John Roberts Has Wrested Back Control of the Supreme Court
1 year, 5 months ago

John Roberts Has Wrested Back Control of the Supreme Court

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. So it was with Moore v. Harper, Roberts’ 6–3 decision on Tuesday rejecting the “independent state legislature” theory devised to subvert voting rights. That’s unsurprising, Roberts noted, since legislatures are “mere creatures of the state constitutions, and cannot be greater than their creators.” The Supreme Court’s own precedent also recognizes state courts’ power in this arena, going back more than a century. Then, at last, the inevitable jump scare: After spending 26 pages demolishing the independent state legislature theory, Roberts tacked on a coda reminding state courts that, at the end of the day, he’s still the one in charge: While federal courts must follow “the general rule of accepting state court interpretations of state law,” state courts “may not transgress the ordinary bounds of judicial review.” In extreme scenarios, federal courts may correct a state court’s egregious and indefensible interpretation of state law. Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos writes that “in almost all cases,” it “should be difficult to find five votes for actually reversing any state court ruling under state law about federal elections.” Unfortunately, Roberts did not apply this new standard, or any other, to the North Carolina Supreme Court decision that kicked off this case, since Republican legislators didn’t ask him to.

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'What it should not do': Analyst warns Supreme Court loophole may let them pick next prez
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'What it should not do': Analyst warns Supreme Court loophole may let them pick next prez

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court left the door open to interfere in the 2024 election in a year-old case that might let them set up another Bush v. Gore situation, Mother Jones' Pema Levy reported Friday. That ruling saw the Court refuse to endorse "independent state legislature" theory, a far-right doctrine that would have given state legislatures absolute power to block state …

The Supreme Court Is Handling the Election Differently Than in 2020. Uh-Oh.
3 months ago

The Supreme Court Is Handling the Election Differently Than in 2020. Uh-Oh.

Slate  

In blockbuster reporting last week, the New York Times revealed behind-the-scenes conference details about how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority constructed the three major decisions last term that, taken together, ensured former President Donald J. Trump would face no criminal accountability for the Jan. 6 insurrection before this November’s election. On this week’s Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick was joined by …

From moderate to manipulator: Behind the unmasking of Chief Justice John Roberts
3 months ago

From moderate to manipulator: Behind the unmasking of Chief Justice John Roberts

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — John Roberts may have a robe. New illustrious, behind-the-scenes reporting from the New York Times reveals Roberts personally directed the court’s three historic Jan. 6, 2021 rulings, including the one granting presidents sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for their “official acts.” Democrats are now redoubling their efforts to make the high court a centerpiece of this year’s elections …

John Roberts 'moved mountains' to help Trump avoid Jan. 6 trial: legal experts
3 months, 1 week ago

John Roberts 'moved mountains' to help Trump avoid Jan. 6 trial: legal experts

Raw Story  

Chief Justice John Roberts has been exposed, wrote legal observers Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern for Slate. This became clear after the court handed down its radical decision giving former President Donald Trump a presumption of immunity for "official acts" in office, reversing all lower judges who considered the matter, all while leaving unclear guidance about how exactly to …

John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image
3 months, 1 week ago

John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image

Salon  

Since he was appointed Supreme Court chief justice by George W. Bush in 2005, John Roberts has been something of an enigma. As to his legal philosophy, a review of his record by the left-leaning nonprofit Take Back the Court Action Fund suggests that “Roberts has been one of the most conservative justices since joining the Supreme Court in 2005.” …

We Helped John Roberts Construct His Image as a Centrist. We Were So Wrong.
54 years, 11 months ago

We Helped John Roberts Construct His Image as a Centrist. We Were So Wrong.

Slate  

On Sunday, New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak published a blockbuster article about the conservative justices’ efforts to shield Donald Trump from any consequences for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. More to the point, their piece—about how the three Jan. 6 cases decided last year in favor of Donald J. Trump came …

Supreme Court leak amplifies concerns about politics infiltrating decisions
3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court leak amplifies concerns about politics infiltrating decisions

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 Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has often fostered the …

How John Roberts reshaped the law — and gutted the Voting Rights Act
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How John Roberts reshaped the law — and gutted the Voting Rights Act

Salon  

Chief Justice John Roberts famously promised to be a modest caller of balls and strikes during his confirmation hearings two decades ago. In the 2009 Northwest Austin case, the court heard an audacious challenge to the VRA’s crucial enforcement mechanism that required states with the worst history of racial vote suppression to get any changes to election laws approved in …

US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling
6 months, 3 weeks ago

