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Abortion-rights activists are targeting Supreme Court justices' homes. That's fine by me

Before we delve into the ethics of peacefully protesting in front of a Supreme Court justice's home, I'd like to remind you about some of the havoc wrought by abortion foes after the court legalized abortion in 1973.

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Stuart Rothenberg: It’s probably still the economy, stupid

The possibility that the Supreme Court will overrule Roe v. Wade — or severely restrict the right to legal abortion — has Democrats hoping progressive and abortion-rights voters will be energized by the decision, thereby improving the party’s prospects for November.

Tribune News Service

Robin Abcarian: The right to abortion is deeply rooted in the Constitution, and flows from amends for slavery

Now that we've had a moment to digest the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, one thing is clear: Words have lost their meaning.

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Supreme Court gets defensive after abortion draft leak - Roll Call

The leaked draft of a Supreme Court abortion decision marked a changing point for the historically cloistered institution.

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It’s probably still the economy, stupid - Roll Call

The burden is on Democrats to show that abortion rights can motivate their voters to the polls in the 2022 midterms.

Roll Call

Mark Z. Barabak: Who may kill Roe v. Wade? Mostly justices named by a president who lost the popular vote

More than Congress or the White House, the Supreme Court may arguably be the most important government institution in the country, its decisions touching on virtually every facet of day-to-day life, as well as broader questions of how we govern ourselves, regulate business and exercise our faith.

Los Angeles Times

Draft signals Supreme Court shift on civil rights, experts say

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion jolted some legal experts for how it would not only upend abortion rights, but move onto shakier ground other constitutional rights such as same-sex marriage, contraception and more.

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Thirty years ago, the Supreme Court nearly struck down Roe v. Wade in a Pennsylvania case. The justices chose another way

PHILADELPHIA — It was months before a pivotal national election. A strong conservative majority had been cemented on the U.S. Supreme Court, and legislators in one state had passed a law restricting abortion access that they hoped, through the court challenges that followed, would become the vehicle for overturning Roe…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Draft signals Supreme Court shift on civil rights, experts say - Roll Call

The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion jolted some legal experts for how it would upend more than just abortion rights.

Roll Call

Jackie Calmes: Forget the leak. The justices’ radicalism has shredded the Supreme Court’s integrity

Talk about shooting the messenger.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: The Supreme Court is prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade. It’s time to stand up

In scathing, dismissive language, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote a draft opinion that does what for many decades seemed unimaginable — it overturns the 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade and annihilates the constitutionally protected right of a woman to control her own body. If the leaked…

Los Angeles Times

US Supreme Court: Who’s who and the ideologies of the court

The Supreme Court’s decision was made possible by an emboldened right side of the court

Evening Standard

Where Roe went wrong: A sweeping new abortion right built on a shaky legal foundation

WASHINGTON — Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s best-known decision of the past 50 years, is also its most endangered precedent.

Los Angeles Times

Roe v. Wade will be overturned, purported leaked Supreme Court draft suggests

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is ready to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to outlaw abortion, according to purported draft opinion that was leaked to Politico.

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