history of domestic violence can keep guns, Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the liberal justices on the High Court. Speaking to MSNBC on Thursday, Politico legal …

Column: The Supreme Court’s role in our partisan polarization has been greatly exaggerated
6 months, 1 week ago

Column: The Supreme Court’s role in our partisan polarization has been greatly exaggerated

LA Times  

A makeshift memorial for victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017. As legal analyst Sarah Isgur and economist Dean Jens recently put it in Politico, “If one defines ‘important’ as the most politically divisive, then it becomes circular.” Which cases are divisive? If you listened closely, you could almost hear throngs of pro-abortion-rights court critics whispering, “Never mind.” …

Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over
6 months, 1 week ago

Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in the majority of U.S. abortions on Thursday, though abortion opponents say the ruling won’t be the last word in the fight over mifepristone. The court found that the abortion opponents couldn’t sue because they weren’t actually injured by the medication, in part because federal laws protect doctors …

Arizona Supreme Court upholds 160-year-old abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona Supreme Court upholds 160-year-old abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest

Salon  

Arizona's Supreme Court has rolled back the clock on reproductive freedom in the state, ruling Tuesday that a 160-year-old law banning abortion should go in effect now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Writing for the 4-2 majority, Justice John R. Lopez IV argued that an 1864 ban on abortions should now be enforced, citing the absence of a …

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess
8 months, 3 weeks ago

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess

LA Times  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. repeatedly suggested during an oral argument that government officials could use a 19th century law to ban the distribution of abortion pills through the mail. Politics Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills Supreme Court justices question whether a group of Texas doctors had legal standing to sue …

The Supreme Court Just Took on Abortion Again. It Won’t End Well.
1 year ago

The Supreme Court Just Took on Abortion Again. It Won’t End Well.

Slate  

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to consider a challenge to access to mifepristone, the first drug used in medication abortion, teeing up the most important dispute over reproductive rights since Roe v. Wade’s reversal in June of 2022. Related From Slate The …

Ending Roe v. Wade May Have Had the Opposite Effect That Conservatives Had Hoped For
1 year, 1 month ago

Ending Roe v. Wade May Have Had the Opposite Effect That Conservatives Had Hoped For

Slate  

On Tuesday, Ohio voters passed a ballot measure enshrining the right to an abortion in the state constitution, joining several states where voters have responded to the end of Roe v. Wade by protecting reproductive rights via popular referendum. To many observers’ surprise, two recent studies reveal that national abortion numbers have actually slightly increased since the Supreme Court ended …

The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl
1 year, 2 months ago

The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — and concerns about ethics swirling around the justices. “I can’t remember a term where the court was poised to say so much about the power of federal administrative agencies,” said Jeffrey Wall, who served as the deputy solicitor …

Trump says ending Roe v Wade ‘cost us politically’ after repeatedly taking credit for decision to overturn it
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump says ending Roe v Wade ‘cost us politically’ after repeatedly taking credit for decision to overturn it

The Independent  

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After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico
1 year, 3 months ago

After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico

Associated Press  

CLOVIS, N.M. — The sanctuary in Grace Covenant Reformed Church was packed. “We gained a lot of ground with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but now it’s at the state level,” said Logan Brown, a science teacher from Portales, New Mexico, who helped organize the September church gathering. “There’s no great movement without risk and sacrifice.” Ferguson has helped …

Column: Here’s what’s so frightening about the Supreme Court’s latest power trip
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: Here’s what’s so frightening about the Supreme Court’s latest power trip

LA Times  

Talk to the hand: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has had little patience for concerns about his colleagues’ ethics. The public’s opinion of the justices remains at an all-time low, with less than a third of American voters having positive views of the Supreme Court, according to a recent NBC News poll. Next Thursday, the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee …

In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents
1 year, 5 months ago

In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades. Affirmative action was arguably the biggest constitutional decision of the year, and it showcased fiercely opposing opinions from the court’s two Black justices, Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The mixed bag of decisions almost seemed …

One year since Roe v Wade was overturned, Where does America stand now?
1 year, 5 months ago

One year since Roe v Wade was overturned, Where does America stand now?

Hindustan Times  

June 24, 2022, marks an important day in the history of abortion laws. Exactly a year ago, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, leading to a cascade of state-level abortion bans and restrictions. Travelling time to abortion clinics With more and more states restricting, or even totally banning abortions, women who wanted an abortion have had to cross …

Abortion rights have crumbled across the United States, just one year since Roe v Wade was overturned
1 year, 6 months ago

Abortion rights have crumbled across the United States, just one year since Roe v Wade was overturned

ABC  

When Roe v Wade was overturned around this time last year, people wept openly outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC. "Places like North Carolina and Nebraska that did a 12-week bill, we're still going to be coming back for life at conception and we won't stop until there's no abortions in that state," he said. She and Florida's Anya …

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 …

Trust in Supreme Court fell to lowest point in 50 years after abortion decision, poll shows
1 year, 7 months ago

Trust in Supreme Court fell to lowest point in 50 years after abortion decision, poll shows