US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling

Associated Press  

The Supreme Court on Monday sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel, ordering it to review the suit in light of the high court’s decision against similar claims of bias in a redistricting case from South Carolina. A three-judge panel last year dismissed the suit, which claimed the redrawn map violated the U.S. …

Clarence Thomas Makes a Full-Throated Case for Racial Gerrymandering
7 months ago

Clarence Thomas Makes a Full-Throated Case for Racial Gerrymandering

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision on Thursday in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP is a devastating blow to the fight against racial gerrymandering. And yet, as bad as Alito’s opinion was, it didn’t go far enough for Justice Clarence Thomas, who penned a solo concurrence demanding a radical move: The Supreme Court, he argued, should overrule every precedent that limits …

Supreme Court finds no bias against Black voters in a South Carolina congressional district
7 months ago

Supreme Court finds no bias against Black voters in a South Carolina congressional district

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ‘s conservative majority on Thursday preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that said the district discriminated against Black voters. In a 6-3 decision, the court held that South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature did nothing wrong during redistricting when it strengthened Rep. Nancy Mace’s hold on the coastal district by moving 30,000 …

John Roberts isn’t happy with previous ruling against Trump – what happens now?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

John Roberts isn’t happy with previous ruling against Trump – what happens now?

CNN  

CNN — During nearly three hours of historic Supreme Court arguments, John Roberts said little. The tenor of the arguments differed strikingly from the sentiment of lower court judges who’d previously heard Trump’s claim, as Roberts and the right wing concentrated on a former president’s potential exposure to retaliation by political opponents. “As I read it, it says simply a …

John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh Are Rigging the Supreme Court Docket
1 year, 1 month ago

John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh Are Rigging the Supreme Court Docket

Slate  

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. Last June, Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh shocked observers by joining the court’s three liberal justices to reject an Alabama congressional map aimed at diluting Black voters’ power. On the other hand, focusing on the decision obscures a disturbing reality: …

Samuel Alito Really, Really, Really Wants to Save This Racial Gerrymander in South Carolina
1 year, 2 months ago

Samuel Alito Really, Really, Really Wants to Save This Racial Gerrymander in South Carolina

Slate  

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. According to past precedent, overturning the factual findings of that panel—including its weighing of the voluminous evidence and testimony of expert witnesses—would require the Supreme Court to find “clear error” in the district court’s findings. It appeared things might be going toward that …

The Supreme Court signals support for a Republican-leaning congressional district in South Carolina
1 year, 2 months ago

The Supreme Court signals support for a Republican-leaning congressional district in South Carolina

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to preserve the Republican hold on a South Carolina congressional district against a claim that it treats Black voters unfairly. The court’s six conservative justices signaled skepticism with a lower court ruling that ordered South Carolina to redraw a coastal district that is held by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace. Kavanaugh and …

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 …

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024

Associated Press  

Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled recently that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the voting power of Black residents. Another trial alleging racial violations in voting districts got underway Tuesday in Georgia, where Democrats also hope to make gains, while voting rights advocates in Ohio decided to drop a …

Utah high court scrutinizes process that sliced state’s most Democrat-heavy county into 4 districts
1 year, 5 months ago

Utah high court scrutinizes process that sliced state’s most Democrat-heavy county into 4 districts

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court grilled attorneys representing the state on Tuesday over their claim that courts shouldn’t intervene in the Republican-controlled Legislature’s decision to carve up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County into four congressional districts. In their lawsuit, they argue the Republican-drawn map “takes a slice of Salt Lake County,” which is the state’s most Democratic-leaning, “and …

Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit

Associated Press  

The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state’s congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a ruling striking down the districts and ordered further consideration of the case. In both Ohio and North Carolina, Republican state lawmakers contended in appeals that their state’s highest court had gone too far …

The Supreme Court just shut off Trump allies' strategy to overturn presidential elections
1 year, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court just shut off Trump allies' strategy to overturn presidential elections

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Moore v. Harper, rejecting a fringe legal theory that that could have given state legislatures a blanket right to ignore state courts on election and redistricting issues and pass unrestricted rigged legislative maps, was met with a collective sigh of relief by voting rights advocates across the country. "The Supreme Court said clearly that …

There’s a Time Bomb in Progressives’ Big Supreme Court Voting Case Win
1 year, 5 months ago

There’s a Time Bomb in Progressives’ Big Supreme Court Voting Case Win

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. It is indeed a cause for celebration that the United States Supreme Court, on a 6–3 vote in Moore v. Harper, rejected an extreme version of the “independent state legislature” theory, which could have upended the conduct of elections around the country and …

Landmark Supreme Court decision refuses to back challenge that could have gutted voting rights
1 year, 5 months ago

Landmark Supreme Court decision refuses to back challenge that could have gutted voting rights

