Tag Archives: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Leaves Abortion Drug On The Market, For Now

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Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune Mifepristone, a common abortion-inducing drug, will remain on the market without additional restrictions while a legal challenge proceeds, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday. The court ruled 7-2 to stay the lower court’s ruling, with Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito dissenting. The fate …

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AOC Says Clarence Thomas ‘Must Be Impeached’ Over ‘Almost Cartoonish’ Corruption

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that the U.S. House should impeach right-wing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the wake of ProPublica reporting that exposed the judge’s billionaire-funded luxury vacations. “This is beyond party or partisanship. This degree of corruption is shocking—almost cartoonish. Thomas must be impeached,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who …

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50 Years Since Roe. Seven Months Since Dobbs.

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Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th Few people could predict precisely what would happen if and when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion. But what was clear — even months before the court did so this past …

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House Dems Introduce Bill to Overturn Citizens United

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Julia Conley, Common Dreams To end an era in which wealthy corporations have been given free rein to spend nearly unlimited money on political campaigns, Democrats in the U.S. House on Thursday proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn the hugely consequential Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision by …

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Supreme Court Rules To Keep Title 42 In Place For Now

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Uriel J. García and Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to keep in place the emergency health order the federal government has used for more than two years to quickly turn away migrants, including those seeking asylum, at the southwest border. The latest ruling replaces …

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