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 constitutional protection.” The right wing grew weary of waiting for ‘another day’ Roberts’ fate on the losing side of Dobbs was foreshadowed last year when he heatedly dissented as the same five conservatives who controlled in the Mississippi dispute allowed Texas to put into effect a six-week ban on abortion, known as S.B.8. 8 has been to nullify this Court’s rulings,” including Roe v. Wade, Roberts wrote last December as the five justices endorsed the Texas ban that they had first permitted to take effect on September 1. Roberts declined to address that assertion in his concurring opinion, but dissenting Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan wrote that eliminating the right to abortion “is not taking a ‘neutral’ position.” Roe and the 1992 case that broadly reaffirmed it, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, had prevented states from interfering with a woman’s right to end a pregnancy before a fetus was viable, that is, could live outside the womb.

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Hawaii Supreme Court opinion 'got under Clarence Thomas’ skin': legal expert
2 weeks ago

Hawaii Supreme Court opinion 'got under Clarence Thomas’ skin': legal expert

Raw Story  

In February 2024, the Hawaii Supreme Court was highly critical of views on the Second Amendment expressed by the U.S. Supreme Court's far-right justices. In an opinion on Monday, Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, railed against the Hawaii Supreme Court's top-to-bottom evisceration of his own gun rights opinions. But Thomas and Alito protest too much: Their grousing …

U.S. Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are big mad that a court called out their gun extremism.
2 weeks ago

U.S. Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are big mad that a court called out their gun extremism.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last February, the Hawaii Supreme Court dared to call out the U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence for what it is: unworkable law built on bogus history and pro-gun fanaticism. Nonetheless, Thomas, in his opinion joined by Alito, seized …

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 …

'Fighting words': Amy Coney Barrett signals court rift with swipe at Clarence Thomas
6 months ago

'Fighting words': Amy Coney Barrett signals court rift with swipe at Clarence Thomas

Raw Story  

The last of former President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court appointees appears to be on a collision course with far-right Justice Clarence Thomas — and it could have implications for some upcoming hot-button cases. According to Politico, the conservative Barrett, whose history of involvement with religious extremists was a huge point of controversy when she was nominated for the court …

Opinion: Justice Alito ditches judicial impartiality, again
6 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Justice Alito ditches judicial impartiality, again

LA Times  

The Alitos, photographed in 2018. It’s unethical whether the trapper is the far-right Project Veritas or the left-leaning “advocacy journalist” who ensnared Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and his wife, Martha-Ann, just last week. But it’s difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised.” When she pressed on, suggesting that people “who believe …

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 …

GOP Chaos: SCOTUS was the only working branch of government this week.
1 year, 2 months ago

GOP Chaos: SCOTUS was the only working branch of government this week.

Slate  

If you’re inclined to believe that the chief benefit of American democracy lies in its pure entertainment power, then this past week has been good to you. The fight for the soul of the Republican Party, whether it plays out in the House or in the GOP primary, reveals how truly sick and broken the load-bearing pillars of our politics …

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 …

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future
1 year, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Nevertheless, Thursday’s decision by the Supreme Court striking down the use of race-conscious admissions at Harvard and UNC was no less devastating for being expected. Related From Slate There’s a Time Bomb in Progressives’ Big Supreme Court Voting Case Win It is not …

‘Grave concerns’: House Democrats urge Chief Justice John Roberts to formally investigate Clarence Thomas
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Grave concerns’: House Democrats urge Chief Justice John Roberts to formally investigate Clarence Thomas

Raw Story  

Eighteen House Democrats, all former prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement officials, have sent a detailed, eight-page letter to Chief Justice John Roberts urging him to create an independent group to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas over "recent allegations of ethical violations and conflicts of interests" involving his relationship with a billionaire GOP donor who reportedly had business before the Supreme Court. …

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 …

Opinion: How the end of Roe turned into a threat to American democracy
1 year, 6 months ago

