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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

Salon

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Rhode Island disclosure law

On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not take up Gaspee Project v. Mederos, a lawsuit challenging Rhode Island’s campaign finance disclosure regulations. The court’s refusal to hear the appeal means a lower court ruling upholding the state’s law will stand.

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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

The Independent UK

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Missouri Senate committee advances resolution to trigger abortion ban when Roe is overturned

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A state Senate committee on Tuesday advanced legislation to trigger Missouri’s near-total abortion ban if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New York to direct $35m to abortion care as state prepares for patients after Roe v Wade ruling: ‘We have to guarantee access’

States that have codified abortion care are bolstering access ahead of Supreme Court decision

The Independent UK

How the Georgia Supreme Court could keep abortion legal in state

ATLANTA — Paolo Pavesich was surprised to find his picture in an advertisement for New England Mutual Life Insurance. The Atlanta artist didn’t have a policy from New England Life, and he’d never given the company permission to use his image. Pavesich sued, alleging invasion of privacy. And he won.

Tribune News Service

Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court

Louisiana’s Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments on whether a ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts must apply retroactively

The Independent UK

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The New York Times removes ‘fetus’ from Wordle

The change is in response to a US Supreme Court draft opnion on Roe v Wade

The Independent UK

Supreme Court leak came from the right

Jonathan Chait theorizes that someone who wants the decision banning abortion to stand is responsible for the leak

Salon

Women on TikTok are sending coat hangers to Supreme Court over threat to Roe v Wade

‘We need to be using imagery that empowers people,’ says campaign group in response to social media protest

The Independent UK

‘Outdated’ Wordle answer changed amid US Supreme Court case

The New York Times said it had swapped the word to something different for ‘as many solvers as possible’

Evening Standard

Editorial: Republican lawmakers should be ashamed for failing to honor Justice Joseph Hatchett

Justice Joseph Woodrow Hatchett, a barrier-breaking man of great distinction, was the first Black judge on the Florida Supreme Court. To honor his memory, Congress was recently set to name the Tallahassee federal courthouse after him. The Senate, including Florida Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, unanimously supported the measure.…

Tribune News Service

The New York Times removes ‘fetus’ from Wordle

The change is in response to a US Supreme Court draft opnion on Roe v Wade

The Independent UK

Margaret Atwood compares forced childbirth to ‘slavery’ amid Roe vs Wade row

Author’s comments arrive after many compared potential overturning of abortion law in the US to the themes in her novel, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

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Mother, wife, lawyer: Erin Hawley calls the fight to overturn Roe ‘the project of a lifetime’

ST. LOUIS — Not surprisingly, the Hawley name is on one of the most controversial cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, an effort from Mississippi that could restrict abortion rights and overturn Roe v. Wade.

The Independent UK

What GOP-nominated justices said about Roe to Senate panel

In one form or another, every Supreme Court nominee is asked during Senate hearings about his or her views of the landmark abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century

The Independent UK

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Texas AG Ken Paxton says state bar plans to sue him for challenging the 2020 election

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday the state bar plans to sue him for filing a lawsuit that challenged President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.

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The Independent UK

Texas AG says bar is suing him over 2020 election challenge

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says that the state bar plans to sue him over his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud

Tribune News Service

If Missouri’s abortion ban is triggered, showdown over state constitution likely ahead

If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft opinion indicates it will, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt will soon after issue a legal opinion confirming the decision and triggering a near-total abortion ban in the state.

Salon

Now they are blaming KBJ for SCOTUS leak

If you thought Republican attacks on incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson were over, you were wrong

The Conversation

US abortion law decision brings attention to rights of women in Africa

A leaked draft of a majority opinion of the US Supreme Court has revealed the court’s leaning towards undoing its 1973 landmark ruling (Roe v Wade) which gave women in the US a constitutional right to abortion. The leaked document is not the court’s final decision – this is expected…

Al Jazeera

Minnesota’s abortion clinics brace for influx in wake of Roe leak

If Roe v Wade falls, Minnesota will be surrounded by states where abortion will likely become illegal.

The Conversation

How US policy on abortion affects women in Africa

Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. Take sexual and reproductive health, for example. Decisions made in the US have caused, and could cause, severe damage to progress in access to these services in developing countries.

The Independent UK

'Roe' under threat, California leans in as abortion refuge

California is preparing for a world without Roe v

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