President Joe Biden issued a statement Monday following a deadly shooting at a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb. A gunman opened fire at the parade in Highland Park Monday morning, killing at least six people and injuring 24 more. Officials are still searching for the suspect. Update: The suspect, Robert …
Read More »What Would It Mean To Codify Roe Into Law – And Is There Any Chance Of That Happening?
by Linda C. McClain, Florida Phoenix Abortion rights advocates are looking for alternative ways to protect a woman’s right to the procedure following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Responding to the ruling by the majority conservative justices, President Joe Biden called on lawmakers to act. “Let …
Read More »Google To Delete Location Data Of Those Visiting Abortion Providers
Google will delete location data showing when users visit an abortion clinic, the company said, after concern that a digital trail could inform law enforcement if an individual terminates a pregnancy illegally. The update on Friday came as US Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling that …
Read More »Biden Urged to Take Emergency Action After ‘Disastrous’ Climate Ruling by Supreme Court
Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams Progressive lawmakers and activists are demanding an emergency response from the Biden administration and congressional Democrats following Thursday’s 6-3 ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. With their decision, the U.S. Supreme Court’s reactionary majority drastically limited the EPA’s authority to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, …
Read More »Ocasio-Cortez Says US ‘Witnessing a Judicial Coup in Process’
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned Thursday that the United States is “witnessing a judicial coup in progress,” a reaction by the Democratic congresswoman to a raft of highly consequential Supreme Court rulings and the justices’ scheduled hearing of a critical voting rights case. “If the president and Congress …
Read More »Lower Insulin Co-Pays, List Prices Targeted In New Bipartisan Senate Bill
by Allison Winter, Iowa Capital Dispatch Two key senators have unveiled the details of a bipartisan plan to lower costs for insulin, a lifesaving drug that some Americans have struggled to afford in recent years as prices have skyrocketed. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, and Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, …
Read More »Texas Can Enforce 1925 Abortion Ban, State Supreme Court Says
By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune Texas can enforce its abortion ban from 1925, the state Supreme Court ruled late Friday evening, a decision that exposes abortion providers to lawsuits and financial penalties if they continue to perform the procedure. The court overruled a district judge in Houston, who on …
Read More »10 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Impacting Students Go Into Effect Across Six States
Originally published by The 19th Ten anti-LGBTQ+ bills largely focused on sports and education restrictions are going into effect today across six states — Alabama, Florida, Indiana, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah. Two of the most prominent bills are one in Florida restricting classroom discussion of gender and sexuality, dubbed “Don’t …
Read More »Democratic Governors Call On Biden To Use Federal Facilities For Abortion Access
by Jacob Fischler, Florida Phoenix A group of Democratic governors urged President Joe Biden on Friday to use federal facilities to provide access to abortions, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade last week. In a video conference with nine governors, including Kate Brown of Oregon, Roy …
Read More »Education Board Members In Texas Push Back On Proposal To Use “involuntary relocation” To Describe Slavery
By Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune A group of Texas educators have proposed to the Texas State Board of Education that slavery should be taught as “involuntary relocation” during second grade social studies instruction, but board members have asked them to reconsider the phrasing, according to the state board’s chair. …
Read More »Judge Temporarily Blocks Florida’s 15-Week Abortion Ban
by Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix A state trial judge said Thursday that he will block Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban, concluding it violates the privacy clause voters placed in the Florida Constitution in 1980. “I’m finding that the statute … is unconstitutional in that it violates the privacy provision of …
Read More »Supreme Court Rules Biden Administration Can End “Remain in Mexico” Policy, Sending Case Back To A Texas Court
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Biden administration has the right to end a Trump-era immigration policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases make their way through U.S. immigration courts. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices ruled …
Read More »Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In As U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman justice on the U.S. Supreme Court after she was sworn in Thursday by Chief Justice John Roberts and her mentor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer — whose retirement was official moments earlier. The swearing-in ceremony at the Supreme Court making Jackson’s place in …
Read More »WNBA Star Brittney Griner’s Release Still Uncertain As Her Trial Begins In A Russian Court
Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Florida International University Although a Russian court ruled that WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention may be extended for six more months, her trial on alleged drug charges begins on July 1, 2022, and gives her supporters a glimmer of hope that her release is still possible. Since her …
Read More »Biden Says He Supports Changing Senate Filibuster Rules To Protect Abortion Rights
Originally published by The 19th Amanda Becker President Joe Biden said Thursday that he supports changing Senate filibuster rules to pass a bill codifying abortion rights. “I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade into law, and the way to do that is to make sure that the Congress …
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