Opinion: How the end of Roe turned into a threat to American democracy

LA Times  

Marchers in Los Angeles in April demonstrate in favor of keeping the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, which is used in medication abortions. A year ago, when the Supreme Court decided Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. proclaimed the death of abortion rights to be a victory for American democracy, one that might …

Justice John Roberts went against his 40-year record to deliver win for voter rights: report
1 year, 6 months ago

Justice John Roberts went against his 40-year record to deliver win for voter rights: report

Raw Story  

Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly surprised everyone and went against his own personal mission when he authored a ruling finding that Alabama likely violated the Voting Rights Act's prohibition on racial gerrymandering by packing most of the state's Black voters into a single congressional district. The ruling, which was joined by all three liberal members of the court along with …

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Has To Go
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Has To Go

Huff Post  

Another day, another ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. In 1991, when President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to succeed retiring Associate Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, we learned during the confirmation hearings about the alleged sexual harassment that Anita Hill endured while they both worked at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. …

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 …

Column: A national abortion ban won’t fly. But a handpicked Trump judge could do something almost as extreme
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: A national abortion ban won’t fly. But a handpicked Trump judge could do something almost as extreme

LA Times  

It took President Trump three tries to get reliably, radically conservative Matthew Kacsmaryk confirmed as a federal judge. As his staunchly antiabortion sister recently told the Washington Post about her big brother’s role in the abortion pill case: “I feel like he was made for this. His confirmation hearings showcased not only his antiabortion advocacy, but also his views that …

Analysis: Supreme Court justices respond to public criticism with distance and denial
2 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: Supreme Court justices respond to public criticism with distance and denial

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court’s obliteration of nearly 50 years of abortion rights for women, along with its new, tougher stance on gun control and other politically charged rulings, have stained the image of an impartial judiciary. He wrote that the June decision amounted to “a serious jolt to the legal system” – which is, in fact, why the public …

Chief Justice John Roberts defends legitimacy of court
2 years, 3 months ago

Chief Justice John Roberts defends legitimacy of court

Associated Press  

DENVER — Chief Justice John Roberts defended the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions. When asked to reflect on the last year at the court in his first public appearance since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Roberts said …

Chief Justice John Roberts defends the Supreme Court — as people's confidence wavers
2 years, 3 months ago

Chief Justice John Roberts defends the Supreme Court — as people's confidence wavers

NPR  

Chief Justice John Roberts defends the Supreme Court — as people's confidence wavers Enlarge this image toggle caption Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP DENVER — Chief Justice John Roberts defended the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because …

Two months after the Dobbs ruling, new abortion bans are taking hold
2 years, 4 months ago

Two months after the Dobbs ruling, new abortion bans are taking hold

NPR  

Two months after the Dobbs ruling, new abortion bans are taking hold Enlarge this image toggle caption SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week marks two months since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision reversed decades of precedent guaranteeing abortion rights, and the effects of the decision are continuing …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Protesters at U.S. Supreme Court decry abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
2 years, 5 months ago

Protesters at U.S. Supreme Court decry abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade

The Hindu  

Hundreds of protesters descended on the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to denounce the justice’s decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe v. Wade precedent that recognized women’s constitutional right to abortion. The crowd featured both abortion opponents wearing T-shirts reading “I am the Pro-Life Generation” and abortion rights supporters chanting “my body, my choice.” “The Supreme Court has made some …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

The abortion case is named after Thomas Dobbs, who says he has nothing to do with it
2 years, 6 months ago

The abortion case is named after Thomas Dobbs, who says he has nothing to do with it

NPR  

The abortion case is named after Thomas Dobbs, who says he has nothing to do with it Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization clears the way for states to reshape abortion law in the U.S., nearly 50 years after the …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The US Senate’s path to a Supreme Court hostile to Roe v Wade
2 years, 7 months ago

