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US Supreme Court stay on undated mail ballots injects uncertainty into Pa. Senate vote count

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court has pressed pause on the ongoing debate over whether to count undated mail ballots, issuing an emergency stay Tuesday while it decides whether to hear an appeal on the issue.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 1, 2022

Commentary: Leave abortion law to the states? Just look at the Fugitive Slave Act to see how that will go

Why not leave abortion to the states?

Los Angeles Times · May 20, 2022

Commentary: Hearing threat to Roe vs. Wade, I thought of my gay marriage — and Jim Obergefell's fight

I've thought about Jim Obergefell often since we first spoke nine years ago, after his historic marriage to his husband on an airport tarmac outside Baltimore.

Los Angeles Times · May 17, 2022

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.

Roll Call · May 9, 2022

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 · May 9, 2022

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 · May 5, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022

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 · May 4, 2022

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 · May 4, 2022

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

Talk about shooting the messenger.

Los Angeles Times · May 4, 2022