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court issued its hotly-anticipated decision in Moore v. Harper on Tuesday — delivering a decisive victory for state-level voting rights and redistricting protections and dealing a death blow to the right-wing legal theory known as "independent state legislature." In a 6-3 ruling written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court held that state legislatures do not have absolute …

Supreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have reshaped elections beyond the state
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have reshaped elections beyond the state

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state courts can curtail the actions of their legislatures when it comes to federal redistricting and elections, rejecting arguments by North Carolina Republicans that could have dramatically altered races for Congress and president in that state and beyond. The practical effect of Tuesday’s decision is minimal in North Carolina, where the state …

Opinion: Thanks to the Supreme Court, U.S. elections are safe from at least one threat
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: Thanks to the Supreme Court, U.S. elections are safe from at least one threat

LA Times  

In a 6-3 decision in Moore vs. Harper, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the independent state legislature theory, a radical theory that could have undermined voting rights and upended our elections. To be sure, the Supreme Court still claimed the power for federal courts to review state court decisions concerning federal elections in extreme circumstances. While the Tuesday decision …

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 upholds Voting Rights Act — and might have helped doom Republicans in 2024
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act — and might have helped doom Republicans in 2024

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court stunned political observers on Thursday in the closely watched Allen v. Milligan case, ruling that Alabama likely violated the Voting Rights Act's prohibition on racial gerrymandering when it drew a map that packs most of the state's Black voters into a single congressional district — and the decision could make it harder for Republicans to hold the …

Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black voters
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black voters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina’s congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters. The justices said Monday they would review a lower-court ruling that found a coastal district running from Charleston to Hilton Head was intentionally redrawn to reduce the number of Democratic-leaning Black voters and to make it …

N. Carolina justices hand GOP big wins with election rulings
1 year, 7 months ago

N. Carolina justices hand GOP big wins with election rulings

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — In massive victories for Republicans, the newly GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday threw out a previous ruling against gerrymandered voting maps and upheld a photo voter identification law that colleagues had struck down as racially biased. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who leads a national Democratic group whose affiliate helped support the redistricting litigation, …

N. Carolina justices quickly revisit redistricting, voter ID
1 year, 9 months ago

N. Carolina justices quickly revisit redistricting, voter ID

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court is revisiting this week whether a previous combination of justices got it wrong three months ago when declaring that the legislature produced illegal district lines tainted by excess partisanship and a photo voter identification law infected with racial bias. Senate leader Phil Berger, a named defendant in both cases, argues that actions …

N. Carolina Supreme Court to rehear voter ID, redistricting
1 year, 10 months ago

N. Carolina Supreme Court to rehear voter ID, redistricting

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The new Republican majority on North Carolina’s Supreme Court agreed on Friday to rehear redistricting and voter identification cases less than two months after the court’s previous edition, led by Democrats, issued major opinions going against GOP legislators who had been sued. Rather, the court said a case can be reheard “if the petitioner makes a satisfactory …

How John Roberts may slow-walk American democracy right off the cliff
2 years ago

How John Roberts may slow-walk American democracy right off the cliff

Salon  

It's never an issue for this U.S. Supreme Court to move the goalposts, change the rules or simply make up them as it goes along. North Carolina's state supreme court, equally determined, struck that rigged map down this year as a violation of the state constitution's guarantee that all elections must be free and fair. The court ruled that maps …

Justices skeptical of elections case that could alter voting
2 years ago

Justices skeptical of elections case that could alter voting

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked in making rules for congressional and presidential elections. Republicans from North Carolina who brought the case to the high court argue that a provision of the U.S. Constitution known as the elections clause gives state lawmakers virtually total control …

US Supreme Court hears case to determine authority over elections
2 years ago

US Supreme Court hears case to determine authority over elections

Al Jazeera  

Republican politicians advance theory that could shift power away from courts in determining election rules and maps. Referring to the US Constitution’s language on elections, Alito said: “Under any circumstances, no matter what we say the ‘Elections Clause’ means, Congress can always come in and establish the manner of conducting congressional elections.” “The reason we have a case is the …

EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats

Associated Press  

Partisan gerrymandering is back before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case stemming from the latest attempt by North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature to draw U.S. House districts favoring GOP candidates. The lawsuit against the U.S. House districts enacted by the Republican-led Legislature cites the state constitution’s guarantee of “free and equal” elections. OTHER COURT CASES The outcome of the North …

Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy
2 years ago

Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly increase the power of state lawmakers over elections for Congress and the presidency. The Republican leaders of North Carolina’s legislature told the Supreme Court that the Constitution’s “carefully drawn lines place the regulation of …