The US Senate’s path to a Supreme Court hostile to Roe v Wade

Al Jazeera  

How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans gamed the system to give Trump three Supreme Court picks. The US Constitution empowers the US president to nominate a person to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, and that the Senate provides “Advice and Consent” to confirm the nominee. “The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court and have a …

Donald Trump’s legacy will be overturning US abortion law, but Republicans may live to regret it
2 years, 7 months ago

Donald Trump’s legacy will be overturning US abortion law, but Republicans may live to regret it

The Telegraph  

When US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020, people took to the streets in huge numbers. They understood the significance of the moment as one that would likely set in motion the dismantling by the Supreme Court of one of the most significant pieces of legislation passed in the US in the last half-century. Roe v. …

Calmes: Forget the leak. It's the Court's opinion on Roe vs. Wade that matters
2 years, 7 months ago

Calmes: Forget the leak. It's the Court's opinion on Roe vs. Wade that matters

LA Times  

A crowd gathers outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday after a draft opinion was made public that signals justices are prepared to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has ordered the Supreme Court’s marshal, its internal police, to investigate who leaked to Politico a draft opinion overturning Roe vs. Wade and a half-century of abortion rights …

Anti-abortion movement celebrates Alito’s draft opinion to reverse Roe v. Wade
2 years, 7 months ago

Anti-abortion movement celebrates Alito’s draft opinion to reverse Roe v. Wade

CNN  

CNN — “Compelling.” “Comprehensive.” “A tour de force.” Abortion opponents saw everything they have hoped for in their decades-long partnership with the broader legal conservative movement in a draft Supreme Court majority opinion disclosed Monday that, if ultimately adopted by the court, would end nationwide abortion rights protections for Americans. RELATED: Breaking down Samuel Alito’s draft opinion “Justice Alito did …

An earth-shattering moment for a Supreme Court already on the brink
2 years, 7 months ago

An earth-shattering moment for a Supreme Court already on the brink

CNN  

CNN — The US Supreme Court’s legitimacy has been deeply pierced, and it may never recover its stature in the eyes of America. Conservative push to limit abortion rights Abortion rights in America date to 1973, when the high court by a 7-2 vote declared that a constitutional right to privacy, rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment, covered a woman’s right …

Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
2 years, 8 months ago

Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Reports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case. While the Supreme Court did not step into any election cases brought by Trump and other Republicans, …

Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
2 years, 8 months ago

Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Reports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case. While the Supreme Court did not step into any election cases brought by Trump and other Republicans, …

What John Roberts’ role in Texas’ abortion case could signal for the future of Roe
3 years ago

What John Roberts’ role in Texas’ abortion case could signal for the future of Roe

CNN  

CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts wrote a razor-sharp opinion Friday emphasizing that Texas’ abortion law defies Supreme Court precedent and should expose the many state officials who play a key role in the “scheme” to federal lawsuit. 8,” Roberts wrote, referring to the Texas ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy, “has been to nullify this Court’s …

John Roberts has a plan that would gut – yet save – Roe v. Wade. Can it work?
3 years ago

John Roberts has a plan that would gut – yet save – Roe v. Wade. Can it work?

CNN  

CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts came to Wednesday’s abortion arguments with an idea, an idea that no other Supreme Court justice would likely want but one that a slim majority might eventually accept. Gorsuch responded to Roberts’ strategy with skepticism, questioning whether, if the viability cutoff line were dissolved, the justices could ever develop a new “workable standard.” RELATED: …

John Roberts’ long history with abortion and Roe v. Wade
3 years ago

John Roberts’ long history with abortion and Roe v. Wade

CNN  

CNN — Since his first job as a young lawyer in Washington, John Roberts’ work has been entangled with Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that gave women a right to end a pregnancy. “Casey reaffirmed ‘the most central principle of Roe v. Wade,’ ‘a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy before viability,’” Roberts wrote in a 2020 Louisiana case …

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