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The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

SCOTUS takes up animal welfare standards

Widely approved by voters, SCOTUS will decide if Proposition 12 should be upheld. But what will the decision mean?

Salon · Nov 11, 2022

Justices attend right-wing gala

Three of the four Supreme Court justices in attendance were nominated by Donald Trump

Salon · Nov 11, 2022

Josh Shapiro wins in the high-stakes Pennsylvania governor’s race

PHILADELPHIA — Josh Shapiro won his bid Tuesday for governor in swing-state Pennsylvania, where he pledged to fend off Republican “extremists” who he said threatened to roll back rights for voting, gay marriage and access to abortion.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 9, 2022

South Carolina Gov. McMaster wins reelection against Democrat Cunningham to serve second 4-year term

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster won reelection Tuesday to a second four-year term as South Carolina’s chief executive, a historic win that puts the Columbia Republican on track to become the longest-serving governor in state history.

Tribune News Service · Nov 9, 2022

Minnesota tribal members ponder future of Native child welfare ahead of Supreme Court challenge

MINNEAPOLIS — Sheri Riemers, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, was 19 when she learned that two of her mother's sisters were removed from their birth home in the early 1970s and placed with separate non-Indian foster parents. One of the sisters was sexually abused and forcibly…

Tribune News Service · Nov 8, 2022

Boston pays out $2.1M to settle Christian flag legal case

The city of Boston has agreed to pay more than $2.1 million to the Christian legal organization that backed a court challenge after the city refused to fly a Christian flag outside City Hall, a case that made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Michigan, Kentucky among states with abortion on ballot

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion this summer, lawmakers in a dozen states have passed near-total bans and the issue has been thrust to the center of races around the country

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Election conspiracies frame contests for secretary of state

Races for secretary of state offices are some of the most consequential contests on the ballot

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

US midterm elections put abortion on the ballot

The US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling earlier this year has made abortion one of the top issues during the campaign for the midterm elections. Both Democrats and Republicans have tried to capitalise on the ruling in order to attract voters. In Texas, a…

France 24 · Nov 8, 2022