'An existential threat': Legal expert breaks down the Supreme Court case that could radically reshape US elections
2 years ago

'An existential threat': Legal expert breaks down the Supreme Court case that could radically reshape US elections

Raw Story  

On Wednesday, December 7, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, a case that deals with partisan gerrymandering and redistricting in North Carolina as well as a far-right legal idea known as the independent state legislature theory. “The GOP lawmakers are now challenging that ruling before the Supreme Court, arguing that, under the …

How the Supreme Court controlled the midterms
2 years, 1 month ago

How the Supreme Court controlled the midterms

Raw Story  

Midterms are over and we have the results. The other thing that’s clear is that elections are being determined by Supreme Court Abortion was the second most important issue for people in midterms according to exit polls, only a few points behind inflation. Vermont voters passed an initiative to amend the state constitution to ensure a right to “personal reproductive …

How the Supreme Court Likely Handed Control of the House to Republicans
2 years, 1 month ago

How the Supreme Court Likely Handed Control of the House to Republicans

Slate  

Democrats had a surprisingly good election night on Tuesday. An early test came when voting rights advocates filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s new congressional map, which packed most Black residents into a single, sprawling district, then sprinkled the rest throughout overwhelmingly white districts. A three-judge district court refused to block Texas’ new congressional map, which reduced Black and Latino representation, …

These Supreme Court cases could kill what remains of US democracy
2 years, 2 months ago

These Supreme Court cases could kill what remains of US democracy

Al Jazeera  

In recent years, the United States Supreme Court has dutifully laboured to erode the protections guaranteed under the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a civil rights era milestone that aimed to safeguard minority voters from racial discrimination. One of the high-profile cases that the Supreme Court is currently hearing deals with Alabama’s congressional redistricting map, which was implemented by that state’s …

Supreme Court to consider case that could radically reshape the country’s elections
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court to consider case that could radically reshape the country’s elections

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court could soon grant state legislatures unconditional control over federal elections, clearing the way for lawmakers to gerrymander their states with impunity and pass voter restriction measures without interference from state courts. If the nation’s highest court rules in favor of allowing the gerrymandered map, it may do so based on a novel argument — the so-called …

Criticism over latest NC redistricting back at Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Criticism over latest NC redistricting back at Supreme Court

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s Supreme Court returned to the state’s recent divisive round of redistricting on Tuesday, as justices heard further challenges to General Assembly and congressional district lines getting used for next month’s elections. In a 4-3 decision, the court’s Democratic justices declared that partisan gerrymandering violates the state constitution and that the congressional and legislative lines approved …

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 …

Analysis details how Supreme Court has 'hit rock bottom'
2 years, 5 months ago

Analysis details how Supreme Court has 'hit rock bottom'

Raw Story  

A new analysis released Wednesday argues the right-wing majority now controlling the U.S. Supreme Court has dragged the institution to its lowest point in history by overtly and repeatedly attacking the bedrock foundation upon which the nation was built: representative democracy itself. In the report—titled The Supreme Court’s Role in the Degradation of Democracy—researchers with the Campaign Legal Center detail …

Supreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case that could dramatically change the way elections for Congress and the presidency are conducted by handing more power to state legislatures and blocking state courts from reviewing challenges to the procedures and results. Taken to its extreme, it would be a radical reworking of our system of running elections.” …

Samuel Alito Reveals His Partisan GOP Bias
2 years, 9 months ago

Samuel Alito Reveals His Partisan GOP Bias

Huff Post  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito takes contradicting positions in two important election law cases. “The applicants will be irreparably harmed if a stay is not granted because they will be deprived of their constitutional prerogative to draw the congressional map in their State, and the public interest will be disserved if the 2022 congressional elections in North Carolina are held …

The Supreme Court Just Came Perilously Close to Blowing Up Federal Elections
2 years, 9 months ago

The Supreme Court Just Came Perilously Close to Blowing Up Federal Elections

Slate  

The Supreme Court will not overturn a century of pro-democracy precedent and two centuries of historical practice to give state legislatures unlimited power over elections—yet. The court refused to block new congressional maps drawn by the high court of each state, declining—for now—to embrace a radical theory rejecting state courts’ authority over election law. But conservative scholars have devised a …

N. Carolina justices won’t step aside in redistricting case
2 years, 10 months ago

N. Carolina justices won’t step aside in redistricting case

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Three North Carolina Supreme Court justices said Monday they won’t step aside from hearing a blockbuster redistricting case this week, rejecting requests from lawyers covering both sides of the litigation to recuse themselves. Earls, whose written explanation went nine pages, said “I have subjectively determined that I can and will be fair and impartial in carry out …

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 …

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