John Roberts lays groundwork for Supreme Court to limit abortion
4 years, 10 months ago

John Roberts lays groundwork for Supreme Court to limit abortion

CNN  

Washington CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court’s pivotal vote, asked just three questions during an incendiary Louisiana abortion rights case on Wednesday, guarding his actual views of whether the tough regulation was constitutional. tHis interest in asserting the justices’ independence was on display in a statement from Roberts that the Court’s Public Information Office issued late Wednesday, in which he called remarks Schumer made at a rally earlier in the day “threatening” and “dangerous.” Schumer, a New York Democrat, referred to Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh and said he wanted them to know: “You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. Yet Roberts raised a line of inquiry that would differentiate the Louisiana law, requiring physicians to obtain “admitting privileges” from a hospital within 30 miles of clinics, from the similar Texas regulation. “I understand the idea that the impact might be different in different places, but as far as the benefits of the law, that’s going to be the same in each state, isn’t it?” “I think that a state could certainly show greater benefits,” Murrill said, “depending on what their regulatory structure is and what the facts are on the ground in that state.” Louisiana officials said in their written brief that the 2014 law was intended to protect women from “unscrupulous and incompetent abortion providers.” The Trump administration is siding with Louisiana, and Roberts asked Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall whether the advantages of regulation could vary from state to state.

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'Ridiculous': Analysis debunks John Roberts’ claim that SCOTUS has no 'political bias'
1 week ago

'Ridiculous': Analysis debunks John Roberts’ claim that SCOTUS has no 'political bias'

Raw Story  

On the last day of 2024, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued his "2024 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary." The Supreme Court's chief justice, John Roberts, is now echoing Trump's demand that people stop criticizing him, his colleagues, and other federal jurists — while continuing to pretend that judges are not political." Perez continued, "In his annual …

Chief Justice Roberts defends judicial independence, says it is under threat in several ways
1 week, 2 days ago

Chief Justice Roberts defends judicial independence, says it is under threat in several ways

LA Times  

The Supreme Court’s chief justice wrote that even if court decisions are unpopular or mark a defeat for a presidential administration, other branches of government must be willing to enforce them. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a defense Tuesday of judicial independence, which he said is under threat from intimidation, disinformation and the prospect of public officials defying …

Chief Justice John Roberts defends judicial independence, says it is under threat in several ways
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1 week, 2 days ago

Chief Justice John Roberts defends judicial independence, says it is under threat in several ways

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts issued a defense Tuesday of judicial independence, which he said is under threat from intimidation, disinformation and the prospect of public officials defying court orders. Roberts, for his part, introduced his letter by recounting a story about King George III stripping colonial judges of lifetime appointments, an order that was “not well received.” Trump …

Analysis: John Roberts leads the charge to uphold bans on trans care
1 month ago

Analysis: John Roberts leads the charge to uphold bans on trans care

CNN  

CNN — As Chief Justice John Roberts set the tone for what appears to be a Supreme Court majority to uphold state bans on gender-affirming care, his remarks Wednesday recalled his attitude nearly 10 years ago when the court declared a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Roberts brushed aside arguments that Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care amounted to sex discrimination …

Justice John Roberts poised to give go-ahead to 'MAGA vision of the law': legal expert
2 months ago

Justice John Roberts poised to give go-ahead to 'MAGA vision of the law': legal expert

Raw Story  

A review of Chief Justice John Roberts' actions during the last Supreme Court session would seem to indicate that he has stopped attempting to rein in both his more rabidly conservative colleagues and chosen to go along with their far-right vision of America, according to an expert's analysis. That is the opinion of Slate legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern who …

Supreme Court analysis: John Roberts knows he lost the public.
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court analysis: John Roberts knows he lost the public.

Slate  

You would be forgiven were you to find yourself suffering from some version of motion sickness when reading about Chief Justice John Roberts’ worldview at the start of this new Supreme Court term. Colleagues and friends who saw him said he looked especially weary, as if carrying greater weight on his shoulders.” This echoes precisely the blockbuster New York Times …

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

From moderate to manipulator: Behind the unmasking of Chief Justice John Roberts
3 months, 2 weeks 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’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image
3 months, 3 weeks 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.
55 years 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, 3 weeks 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
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Unpacking the right's "50-year plot" to wreck democracy — and why it might work
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Unpacking the right's "50-year plot" to wreck democracy — and why it might work

Salon  

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have turned the 2024 presidential campaign upside down and galvanized the Democratic Party's base voters, who had become almost resigned to a second term for Donald Trump. Founding fathers of that movement, like future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell and disgruntled ex-liberal lawyer Michael Horowitz, didn't have the word "woke" to rail against. "Without serious …

Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term
6 months, 1 week ago

Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court got most of what they wanted this term, from substantial help for Trump’s political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the administrative state they revile. on present exigencies.” The court also overturned the Chevron decision, stripped the SEC of a major fraud-fighting tool and …

Arizona Supreme Court upholds 160-year-old abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest
9 months 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
9 months, 1 week 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 …

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: …

An unexpected check on Supreme Court’s sharp move right: Justice Kavanaugh
1 year, 3 months ago

An unexpected check on Supreme Court’s sharp move right: Justice Kavanaugh

LA Times  

The crucial battles these days within the Supreme Court are among its six conservatives, not between them and the three liberals. Four other conservatives — including Trump-appointed Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett — dissented, contending hospital workers should not be required to undergo what Alito called “an irreversible medical treatment.” Kavanaugh also split from the conservatives when …

The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl
1 year, 3 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 …

John Roberts Has Wrested Back Control of the Supreme Court
1 year, 6 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.” …

Trump says US government has ‘vital role’ opposing abortion, won’t say if he backs national ban
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump says US government has ‘vital role’ opposing abortion, won’t say if he backs national ban

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said the federal government should play a “vital role” opposing abortion but again failed to provide specifics on what national restrictions he would support if elected to the White House again. He said he believes “the greatest progress is now being made in the states, where everyone wanted to be.” “One of the reasons …

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 …

Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics
1 year, 7 months ago

Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts said there is more the Supreme Court can do to “adhere to the highest standards” of ethical conduct, an acknowledgment that recent reporting about the justices’ ethical missteps is having an effect on public perception of the court. Speaking at a law dinner Tuesday where he was honored with an award, Roberts provided no …

John Roberts’ absurd double standard: He’ll embrace checks and balances for Trump, but not for his own court.
1 year, 8 months ago

John Roberts’ absurd double standard: He’ll embrace checks and balances for Trump, but not for his own court.

Slate  

Last week, Chief Justice John Roberts sent a one-page letter declining Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin’s invitation to testify today about Supreme Court ethics. Indeed, three years ago, Roberts wrote the court’s 7–2 majority opinion in Trump v. Mazars, the landmark case testing Congress’ power to compel production of President Donald Trump’s tax returns and other financial records. Roberts …

Supreme Court scandals: John Roberts’ refusal to do anything is the move of a monarchist.
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court scandals: John Roberts’ refusal to do anything is the move of a monarchist.

Slate  

Last Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about, well, to put it directly—the Supreme Court’s diaphanous ethics regime. Put aside for a moment Politico’s new report that Justice Neil Gorsuch failed to disclose that he’d sold his valuable Colorado property to a prominent lawyer with multiple cases before the court …

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 …

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 …

Supreme Court Justice says leaking decision that repealed Roe v Wade them into assassination targets
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Justice says leaking decision that repealed Roe v Wade them into assassination targets

Daily Mail  

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the leak of the draft opinion that overturned the constitutional right to abortion made majority justices 'targets for assassination'. The Supreme Court had been left on high alert since June as a man had been charged with attempted murder after being arrested near the Maryland home of conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Supreme Court …

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, 4 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 …

Chief Justice John Roberts tried to protect Roe but failed to persuade Supreme Court colleagues, report claims
2 years, 5 months ago

Chief Justice John Roberts tried to protect Roe but failed to persuade Supreme Court colleagues, report claims

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 Chief Justice John Roberts worked in secret to try to …

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 …

Roe v. Wade outrage highlights growing rift between the American people and the Supreme Court
2 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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 …

Chief Justice John Roberts lost the Supreme Court and the defining case of his generation
2 years, 6 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 …

Protesters at U.S. Supreme Court decry abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
2 years, 6 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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

Explained | Why are reproductive rights under threat in the U.S.?
2 years, 8 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 …

John Roberts calls Supreme Court leak ‘absolutely appalling’
2 years, 8 months ago

John Roberts calls Supreme Court leak ‘absolutely appalling’

CNN  

Atlanta CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts said Thursday that the leak of a draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade is “absolutely appalling” and stressed that he hopes “one bad apple” would not change “people’s perception” of the nation’s highest court and workforce. In his first public appearance since the leak on Monday, Roberts also said that …

Biden vows action to protect abortion rights as John Roberts confirms leaked opinion
2 years, 8 months ago

Biden vows action to protect abortion rights as John Roberts confirms leaked opinion

The Independent  

✕ Close Roe v Wade protesters speak out about Supreme Court plan to drop abortion law 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 …

Opinion: Conservatives held our noses and voted for Trump. Reversing Roe would be our reward
2 years, 8 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 …

Anti-abortion movement celebrates Alito’s draft opinion to reverse Roe v. Wade
2 years, 8 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 …

Calmes: Forget the leak. It's the Court's opinion on Roe vs. Wade that matters
2 years, 8 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 …

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