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SCOTUS Said Ambitious Climate Regulations Need To Come From Congress. Lawmakers Are Furious.

Plus: A new lawsuit challenges D.C.'s ban on carrying guns on public transit, Denver's latest housing affordability initiative will make the city more expensive, and more...

Reason

I can't believe I pay taxes for this

Yes, I think we should pay taxes. But from SCOTUS salaries to the police, I have questions about our ROI

Salon

Judge looks to Supreme Court gun ruling as he weighs whether to shoot down Chicago ban on laser sights

U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. has asked lawyers in a Chicago gun-rights suit to weigh in on whether Justice Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion affects the city’s ban.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Anti-abortion movement achieved goal of reversing Roe – but it is far from done

A total end to abortion in the US is the next goal – and how the movement aims to accomplish that depends on who you ask

The Guardian - US

Thomas: "COVID vax from abortion cells"

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has received heated response to the claim

Salon

Commentary: The Supreme Court gets an F in history for its rationales in abortion, gun rulings

It happens at least once a semester. My students and I will be discussing a contested political issue — say, affirmative action or capital punishment — and someone will ask, “Professor, what does history say about it?”

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The end of Roe will lead to baseless attacks on gay rights

Within hours of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion was banned in 13 states when so-called trigger laws went into effect. The grim impact of criminalizing women’s choices about their bodies will be stark and immediate, but predictable.

Los Angeles Times

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George Skelton: Will California gun control legislation survive the Supreme Court ruling? Time will tell

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gun control bills have been shooting through the state Legislature at rapid-fire speed, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is eager to sign them. But it’s anyone’s guess how many will survive this Supreme Court.

Los Angeles Times

Clarence Thomas wrongly suggests ‘aborted children’ cells were used to make Covid vaccines in SCOTUS opinion

Claim has been debunked by experts, while even the Vatican says vaccines are ‘morally acceptable’

The Independent UK

Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court's decision puts spotlight on abortion

With more and more states already rolling back their abortion laws this will mobilise the women's vote in America like nothing else.

Newcastle Herald

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

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

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

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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

Los Angeles Times

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.

The Conversation

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…

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.

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Tribune News Service

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.

The Independent UK

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

Axios

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

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

Tribune News Service

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.

Benzinga

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.

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

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