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Confidence in the Supreme Court sank to its lowest point in at least 50 years in 2022 in the wake of the Dobbs decision that led to state bans and other restrictions on abortion, a major trends survey shows. The long-running and widely respected survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago has been measuring confidence in …

States’ divisions on abortion widen after Roe overturned
1 year, 8 months ago

States’ divisions on abortion widen after Roe overturned

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A group of Tennessee Republicans began this year’s legislative session hoping to add narrow exceptions to one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, armed with the belief that most people — even in conservative Tennessee — reject extremes on the issue. Like lawmakers in several GOP-led states who started the year thinking about moderating the …

‘Here again': Abortion activists rally 50 years after Roe
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Here again': Abortion activists rally 50 years after Roe

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — From beach cities to snow-covered streets, abortion supporters rallied by the thousands on Sunday to demand protections for reproductive rights and mark the 50th anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that established federal protections for the procedure. The Women’s March, galvanized during Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in 2017 amid a national reckoning …

Women's marches to draw thousands on 50th anniversary of Roe
1 year, 11 months ago

Women's marches to draw thousands on 50th anniversary of Roe

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. Read our privacy policy Women’s marches demanding the protection of abortion rights are set …

Supreme Court justices are showing their willingness to boost conservative causes
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court justices are showing their willingness to boost conservative causes

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court’s reversal of abortion rights last year deviated so much from traditional decision-making that it might have soon appeared an aberration. “We are a court of law, not policymakers,” Justice Neil Gorsuch admonished his colleagues in late December, as he dissented from the majority’s latest incursion on immigration policy at the southern border. No split existed …

Five ways the US Supreme Court reshaped policy in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Five ways the US Supreme Court reshaped policy in 2022

Al Jazeera  

The court’s new conservative majority issued rulings over the past year on abortion, gun rights, black sites, religion and more. Abortion rights advocates have braced for a decision in the years since, and in May, a draft opinion leaked, showing that the Supreme Court’s majority planned to overturn Roe. In his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas called on the court …

Column: Desperate abortion foes resort to new tactics while pregnant people find ways to thwart them
2 years ago

Column: Desperate abortion foes resort to new tactics while pregnant people find ways to thwart them

LA Times  

Did our ultraconservative Supreme Court really think that overturning Roe vs. Wade would end elective abortion in America? Did our ultraconservative Supreme Court, so out of step with 21st century America, really think that overturning nearly 50 years of legal precedent would end elective abortion in America? “While abortion rights advocates appear largely united in their approach,” reported the Washington …

US midterms: Why abortion never gets old as a hot election topic
2 years, 1 month ago

US midterms: Why abortion never gets old as a hot election topic

Al Jazeera  

In the self-appointed land of the free, reproductive freedom was never fully born. As renowned scholar Angela Davis noted in a 1982 essay, the subsequent elimination of federal funding for abortions in 1977 resulted in an arrangement in which “Black, Puerto Rican, Chicana and Native American women, together with their impoverished white sisters, were … effectively divested of the right …

Democrats Are Using An Old Playbook To Attack The Supreme Court And Fracture The Conservative Coalition
2 years, 4 months ago

Democrats Are Using An Old Playbook To Attack The Supreme Court And Fracture The Conservative Coalition

Huff Post  

On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Roe v. Wade that women have a federal right to an abortion. The Supreme Court’s political role in these majority coalitions is “to confer legitimacy” on both “the particular and parochial policies of the dominant political alliance” and “the basic patterns of behavior required for the operation of …

Overturning Roe v. Wade isn’t the end for abortion opponents
2 years, 4 months ago

Overturning Roe v. Wade isn’t the end for abortion opponents

Associated Press  

Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, abortion opponents are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts. It also recommends criminal penalties for any person, including a doctor, who knowingly or intentionally causes or …

How Will Overturning of Roe v Wade Impact Abortion Policies Globally? - News18
2 years, 4 months ago

How Will Overturning of Roe v Wade Impact Abortion Policies Globally? - News18

News 18  

The last decade has seen a global wave of right-wing policies and governments, and the overturning of Roe v Wade was yet another instance of the same. One would expect that there would be a global far-right propagated anti-SRHR wave, but the reactions of major world leaders make one think that perhaps the US verdict will not be as influential …

US House Passes Bills To Protect Access To Abortion, Senate Likely To Disapprove
2 years, 5 months ago

US House Passes Bills To Protect Access To Abortion, Senate Likely To Disapprove

News 18  

The US House of Representatives adopted two bills on Friday aimed at protecting access to abortion after the Supreme Court ruled that individual states can ban or restrict the procedure. “Just three weeks ago, the Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to fundamental rights by overturning Roe v. Wade,” Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, referring to the landmark case …

US House votes to restore abortion rights after end of Roe
2 years, 5 months ago

US House votes to restore abortion rights after end of Roe

Al Jazeera  

Democratic-backed bills to restore abortion and defend out-of-state travel have little chance of passing in US Senate. The US House of Representatives has voted to restore abortion rights across the country, after the nation’s highest court last month overturned its landmark Roe v Wade decision, setting off protests and calls for action from lawmakers. https://t.co/yHypmYBTR5 — Nancy Pelosi July 15, …

