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Iowa Republicans pass bill banning most abortions after about 6 weeks

Iowa's Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon session Tuesday. Gov. Kim Reynolds said she would sign the bill on Friday.

WEKU

Iowa Legislature will take up 6-week abortion ban during special session Tuesday

Iowa’s Legislature convenes Tuesday in a special session focused exclusively on abortion restrictions

The Independent UK

Iowa Republicans will pursue a 6-week abortion ban during a special session that starts Tuesday

The Republican-controlled Legislature in Iowa will aim to enact a ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a rare special session that starts Tuesday

The Independent UK

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An ex-anti-abortion evangelist on life as a pro-choice ‘traitor’

American Reverend Rob Schenck made a name for himself denouncing ‘baby killers’. Then he changed his mind.

Al Jazeera

Two authors are suing OpenAI for training ChatGPT with their books. Could they win?

Imagine you read a book. You commit details of the book to memory and ruminate on the ideas contained in it.

The Conversation

A year after victory in Dobbs decision, anti-abortion activists still in fight mode

The Supreme Court delivered a historic victory to the anti-abortion movement. But many still feel their work is far from complete, and are seeking new strategies to stop abortion in all 50 states.

WEKU

Could a ‘fake’ same-sex couple force the Supreme Court to revisit a case targeting LGBT+ rights?

It’s unlikely, but critics continue to question the outcome of a case that could have wider consequences for discrimination protections, pointing to a growing mystery surrounding an apparently fabricated statement in the middle of it, Alex Woodward reports

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81-year-old angler angered by Colorado Supreme Court ruling vows new fight for freedom to wade

The fight for public freedom to wade in Colorado rivers is getting gnarlier, with fishermen mulling civil disobedience, following a high court ruling this month that, if judges stand by it on Friday, bolsters the state’s position that riverbeds can be private property.

The Denver Post

Apple's ongoing case over Fortnite payments is heading to the Supreme Court

Apple wants the Supreme Court to throw out a 2021 ruling

GamesRadar

Supreme Court opens the door to gut civil rights, fair housing laws

Substitute “African American” for “LGBT+” in the case of Colorado web designer Lorie Smith, and you’ve got a return to the bad old days of Jim Crow when so many alleged Christians insisted their religion required separation of the races, a lawyer writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Should domestic abusers have the right to be armed? The Supreme Court could upend protections for survivors

A Texas man repeatedly violated a restraining order that forbids him from possessing a firearm under federal law. Justices will decide if judges went too far after they said it was unconstitutional, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

The US supreme court has dismantled our rights but we still believe in them. Now we must fight

The court is part of a gang of reactionaries clawing back rights we already won, which means we can win them back

The Guardian - US

Watch live: Karine Jean-Pierre holds White House briefing after Supreme Court cancels student debt policy

Watch live as Karine Jean-Pierre holds the daily White House press briefing after the US Supreme Court struck down president Joe Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debts.

The Independent UK

Watch as Biden speaks after his student loan debt relief plan struck down by Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court has struck down president Joe Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debts for millions of Americans, reversing his campaign-trail promise as borrowers prepare to resume payments this summer.

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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, June 30, 2023

States have enacted more election-related bills this year than at this point last year. In case you missed it, yesterday we released our exclusive report looking back at election administration legislation data from January-May.

The Independent UK

Virginia high school admissions case could be legal follow-up to affirmative action ruling

A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in northern Virginia may provide a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to flesh out the intended scope of its ruling banning affirmative action in college admissions

WEKU

Supreme Court to consider whether domestic abusers can own guns

At issue is a 1994 amendment to the Federal Firearms Act that prohibits those who are actively subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms.

The Texas Tribune

Nearly 1.4 million Texans could be impacted by U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking student loan forgiveness

The court ruled in favor of the six GOP-led states that alleged President Joe Biden overstepped his authority with his loan forgiveness plan.

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In photos: Smoke from Canada's historic wildfires stretches across U.S. and into Europe

Detroit, D.C., New York City and Toronto are enduring some of the world's worst air quality tonight.

Chicago Tribune

Appeals hearing asks whether a weapon’s popularity should exempt it from Illinois’ sweeping gun ban

CHICAGO — Attorneys for gun rights supporters seeking to overturn Illinois’ sweeping gun ban faced tough questioning Thursday from a pair of federal appellate judges in Chicago.

The Texas Tribune

With race-based admissions no longer an option, states may imitate Texas Top 10% Plan

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the practice unconstitutional, admissions experts say other states could look to Texas’ Top 10% Plan as a way to diversify their student bodies.

The Independent UK

Watch view of US Supreme Court after justices strike down affirmative action

Watch a view from outside the US Supreme Court on Thursday 29 June, the day that it announced a decision to strike down raced-based college admissions.

The Texas Tribune

UT-Austin only Texas public university affected by Supreme Court’s ending use of race in admissions

No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.

WEKU

Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions

The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Republicans are too reckless for even this Supreme Court

With Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper, the reckless, anti-democratic arrogance of North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders finally hit a wall.

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