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DeSantis says Florida is getting redder. He’s campaigning like he believes it

In the last month alone, Ron DeSantis has released a much-discussed ad mimicking “Top Gun,” left Florida to campaign in a quartet of far-away swing states and talked about throwing Anthony Fauci across a river.

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CDC advisers endorse booster shots that target omicron for Americans 12 and up

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Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, reportedly urged lawmakers to overturn Biden’s win in Wisconsin

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas worked behind the scenes to overturn the results of the 2020 election in at least two states, according to The Washington Post, which reported Thursday it had seen emails from Ginni Thomas to Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin she hoped to influence.

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Ginni Thomas lobbied Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn 2020 election

The wife of supreme court justice Clarence Thomas urged a Wisconsin state senator and representative to do their ‘duty’

The Guardian - US

Ginni Thomas emails urged new 2020 electors in Wisconsin

The wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas contacted at least two Wisconsin state lawmakers urging them to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in 2020 in the tightly contested state

The Independent UK

Ginni tried to overturn Wis. election

It wasn't just Arizona — messages show Thomas leaning on Wisconsin lawmakers to block Biden's win

Salon

New York enacts new gun restrictions in response to supreme court decision

After court overturned 1911 New York law, state lawmakers produced act to create ‘gun-free zones’ and strengthen gun control measures

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Commentary: Supreme Court originalists fail to see the Founders’ true intention

The U.S. Supreme Court has figured prominently and controversially in the news recently. In addition to decisions limiting states’ control over gun safety while expanding states’ power over women’s reproductive rights, the court has broken down long-standing barriers between separation of church and state by authorizing public funding of private…

Chicago Tribune

MTV VMAs 2022: The 6 biggest talking points, from Johnny Depp’s shock cameo to Taylor Swift’s album reveal

Raucous ceremony included surprise cameos, album announcements and a history-making win

The Independent UK

2022 MTV VMAs: Billy Eichner eviscerates ‘homophobe’ Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Thomas was among the justices to overturn ‘Roe v Wade’, limiting access to abortion procedures

The Independent UK

1st Circuit Says Maine's Residency Rule for Medical Marijuana Suppliers Is Unconstitutional Protectionism

Notwithstanding federal pot prohibition, the appeals court says, the requirement violated the Commerce Clause's implicit prohibition of anti-competitive interstate trade barriers.

Reason

Trump's VOA chief paid 'extravagantly' to investigate critics: Watchdog

A law firm received $1.6 million in taxpayer money to investigate officials at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. An inspector general has concluded that was a "gross waste" of federal resources.

WEKU

Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

Reason

Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.

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Roe v. Wade ruling spurs LGBT Texans to change plans, leave state

AUSTIN, Texas — Wedding dates are getting moved up. Paternity documents and wills are being updated. Homes are up for sale.

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Noah Feldman: There's a lot of Harvard and Yale on the Supreme Court. And that's OK

Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices went to Harvard or Yale law schools. So did nearly a fifth of the federal judiciary. This rankles some politicians, watchdog groups and others who see it as an outrageous manifestation of elitism that needs to be changed, given how much power this…

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Ted Cruz softens on same-sex marriage, says ‘reasonable people can disagree’

WASHINGTON — Like many conservatives, Sen. Ted Cruz has gone out of his way since the Supreme Court struck down Roe vs. Wade to ease fears that, with abortion rights erased, gay marriage is the next target.

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Scared after the fall of Roe, these 2 Texas women rushed to tie the knot

Following the Supreme Court's decision, Carlie Brown and Molly Pela rescheduled their wedding for nine months earlier. They fear that without federal protections, their family remains vulnerable.

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Scalia’s legacy lives on in Supreme Court’s abortion, gun cases

WASHINGTON — The seeds of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent rulings on guns and abortion lie in the legal theories of a justice who died six years ago.

The Independent UK

Cyber Ninjas ‘dead voters’ claim debunked by Arizona attorney general: ‘Many were very surprised to learn they were allegedly deceased’

Now-defunct company was commissioned to investigate baseless claims of fraud in Arizona

The Guardian - US

Bloodied but unbowed: liberal justices wield dissents as weapon of resistance

The three justices may be in the minority, but their opinions are sounding an alarm that equal rights are under threat by the new rightwing supermajority of the supreme court

The Conversation

Confidence in the Supreme Court is declining – but there is no easy way to oversee justices and their politics

Recent evidence showing that Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent at least 29 text messages to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to help overturn the 2020 election has reignited a long-simmering debate about judicial ethics and the nation’s highest court.

Evening Standard

Judge who voted to overturn Roe v Wade steps down from teaching role

Thomas, 74, has faced a backlash for his part in ending the federal right to abortion by overturning the Roe v Wade ruling last month

Salon

Supreme Court "originalism" is pure BS

Right-wing justices claim they're delving for true meanings beneath the Constitution. It's another Big Lie

The Conversation

After Roe's overturning, Americans are demanding Supreme Court term limits

Following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning half a century of abortion rights under Roe v. Wade, nearly two-thirds of Americans want fundamental court reform, specifically term limits for Supreme Court justices.

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