The court’s choice to punt a key redistricting case signals trouble for the future of the Voting Rights Act.
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The Supreme Court Delayed a Ruling That Could Shape Voting Rights Across the US Read Post »
While the court just affirmed the right to abortion in the state, access to such care remains at risk.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down State’s 1849 Abortion Ban Read Post »
Last week, the Supreme Court ended a term unlike any other. The Roberts Court, with its 6-3 majority of Republican appointees, continued to issue partisan opinions that pleased the wealthy interests that fund the conservative legal movement while abetting the new Trump administration on its lawless rampage against immigrants, federal agencies, Congress, the courts, and […]
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This Term, the Supreme Court Gave Favors to Its MAGA Allies on Two Tracks Read Post »
SCOTUS stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people throughout the US when the president breaks the law.
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By Ruling Against Nationwide Injunctions, SCOTUS Affirms the Imperial Presidency Read Post »
The Supreme Court effectively blocked the judiciary’s ability to stop Trump from implementing a huge range of policies.
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Supreme Court Paves Way for Trump Mission to End Birthright Citizenship Read Post »
The headline from the Supreme Court on Thursday is that the GOP-appointed justices green lit efforts by Republican-controlled states to defund Planned Parenthood by withholding Medicaid funding. The decision imperils the health of millions, denying Medicaid patients access to their preferred provider and shoe-horning patients to a smaller number of available doctors. This is a […]
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The Supreme Court Just Weakened a Key Civil Rights Law Read Post »
The decision threatens health care access for hundreds of thousands and sets a dangerous precedent in other states.
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SCOTUS Allows South Carolina to Block Planned Parenthood From Accepting Medicaid Read Post »
At a time when Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of reproductive health care, faces unprecedented threats to its very survival on multiple fronts, the Supreme Court added another one on Thursday. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that if states decide to unilaterally cut off Medicaid funding to a healthcare provider—in this case […]
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The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for States to Defund Planned Parenthood Read Post »
The court has allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations to third countries.
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Sotomayor: SCOTUS Ruling Exposes “Thousands to the Risk of Torture or Death” Read Post »
When the US Supreme Court decided to overrule Roe v. Wade three years ago, the ruling had sweeping consequences for public health, making pregnancy much riskier, leading to the preventable deaths of pregnant women, and causing a spike in infant mortality. Now, research suggests the country has also suffered hundreds of billions of dollars in […]
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The Costs of Restricting Abortion? More Than $130 Billion Per Year. Read Post »
Leonard Leo, the right-wing operative who picked Trump’s Supreme Court appointees, has long been the president’s ally.
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Despite Trump Outburst at Leonard Leo, DOJ Continues to Fulfill Leo’s Wish List Read Post »
Strangio discusses the Supreme Court upholding a ban on gender-affirming care and the end of the LGBTQ suicide hotline.
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The US Is Literally Trying to Take Away Trans Lifelines, Says Chase Strangio Read Post »
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