supreme court
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Justice Clarence Thomas Slams Women Who Have Abortions as Heartless Eugenicists
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas slammed women who have abortions as heartless “eugenicists” in a 20-page opinion Tuesday opposing the high court’s majority decision not to overturn a lower court’s ruling that blocked Indiana abortion restrictions that would have stopped women from aborting due to a fetus’ sex, race or disability. According to Newsweek, the…
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New Robe, Who Dis? Trump’s Tax Appeal Is Going to a Court Headed By … Wait for It … Merrick Garland
Remember Merrick Garland? He was just a regular judge who was about to gain judicial superpowers and lifetime job security when then-President Obama nominated him to the Supreme Court in 2016 after Antonin Scalia died. But Senate Republicans, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch “Turtle Neck” McConnell (R-Ky.), stalled the nomination. Well, maybe it’s because God…
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’Bama Senators Vote to Ban Virtually All Abortions in the State in Hopes of Setting Up a Supreme Court Fight Over Roe v. Wade [Updated]
Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 11:55 p.m. EDT: The GOP-majority Alabama Senate Tuesday passed the nation’s most restrictive abortion ban, outlawing the procedure in all cases, except in instances of a “serious” risk to the mother, the Associated Press reports. An amendment to add an exception to allow abortions in cases of rape or incest…
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Jill Biden Adds Fuel to Joe Biden’s Anita Hill Fire by Saying ‘It’s Time to Move On’
Jill Biden, wife of Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, stirred controversy Tuesday when she opined “It’s time to move on” from questions dogging Joe Biden about his treatment of Anita Hill during the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings for then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. In an interview with NPR, Jill Biden…
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Northern Virginia Schools Stand Up for Gavin Grimm in Transgender Bathroom Case
Four Northern Virginia school districts are showing support for Gavin Grimm, the young transgender man who’s been in a years-long battle with another Virginia school district over its policy when it comes to what bathroom transgender students can use. In a friend-of-the-court brief submitted in support of Grimm when his case against the Gloucester County…
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Anita Hill on Joe Biden: He’s Not Sorry Enough
It ain’t good enough. That’s the word from Anita Hill on overtures the latest Democratic presidential hopeful, former Vice President Joe Biden, made to her in the weeks leading up to the official announcement of his candidacy Thursday. According to the New York Times, Hill says Biden offered her regrets for “what she endured” during…
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Trump Threatens to Get His Cousins If Democrats Keep Threatening Impeachment
President Donald Trump is doing the preemptive threatening thing that he does when he’s not making up nicknames for congressional members or kicking Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in the back of the knee and watching him buckle. This time, the president is threatening to go to the Supreme Court, where he put Neil Gorsuch and…
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Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Seems Poised to OK Citizenship Question on 2020 Census—No Matter the Cost to Heavily Immigrant Communities
The U.S. Supreme Court seems to be headed toward backing a Trump administration move to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, even if doing so risks undercounting Latinos and other groups with heavy immigrant populations. Based on comments and questions raised by the conservative majority in listening to arguments Tuesday, it appeared that…
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US Supreme Court to Weigh In on Whether Census Can Ask Citizenship Status
It’s funny how the “construction” of the U.S. Constitution only really seems to matter to conservatives when said construct conforms to a belief near and dear to their hearts. Like, let’s say, the Second Amendment, and what it has to say about guns. So-called constructionists and gun advocates often argue that any changes to law…
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on the Future of Political Gerrymandering
This year, a Supreme Court stacked with conservative judges may finally decide the fate of political gerrymandering. The issue comes up to the Supreme Court again on Tuesday when judges will hear oral arguments involving redrawn district maps—one involving a Democrat-controlled legislature in Maryland, the other a Republican legislature in North Carolina. If it feels…