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South Carolina Supreme Court hears challenge to 6-week ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion law

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday from abortion providers and the state regarding their legal dispute over South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban, which has been blocked since mid-August pending the state high court’s decision in the case.

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South Carolina Supreme Court takes up state's abortion ban

The South Carolina Supreme Court will hear a case that could determine the scope of abortion restrictions in the state

The Independent UK

S Carolina Senate again rejects abortion ban; bill not dead

South Carolina senators have again rejected a proposal to ban nearly all abortions in the state

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Ted Cruz campaign pays him $555,000

SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan warned the ruling could lead to "heightened risk of corruption"

Salon

Who counts as Black in voting maps? Some GOP state officials want that narrowed

Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power.

WEKU

No fondness between GOP, Dem candidates for Nevada governor

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and Joe Lombardo worked together five years ago after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history on the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

Future abortion access in Kentucky could change drastically with this amendment vote

LEXINGTON, Ky. — For the first time in recent memory, Kentucky voters have a chance to weigh in on the future of abortion access in the state this November.

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The Parkland shooter's life sentence could bring changes to Florida law

Until 2016, Florida law allowed trial judges to impose a death sentence if a majority of the jurors agreed. But now, anything less than 12-0 means an automatic sentence of life without parole.

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Parkland shooter's life sentence could bring changes to law

The life sentence about to be imposed on Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz could bring changes to the state's death penalty law

The Independent UK

California to vote on constitutional right to abortion

Californians are voting now through Election Day on a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion and contraception

The Independent UK

How to tax (a guide for governments)

Lessons on what really works from more than 300 years of history

Financial Times

US Supreme Court declines to weigh in on Trump document dispute

Court rejects bid by former US President Donald Trump to allow ‘special master’ to vet documents seized from Mar-a-Lago.

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Clinics offer free vasectomies, citing a surge in demand

Free vasectomies will be available next month at three Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri amid a surge in demand for the the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

The Independent UK

MSNBC host: "Loophole" could help Trump

MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan explains why Trump is so determined to get his case in front of the Supreme Court

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Should Tucker Carlson Have Protected Ye From Himself?

Plus: Supreme Court won't consider right of fetus to bring lawsuit, Biden's bid to reclassify gig workers, and more...

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‘Botched execution’ lasted 90 minutes as Alabama inmate survived ‘torture,’ lawsuit says

An Alabama inmate on death row survived a “botched execution” lasting 90 minutes as prison workers unsuccessfully searched for his veins, according to a federal lawsuit.

The Texas Tribune

Rodney Reed pleads before U.S. Supreme Court for DNA testing that might establish his innocence

The nation’s high court heard arguments Tuesday on whether Reed can seek DNA testing of crucial evidence in the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop County.

Salon

DeSantis gerrymander may be illegal

DeSantis’ move, secretly aided by GOP-linked national operatives, came over the objections of GOP lawmakers

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The Supreme Court just undid a key ruling for counting undated Pennsylvania mail ballots

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated a federal appeals court decision that had allowed undated mail ballots to be counted in Pennsylvania, injecting new uncertainty into an issue that could affect thousands of votes in next month’s elections.

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects request to review Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas’ case

Thomas’ attorneys appealed saying that some members of the jury that sentenced him had expressed racist views. In their dissent, the court’s three liberal justices wrote that Thomas’ conviction and death sentence were unconstitutional.

The Independent UK

Conservative New York sheriffs refuse to enforce gun rules in latest blow after Supreme Court concealed carry ruling

Federal courts have repeatedly blocked New York gun rules

The Texas Tribune

Vice President Kamala Harris calls on Texans to protect reproductive and voting rights during Austin visit

In a visit to Texas’ capital, Harris rallied the state’s voters around protecting reproductive and voting rights at the ballot box next month by keeping Democrats in power in Congress. The topic of immigration was absent from Harris’ speeches Saturday.

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Appeals court ruling allows Arizona abortions to restart

Abortions can take place again in Arizona, at least for now, after an appeals court on Friday blocked enforcement of a pre-statehood law that almost entirely criminalized the procedure.

The Independent UK

Appeals court reinstates injunction blocking abortion ban

The Arizona Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order that allowed the enforcement of a pre-statehood law making it a crime to provide nearly all abortions

The Independent UK

At least 66 US clinics have halted abortions, institute says

At least 66 clinics have stopped providing abortions in 15 states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade

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