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Jun 30 2022
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How Will Roe v Wade's Fall Change America?
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Last Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the landmark rulings that recognized and reaffirmed constitutional abortion rights. What's next for abortions in the U.S.? In 13 states,
AllSides StaffMay 28 2019
News
Supreme Court upholds Indiana's fetal tissue burial law
The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld an Indiana law that governs how hospitals and abortion clinics can dispose of fetal remains, ruling the state does have a valid interest in that matter.
But the justices declined to hear a challenge involving the state’s law banning abortions when the decision is based on race, gender or diagnosed disability such as Down syndrome.
A lower appeals
Washington TimesMay 11 2021
Opinion
Israelis, Palestinians and Their Neighbors Worry: Is This the Big One?
Let’s see, what happens when TikTok meets Palestinian grievances about right-wing Israeli land grabs in Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem? And then you add the holiest Muslim night of prayer in Jerusalem into the mix? Then toss in the most emotional Israeli holiday in Jerusalem? And a power play by Hamas to assume leadership of the Palestinian cause? And, finally, a political vacuum in which the
Thomas L. FriedmanJan 24 2022
News
Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to revisit the question of affirmative action in higher education, deciding to hear a case challenging Harvard and the University of North Carolina's use of race in college admissions.
With the court already having heard arguments this term on abortion and guns, the affirmative action case marks yet another politically charged issue that threatens to
NPR (Online News)Dec 11 2020
News
Michigan, Pennsylvania State Lawmakers Ask Supreme Court to Join Texas Election Lawsuit
A group of state legislators and voters asked the Supreme Court on Thursday for permission to join Texas’s lawsuit challenging 2020 election results in four states.
Among the members listed in the request (pdf) are those who had previously filed lawsuits seeking to de-certify election results either in state or federal courts. These include several voters and Pennsylvania state
The Epoch TimesFeb 22 2022
News
‘War, destruction and death’: U.N. Security Council members slam Russia’s Ukraine escalation
U.N. Security Council members had one clear message for Russian President Vladimir Putin: We know what you’re up to, and you need to quit it now — or else.
Putin escalated the crisis he started by sending so-called peacekeepers into two Russian-backed breakaway territories inside Ukraine that he formally recognized as “independent” earlier on Monday. The global community has quickly
PoliticoJan 20 2022
News
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid To Quash Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to quash subpoenas for White House records relating to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Trump attempted to invoke executive privilege to stop the House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack from accessing a trove of documents relating to Trump’s activities on Jan. 6 and those of his top confidants. The
Washington Free BeaconApr 01 2021
News
Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues, Virginia Supreme Court rules
Virginia's highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a deadly white nationalist rally in 2017.
The state Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision in favor of a group of residents who sued to block the city from taking down the Lee statue and a nearby
NBC News DigitalJul 10 2020
News
ICE Restrictions on International Students a ‘Self-Inflicted Wound’
After finishing his hectic first year at Harvard Medical School, Azan Virji decided to go camping at Jefferson Lake in Colorado with friends. Driving back from the trip on Monday, when they regained cellular service, Virji’s phone lit up with messages. U.S. immigration officials had just announced that international students might be forced to leave the country in the fall if their classes are
Foreign PolicySep 23 2020
News
Kentucky grand jury indicts one of three officers in Breonna Taylor case
A grand jury considering the March killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday voted to indict one of three white police officers for wanton endangerment, a judge said.
Jefferson Circuit Judge Annie O’Connell read the grand jury’s decision in open court. Media reports said the officer indicted was Detective Brett Hankison.
Reuters