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The supreme court’s takedown of American democracy is complete

Since the Citizens United decision of 2010, the justices have dismantled Americans’ voices. The only solution is at the ballot box

The Guardian - US · May 12

US supreme court temporarily extends access to mail-order abortion medication mifepristone

Louisiana had sued the FDA last fall, arguing that prescribing mifepristone interfered with state’s ban on abortion

The Guardian - US · May 11

Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay

The outrage was swift and severe when the U.S. Supreme Court, by an ideologically divided 6-3 vote, recently struck down Louisiana’s majority Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Critics lambasted the court for gutting the Voting Rights Act, the federal law that had until recently garnered strong bipartisan…

The Conversation · May 11

US supreme court temporarily restores access to mail-order abortion pills

Order signed by Samuel Alito blocks ruling that prevented providers from prescribing mifepristone through the mail

The Guardian - US · May 4

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies

The Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation

The Independent UK · May 4

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Trump has three wars going on right now – Iranians, Ukrainians and comedians’

Late-night hosts discussed Trump pressuring ABC to fire Kimmel, the US’s war with Iran and the US supreme court decision that guts voting rights

The Guardian - US · May 1

The supreme court’s voting rights decision wasn’t about law – it was about politics

This court has impaled one of the most important laws in American history, with disastrous consequences for multiracial democracy

The Guardian - US · May 1

Conservative justices actually consider race – except in correcting inequality

In Louisiana v Callais, the supreme court has openly considered white Republicans in partisan redistricting

The Guardian - US · May 1

The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act and Louisiana’s Black voters are the first casualty

The Supreme Court just delivered a crushing blow to the Voting Rights Act, and Louisiana’s Black voters are feeling the impact first. According to The Guardian, in a 6-3 decision split along partisan lines, the court effectively dismantled Section 2 of the landmark 1965 law, the last stronghold preventing racial…

The Mary Sue · Apr 30

First Thing: US supreme court ‘demolishes’ Voting Rights Act

Ruling has gutted provision intended to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Plus, oil tops $126 a barrel to reach highest level since 2022

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30