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The Latest Breaking News from Clarence Thomas

Pritzker’s Bailey gamble, Lightfoot’s choice words for Thomas, My Morning Jacket’s love for Chicago and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

The US Supreme Court: nine judges with strong convictions

Washington (AFP) - Behind the sharply crafted decisions of the US Supreme Court, which completed a tumultuous term on Thursday, are nine brilliant legal minds, each with strong convictions that can lead to decisions which profoundly shape American society.

AFP

Lightfoot refuses to apologize for obscene reference to Clarence Thomas, uses attack in last-minute fundraising appeal

“Clarence Thomas has proven himself over and over again — particularly in that concurring opinion — that he is somebody who doesn’t care or respect the rights of anyone except for himself,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Paxton ready to defend Texas sodomy law

"They won't stop till they roll back all of our civil rights," Paxton's Democratic challenger said

Salon

Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case

Alabama is using the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth

The Independent UK

Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism's conservative wing

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority

The Independent UK

Supreme Court will hear Republican state lawmakers’ bid for more power over elections

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a major election case and decide whether North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers have the power to draw a partisan election map without interference from state judges.

Los Angeles Times

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The Supreme Court has overturned precedent dozens of times, including striking down legal segregation and reversing Roe

It is a central principle of law: Courts, including the Supreme Court, are supposed to follow earlier decisions – precedent – to resolve current disputes. But on rare occasions, Supreme Court justices conclude that one of the court’s past constitutional precedents has to go, so they overrule it. This is…

The Conversation

VIEWPOINT 1: Our freedoms are under attack

Recent headlines, from the Jan. 6 committee’s hearings to the Supreme Court rolling back the right to reproductive health care, profoundly implicate the freedom that many will celebrate this Independence Day.

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Court's conservative majority isn't going anywhere

Last week’s two significant Supreme Court decisions – loosening some restrictions on American’s gun owners and restricting abortions for the nation’s women – represent the ultimate impact of Donald Trump’s narrow 2016 election victory over Hillary Clinton.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a lot to celebrate

Last week Clarence Thomas achieved two long-sought goals: expanding gun rights and overturning Roe v. Wade’s nationwide protection for abortion

The Independent UK

Ginni Thomas' lawyer questions "basis" for Jan. 6 committee interview

The lawyer requested "more information" from the panel on the relevance of her testimony.

Axios

Supreme Court backs Congress on veteran job protection law

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court backed a broader reading of the federal government’s war powers Wednesday, finding that Congress can give veterans the ability to file lawsuits against states if they face job discrimination over their military service.

Tribune News Service

Texas Attorney General Pledges To Defend Anti-Sodomy Law If Supreme Court Reverses Ruling

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has declared himself ready, willing and able to recriminalize sodomy in his state if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a nine-year-old decision that declared the Lone Star State’s prohibition of the act unconstitutional.

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The Independent UK

Meghan Markle hints at trip to Washington DC in the wake of Roe v Wade reversal

‘It seems as though you and I will be taking a trip to DC together soon,’ Markle told Gloria Steinem in a joint interview for Vogue

Salon

Ginni backtracks on Jan. 6 testimony

"This has been a particularly stressful time as the Thomases," her lawyer told the Jan. 6 committee

The Independent UK

Ginni Thomas has ‘serious concerns’ about testifying to Jan 6 committee, her lawyer says

The attorney for the Supreme Court Justice’s wife says that the committee needs better justification.

Tribune News Service

Conservative justices vowed to respect precedent: Did they lie or just parse words?

WASHINGTON — As a Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh described the legal principle of respecting past precedent as “critically important” and specifically cited the landmark case of Roe v. Wade that established a legal right to abortion nearly 50 years ago.

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Roll Call

Supreme Court backs Congress on veteran job protection law - Roll Call

The Supreme Court backed a broader reading of the federal government’s war powers Wednesday, in a case about a law to protect veterans.

The Guardian - US

Does Justice Clarence Thomas want to overturn a landmark freedom of the press ruling?

On Monday, the supreme court justice issued a worrying signal about his commitment to maintaining press freedoms

Salon

Are contraceptives next for SCOTUS?

"I do think the first test is going to be on contraception," one expert said of Clarence Thomas' opinion

Tribune News Service

Tony Norman: An iron fist on the scales of justice

For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas sat mostly silent on the Supreme Court bench, content to let others debate the controversies of the day. Because Thomas would not argue in public, court watchers had no idea of how he processed arguments beyond his written dissents and concurrences.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Congress must protect rights to contraception and same-sex relationships

It wasn’t so long ago that it was unthinkable for millions of American women to lose the fundamental right to control their bodies and their destiny.

Reason

Maximalists Threaten a Federalist Compromise on Abortion

National legislation and extraterritorial application of state laws are inconsistent with the local leeway that the Constitution protects.

Reason

George Washington U. Rejects Requests to Stop Justice Thomas's Co-Teaching of Law School Class

Prof. Glenn Reynolds (InstaPundit) passes along this e-mail from the GWU Provost and Law School Dean, which I applaud: Dear Members of the George Washington University Community, Since the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, we have heard from members of our community who have expressed…

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