Opinion: It’s time for Democrats to take a page from the GOP playbook
2 years, 5 months ago

Opinion: It’s time for Democrats to take a page from the GOP playbook

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Reshma Saujani is the Founder of Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms. But while watching our rights to privacy, choice and bodily autonomy go up in flames was gutting to many of us, it wasn’t surprising – and neither was Democrats’ tepid response. But if the Democratic Party wants us to mobilize for them en …

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 …

Troubling Features Of SCOTUS Decision Overruling Roe v. Wade - Salman Khurshid Writes
2 years, 5 months ago

Troubling Features Of SCOTUS Decision Overruling Roe v. Wade - Salman Khurshid Writes

Live Law  

The Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v Wade has been received with widespread consternation and dismay by a large number of Americans whilst others have proclaimed victory,. Two main arguments that the Court considered were: nothing in the history of the US could be said to have supported people's approval of abortion as a right, and stare decisis principles justified …

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 …

Not just guns and abortion: How US top court could reshape rules
2 years, 5 months ago

Not just guns and abortion: How US top court could reshape rules

Al Jazeera  

The conservative majority on the US Supreme Court boldly used its powers this past term to advance right-wing positions. The US Supreme Court’s most consequential term in decades, with blockbuster rulings on abortion, guns, religion and climate change policy, illustrated how its expanded conservative majority is willing to boldly use its power with far-reaching impacts on American society. Democratic President …

One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe
2 years, 5 months ago

One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe

NPR  

One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe Enlarge this image toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Carolyn Kaster/AP Last Friday morning, life in America changed dramatically when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned half a century of the federal right to an abortion. Sponsor Message "No one has been more dedicated to the enterprise of building a Supreme …

A history of the discourse around abortion in the U.S.
2 years, 5 months ago

A history of the discourse around abortion in the U.S.

The Hindu  

The story so far: Roe v. Wade was a historic judgment passed by the Supreme Court of the U.S in 1973 that ensured federal constitutional protection to the right of abortion. After the Roe v. Wade judgment, the issue of abortion became the paradigmatic centre of mainstream U.S. reproductive politics. Post Roe, the U.S. allowed women to access reproductive healthcare, …

Why overturning Roe vs Wade will hurt America
2 years, 5 months ago

Why overturning Roe vs Wade will hurt America

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: America is split down the middle after the US Supreme Court struck down on June 24 the 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling that recognised American women’s constitutional right to abortion. Data from US government’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention shows that about 630,000 legal abortions took place in 2019 in US, while New York-based Guttmacher Institute, a …

Column: The GOP may rue the day Roe was overturned
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: The GOP may rue the day Roe was overturned

LA Times  

In overturning Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court delivered the right’s biggest single victory ever and it may spell the end of the conservative movement as we’ve known it. While nearly everyone invoked the “sanctity of life,” as a policy matter, many argued merely for overturning Roe either to fix a jurisprudential error or to send the issue back to …

While the world talked about Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court was quietly reshaping the landscape in other ways
2 years, 5 months ago

While the world talked about Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court was quietly reshaping the landscape in other ways

ABC  

After half a century, Americans' constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court. From expanding gun laws to backing a high school football coach's freedom of speech, here are the other ways in which the US Supreme Court has reshaped America's future. US President Joe Biden said he was "deeply disappointed" by the Supreme Court's …

Explained: How the decision to overturn Roe v Wade exposes the complex ties between judiciary and public
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained: How the decision to overturn Roe v Wade exposes the complex ties between judiciary and public

Firstpost  

Public opinion on abortion is nuanced, but polling shows broad support for Roe and for abortion rights. In the final opinion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the court “cannot allow our decisions to be affected by any extraneous influences such as concern about the public’s reaction to our work.” Polls following the leaked draft of the opinion show approval of …

Elizabeth Warren says Supreme Court ‘burned whatever legitimacy they had’
2 years, 5 months ago

Elizabeth Warren says Supreme Court ‘burned whatever legitimacy they had’

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. Read our privacy policy Senator Elizabeth Warren has lashed out at the Supreme Court …

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 …

Column: America is in the grip of a right-wing minority
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: America is in the grip of a right-wing minority

LA Times  

Republicans and conservatives are fond of the shibboleth that “America is a republic, not a democracy.” Boiled down to its essence, the phrase is a justification for awarding a strong voice in government to minority political views. That was Franklin Roosevelt’s “court-packing” scheme of 1937, undertaken after the court overturned several New Deal initiatives and other reforms, such as a …

Opinion: The aftershocks of America’s abortion earthquake will be felt for decades
2 years, 5 months ago

Opinion: The aftershocks of America’s abortion earthquake will be felt for decades

CNN  

CNN — Following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, CNN Opinion asked a group of contributors to weigh in on the cultural, legal and political ramifications of this monumental legal opinion undoing nearly 50 years of federal abortion protection. Erika Bachiochi: Our feminist foremothers would be proud of this decision Courtesy of Erika Bachioci Much of …

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