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 Court that will overturn Roe v. Wade than the Federalist Society's Leonard Leo," conservative writer and lawyer Ed Whelan wrote in the National Review. "When Brett Kavanaugh's clerks were trying to make sure he got on Donald Trump's list to be on the Supreme Court, they made a pilgrimage to the Federalist Society to see Leonard Leo. Enlarge this image toggle caption Sait Serkan Gurbuz/AP Sait Serkan Gurbuz/AP "This is a moment that Leonard Leo has been working towards hard and diligently and fervently because he's a true believer," she said.

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Trump Announces New Abortion Position of Not Wanting to Really Take a Position on Abortion
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump Announces New Abortion Position of Not Wanting to Really Take a Position on Abortion

Slate  

As president, Donald Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. With Trump once again the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for the presidency, his campaign has faced questions about whether he would sign a bill banning abortion nationwide. The takeaways: • Trump says he is “proudly the person responsible for the ending of Roe v. Wade.” • His position …

Donald Trump Says He's 'Proud' To Have Overturned Roe v. Wade
11 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump Says He's 'Proud' To Have Overturned Roe v. Wade

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday at a town hall event that he was “proud” to have helped overturn Roe v. Wade by appointing three conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. During the Fox News town hall, Trump, who is seeking the GOP presidential nomination for a third time, was asked by an Iowa Republican voter …

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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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden rarely mentions his predecessor by name. “It was three justices named by one president — Donald Trump — who were the core of today’s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country,” Biden said Friday after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority voted to overturn Roe v. …

As Senate-confirmed justices end Roe, how will voters react?
2 years, 5 months ago

As Senate-confirmed justices end Roe, how will voters react?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate. It was the Senate Republican partnership with President Donald Trump to confirm conservative judges, and transform the federal judiciary, that paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell set the strategy in motion, engineering the …

6 political questions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
2 years, 5 months ago

6 political questions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

NPR  

6 political questions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It's hard to overstate the importance of what the Supreme Court did Friday with its outright overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that made abortion legal in this country nearly 50 years ago. "It's the legal …

What GOP-named justices had said about Roe to Senate panel
2 years, 5 months ago

What GOP-named justices had said about Roe to Senate panel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The nine justices of the Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling Friday, made clear their views on abortion, with the conservative majority overturning the Roe v. Wade decision from 1973 and stripping away women’s constitutional protections for abortion. ___ BRETT KAVANAUGH, 2018: It was Feinstein who also asked Kavanaugh, “What would you say your position today is on …

'I Delivered...': Trump Takes Credit For US Court Abortion Ruling, Calls It 'God's Decision'
2 years, 5 months ago

'I Delivered...': Trump Takes Credit For US Court Abortion Ruling, Calls It 'God's Decision'

News 18  

Former US president Donald Trump on Friday said “God made the decision” to end the national right to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned nearly five decades of settled law. Asked if he felt he played a role in this outcome, having appointed three conservative justices to the court while in office, Trump said “God made the decision.” But a …

Several World Leaders Call Overturning Roe ‘Setback’ For Women’s Rights Globally
2 years, 5 months ago

Several World Leaders Call Overturning Roe ‘Setback’ For Women’s Rights Globally

News 18  

As many women in the United States come to terms with the Supreme Court of the United States overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling which ended federal right to access to abortion. I express my solidarity with the women whose freedoms are today challenged by the Supreme Court of the United States of America,” Macron said in a tweet. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

US Supreme Court Ends Abortion Rights; Biden Calls It 'Tragic Error', Says 'Life of Women Now at Risk'
2 years, 6 months ago

US Supreme Court Ends Abortion Rights; Biden Calls It 'Tragic Error', Says 'Life of Women Now at Risk'

News 18  

President Joe Biden on Friday said the US Supreme Court committed a “tragic error” after it overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion nationwide. In an address, Biden said the abortion ruling “took away” Americans’ constitutional right and called the decision the result of “extreme ideology”. The Supreme Court, dominated by the …

Trump Praises Supreme Court's Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade
2 years, 6 months ago

Trump Praises Supreme Court's Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump gloated Friday about his role in the Supreme Court’s seismic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying the decision was “only made possible because I delivered everything as promised, including nominating and getting three highly respected and strong Constitutionalists confirmed to the United States Supreme court.” Friday’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s …

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 …

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 …

Latest news: US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade
2 years, 6 months ago

Latest news: US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v Wade decision, upending nearly five decades of abortion access in the country. 🧵Here’s how you can help: — New York Abortion Access Fund June 24, 2022 24 Jun 2022 - 21:22 GMT US health experts say ruling ‘threatens sanctity’ of doctor-patient relationship The leaders of the Infectious Diseases Society …

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 …

In historic reversal, Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade, permitting states to outlaw abortion
2 years, 6 months ago

In historic reversal, Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade, permitting states to outlaw abortion

LA 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 vs. Wade. In a historic reversal, the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision and ruled that states may again outlaw abortion. The court’s conservative majority said the …

The four key turning points that led to the fall of Roe vs. Wade
2 years, 6 months ago

The four key turning points that led to the fall of Roe vs. Wade

LA Times  

Joan Larsen, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, speaks at his memorial service in 2016. The sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016 initially seemed to end hopes conservatives had for overturning Roe vs. Wade. But rather than end any threat to Roe, Scalia’s death instead triggered a series of hard-ball moves and unexpected developments …

5 justices overturned Roe vs. Wade. 91% of senators confirming them were men
2 years, 6 months ago

5 justices overturned Roe vs. Wade. 91% of senators confirming them were men

LA Times  

Shown are the justices of the Supreme Court. Four of the five Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion rights nationwide, are men. The decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade is politically unpopular, with about 60% of Americans consistently opposing that move. In the Senate hearings for the five justices, …

