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On 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Kamala Harris urges federal abortion protections

In a speech delivered on Sunday, the vice president advocated for Congress to take action to protect abortion rights.

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The Supreme Court is weighing a theory that could upend elections. Here's how

How federal elections are run across the U.S. could be upended if the Supreme Court adopts even a limited version of a once-fringe idea known as the "independent state legislature theory."

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Most Americans say overturning Roe was politically motivated, NPR/Ipsos poll finds

An NPR/Ipsos poll finds that most Americans say Supreme Court justices are guided more by their politics than the law, and that lawmakers aren't deciding abortion policy based on public sentiment.

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Idaho Republican who vowed to protect ‘traditional marriage’ wants to eliminate licenses

BOISE, Idaho — A Republican state senator who vowed to protect “traditional” marriage plans to propose legislation that would eliminate marriage licenses in Idaho — a GOP tactic in other states to prevent same-sex marriages.

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Michigan Supreme Court closes out Gov. Whitmer's abortion rights case after Proposal 3 passage

The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday closed out a case challenging the state's 1931 abortion ban, noting that the litigation underlying the appeal had been dismissed in a lower court in the wake of voters approving an amendment enshrining abortion in the state constitution.

Tribune News Service

GM Asks US Supreme Court To Review Racketeering Case Against FCA

The original lawsuit was filed pre-Stellantis in 2019, and GM's most recent appeal was rejected in August 2022.

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At the first March for Life post-Roe, anti-abortion activists say fight isn't over

Seven months after overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, anti-abortion rights activists are celebrating their victories and planning their next steps at their annual march in D.C

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Anti-abortion groups marching in US capital to cheer fall of Roe

As anti-abortion activists rally in Washington, rights groups pledge to keep fighting on 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade.

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US Supreme Court fails to find source of abortion opinion leak

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court said Thursday that an eight-month investigation that questioned 100 possible suspects had failed to find the source of the stunning leak last year of its draft abortion ruling.

AFP

"Three Women Sentenced to Probation for Interrupting Oral Arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court"

From a Justice Department press release Tuesday: Two Virginia women and an Arizona woman, who verbally interrupted oral arguments inside the United States Supreme Court, each pleaded guilty January 13, 2023, to a single count of Speeches and Objectionable Language in the Supreme Court Building. The defendants were sentenced to…

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Redistricting litigation updates in five states

Welcome to the Thursday, January 19, Brew.

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Justices weigh in on case of deaf Michigan student denied interpreter

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case over whether a deaf student deprived of a qualified sign-language interpreter for 12 years may sue his Michigan school district for damages.

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Illinois State Rifle Association files federal lawsuit over state’s assault weapons ban

CHICAGO — Illinois’ flagship gun rights organization on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit alleging the newly signed state law that prohibits high-powered guns and large-capacity ammunition magazines violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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Illinois State Rifle Association files federal lawsuit over state’s gun ban

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Kansas death penalty faces new challenge with ACLU invoking landmark abortion decision

The ACLU is mounting a major new effort to overturn Kansas’ death penalty, arguing it’s racially discriminatory and that, because of a landmark state Supreme Court decision upholding abortion rights, officials must clear a high legal bar to show capital sentences are constitutional.

Reason

They Fell Behind on Their Property Taxes. So the Government Sold Their Homes—and Kept the Profits.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler's case challenging home equity theft.

AFP

US high court hears sanctions evasion case against Turkey's Halkbank

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in an appeal by Turkey's Halkbank against US charges that it violated sanctions on Iran.

Zenger

U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case On Sabbath Observance

The appellant, a postal worker, says he was forced from his job because he refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons.

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Illinois’ sweeping firearms ban certain to end up in court, and some experts doubt it will stand

CHICAGO — In his closing remarks before a vote on a sweeping firearms ban, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pushed back at critics who contended the prohibitions would violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court mulls Turkish lender Halkbank's bid to avoid charges

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday grappled with thorny questions of sovereign immunity as they weighed a bid by Turkey's state-owned lender Halkbank to avoid criminal charges in the United States for allegedly helping Iran evade American economic sanctions. The nine justices heard arguments in Halkbank's appeal of a lower…

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Deaf student who was denied interpreter set to get his day before US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in the case of a deaf student who was left without a qualified sign-language interpreter for 12 years while enrolled at Sturgis Public Schools in southwest Michigan.

WEKU

Abortion bans still pending before revamped Ky. Supreme Court

Reuters

Proud Boys 'took aim' at U.S. democracy, prosecutor tells Jan. 6 trial

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday accused leaders of the far-right Proud Boys group of plotting an assault on American democracy as one of the most high-profile trials to stem from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack got underway.

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US Supreme Court allows New York’s concealed carry law to remain in effect amid ongoing legal battles

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York can continue to enforce its recently enacted law barring guns from “sensitive” places as legal challenges play out, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

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Jewish Litigators Take Aim At Critical Race Theory With New Initiative

The Deborah Project, a public interest law firm dedicated to protecting Jewish civil rights in the American educational system.

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