NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week Social media users shared a range of false claims this week The Independent UK · May 13, 2022
Prepare for McCarthy-era crackdowns on pro-choice protesters Conservatives and corporate media pundits want to use a Red Scare statute to arrest people demonstrating against the looming anti-abortion victory The Guardian - US · May 13, 2022
Maryland and Virginia governors urge DOJ to tighten security outside justices' homes The Republican governors are asking for federal law enforcement to take the lead in protecting the justices in the weeks and months ahead as protests continue. WEKU · May 13, 2022
Editorial: Protesting for Roe at justices' homes is self-defeating and wrong The apparently pending Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is an affront to women’s rights to biological self-determination and to all Americans’ rights to privacy. This is why wide majorities of the country oppose the coming reversal of Roe. But if that support is to remain strong and eventually… St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 13, 2022
‘Be very afraid’: Mayor Adams predicts peril in NYC if Supreme Court strikes down gun license law NEW YORK — Welcome to Fear City 2.0. Tribune News Service · May 13, 2022
New poll ties abortion with economy as most important issue of midterms Republicans narrowly lead generic ballot as Supreme Court’s looming opinion reshapes election landscape The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
Republican governors ask DoJ to block protests outside Supreme Court justices’ homes The governors of Virginia and Maryland sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for increased protection for conservative justices The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
Supreme Court meets for first time since bombshell leak of draft opinion overturning Roe v Wade ‘This is an institution unravelling before our eyes,’ former clerk says The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
County, governor spar over protests at justices' homes Fairfax County officials have rebuffed a request from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish a security perimeter around the neighborhoods of Supreme Court justices living in the county who have faced protests outside their homes The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
Legal expert: Alito draft's "fatal flaw" "What makes Justice Alito’s analysis truly disingenuous is its distortion of the one case on which it depends" Salon · May 12, 2022
COUNTERPOINT: Left’s reaction to potential Roe overruling shows authoritarian druthers It has been just two weeks since Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked to Politico. However, the left is already in absolute meltdown mode, claiming the potential ruling could usher in a return to the Dark Ages, in which… Tribune News Service · May 12, 2022
Noah Feldman: US justices are looking more like politicians The Supreme Court is unraveling. The leak last week of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that would overturn the 1973 abortion-rights precedent Roe v. Wade is just part of it. Tribune News Service · May 12, 2022
Justices to meet for 1st time since leak of draft Roe ruling The Supreme Court’s nine justices will gather in private Thursday for their first scheduled meeting since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v The Independent UK · May 11, 2022
Samuel Alito's black-robed dominion Alito's leaked draft decision goes back almost a thousand years to illustrate abortion bans in living color Salon · May 11, 2022
The Conversation · May 11, 2022 US Senate to vote on abortion rights bill -- but what would it mean to codify Roe into law? The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on May 11, 2022, on a bill that would enshrine the right to an abortion into law.
WEKU · May 11, 2022 What would overturning Roe mean for birth control? Overturning Roe v. Wade could threaten birth control and other care, experts say.
Reason · May 11, 2022 More SCOTUS Leaks To Politico: Alito's Majority Still Holds Five, And No Other Draft Opinions Have Been Circulated Yet These leaks from a "conservative" look designed to quell controversy.
Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022 Michelle Deal-Zimmerman: Don’t be surprised when Supreme Court comes for interracial marriage If, OK, when the U.S. Supreme Court gets around to banning interracial marriage, my husband and I wonder what will happen.
Salon · May 10, 2022 "View" on Cruz's "despicable" comments "The next woman you call 'a goon,' don't do it to her face," Whoopi Goldberg addresses the Texas senator
Reason · May 10, 2022 There Is a Reason Why Roe v. Wade's Defenders Focus on Its Results Rather Than Its Logic The abortion precedent has faced withering criticism, including damning appraisals by pro-choice legal scholars, for half a century.
Salon · May 10, 2022 SCOTUS gets religion — the law suffers Alito's draft opinion is full of specious legal and historical language — but it's just religious doctrine in drag
The Independent UK · May 10, 2022 How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports
Salon · May 10, 2022 GOP turns on Youngkin for SCOTUS protest One right-wing commentator claimed that Youngkin was welcoming a form of "terrorism"
The Independent UK · May 10, 2022 Protesters march to home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after leak of his anti-abortion draft opinion Around 100 protesters hold candlelight vigil and chant slogans outside justice’s private residence
The Conversation · May 10, 2022 Religious beliefs give strength to the anti-abortion movement – but not all religions agree The leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which has sent shock waves across the United States, indicates that a majority of Supreme Court justices will likely overturn the constitutional right to an abortion granted in Roe v. Wade. Employing unusually harsh language,…