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 …

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 …

Opinion: Conservatives held our noses and voted for Trump. Reversing Roe would be our reward
2 years, 7 months ago

Opinion: Conservatives held our noses and voted for Trump. Reversing Roe would be our reward

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Alice Stewart is a CNN Political Commentator and board member at the John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics at Harvard University. During his tenure, Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices – choices that had been vetted by the conservative Federalist Society – shifting the makeup of the court decisively to the right. The draft majority opinion written by …

Column: Who may kill Roe vs. Wade? Mostly justices named by a president who lost the popular vote
2 years, 7 months ago

Column: Who may kill Roe vs. Wade? Mostly justices named by a president who lost the popular vote

LA Times  

Jessica Golibar, center, cries as demonstrators gather in front of the Supreme Court to protest an anticipated decision overturning the legal right to abortion. By the narrowest of margins, five justices appear ready to overlook nearly 50 years of precedent and reverse the court’s landmark Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide — a ruling, polls have consistently shown, favored …

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. …

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 …

The Republicans had a plan for their judges — and it went way beyond Roe v. Wade
3 years ago

The Republicans had a plan for their judges — and it went way beyond Roe v. Wade

Salon  

The entire edifice of Donald Trump's Big Lie about the 2020 election — that it was stolen from him through illegal votes cast by Democrats — now seems to rest on the unprepossessing business-suit-clad shoulders of one man: Jeffrey Clark, a former official in the Trump Department of Justice. RELATED: Trump DOJ lawyer Jeffrey Clark held in contempt after Jan. …

Supreme Court and Joe Manchin tighten Biden’s political straitjacket
3 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court and Joe Manchin tighten Biden’s political straitjacket

CNN  

CNN — Both the premise and promise of Joe Biden’s presidency and a possibly brief Democratic grip on Washington are suddenly on the line, as the legacy of past electoral disappointments and harsh realities of power suddenly converge. A stroke-of-midnight eclipse of Constitutional abortion rights in Texas that shocked liberals, a new threat from moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin to …

A four-year timeline of Donald Trump and the Supreme Court
3 years, 11 months ago

A four-year timeline of Donald Trump and the Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN — Here’s a timeline of key events involving Trump and the Supreme Court over the past four years: 2017 Jan. 20: Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to President Donald Trump, who swears to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Jan. 27: Trump signs an executive order for a new travel ban, …

Abortion drug ruling highlights Trump’s wins on the Supreme Court ‘shadow docket’
3 years, 11 months ago

Abortion drug ruling highlights Trump’s wins on the Supreme Court ‘shadow docket’

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court’s action Tuesday limiting access to an abortion drug highlights its pattern of letting the Trump administration enforce highly charged priorities before legal challenges have been resolved. Here as in related contexts concerning government responses to the pandemic, my view is that courts owe significant deference to the politically accountable entities with the background, competence, and …

‘Fat and happy’ with a conservative US Supreme Court, are Republicans losing a winning issue?
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Fat and happy’ with a conservative US Supreme Court, are Republicans losing a winning issue?

Firstpost  

Without the specter of a liberal court to motivate conservative voters anymore, they may find themselves without the issue that played a crucial role in Trump’s unexpected victory four years ago and has fortified his political base throughout a tumultuous first term The confirmation on Monday of Justice Amy Coney Barrett all but ensures a durable conservative majority on the …

Trump’s most influential legacy (opinion)
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s most influential legacy (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the book, “Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.” Follow him on Twitter @julianzelizer. CNN — Senate Republicans are moving rapidly to bring Judge Amy Coney …

US Supreme Court nominee advocated overturning legalised abortion
4 years, 2 months ago

US Supreme Court nominee advocated overturning legalised abortion

Al Jazeera  

Amy Coney Barrett signed on to a 2006 President Donald Trump’s US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett in 2006 signed on to an Her participation in the ad published in the South Bend Tribune, first reported on Thursday by the Guardian newspaper, appears to be the most direct expression of Barrett’s opposition to abortion and is sure to intensify …

Barrett could be most conservative Justice since Clarence Thomas
4 years, 2 months ago

Barrett could be most conservative Justice since Clarence Thomas

Live Mint  

Amy Coney Barrett brings a resume that could make her the most conservative new justice since Clarence Thomas and a dream addition for Republicans looking to remake the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump called Barrett “a woman of unparallelled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution.” ‘Rock-Solid Conservative’ Although other Supreme Court justices have disappointed supporters in …

SCOTUS: How a rushed confirmation could push Democrats to reshape the Supreme Court
4 years, 3 months ago

SCOTUS: How a rushed confirmation could push Democrats to reshape the Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN Films’ “RBG” chronicles the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The last time a Supreme Court justice died in an election year – Antonin Scalia, in 2016 – Republicans blocked President Barack Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland, because it was an election year. In 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended blocking the pick because, as he said …

Planned Parenthood President On Supreme Court Abortion Ruling
4 years, 5 months ago

Planned Parenthood President On Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

NPR  

Planned Parenthood President On Supreme Court Abortion Ruling STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some other news now. And it is clear that the Supreme Court sent a message to politicians across the country to stop trying to take away access to safe and legal abortion. Now in 2020, with a somewhat different court, with a vote that has changed on abortion issues, …

Rulings help moderate image of conservative Supreme Court
4 years, 6 months ago

Rulings help moderate image of conservative Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In two major decisions this week on LGBT rights and immigration, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump somewhat surprising defeats. For Chief Justice John Roberts, who sided with the court’s liberals in ruling against Trump in both cases, the outcomes and the conservative outcry that accompanied them may help insulate the court from accusations typically made …

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