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What conservative justices said — and didn't say — about Roe at their confirmations

Democrats say several conservative justices lied to the Senate in their confirmations. But nominees have long taken a careful line on Roe, acknowledging it as a precedent without saying much more.

WEKU

Could Congress Ban Abortion Nationwide if Roe Gets Overruled?

Under current Supreme Court precedent, the answer is probably "yes." But that precedent might not hold, thanks in part to Clarence Thomas.

Reason

US Supreme Court: Who’s who and the ideologies of the court

The Supreme Court’s decision was made possible by an emboldened right side of the court

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What even is a draft opinion? Here's how the Supreme Court's process works

The court says it's routine for justices to circulate draft opinions internally. It's part of a larger procedure that involves deliberating, voting and assigning writers.

WEKU

Protests planned as SCOTUS targets Roe

Politico's leaked draft decision on SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade is mobilized protests

Salon

‘An abomination’: Pelosi leads outcry on supreme court draft abortion ruling

Speaker warns scrapping Roe v Wade would be ‘greatest restriction of rights in the past 50 years’ as AOC calls for Senate reform

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court backs Christian group on city hall flagpole use

WASHINGTON — Boston violated the Constitution by refusing to fly a Christian civic group’s flag at city hall while raising the banners of other organizations, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.

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Supreme Court Rules Boston Was Wrong To Bar Christian Flag From City Hall

The justices unanimously agree that the city was not endorsing the flags, and that therefore it couldn’t exclude religious organizations.

Reason

The Right review: conservatism, Trump, regret and wishful thinking

Matthew Continetti’s history of 100 years of the American right is ambitious, impressive and worrying

The Guardian - US

House to hold hearing on SCOTUS ethics

Ginni Thomas reportedly played an instrumental role in Donald Trump's failed scheme to overturn the 2020 election

Salon

Supreme Court mulls attempt to end 'Remain in Mexico' policy - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared hesitant Tuesday to require the Biden administration to return to Mexico any migrant it doesn’t have room to detain.

Roll Call

Editorial: A Trump judge rated ‘not qualified’ got it wrong on masks

COVID-19 caught the United States unprepared and unwilling in some ways to defend itself against the viral pandemic that has now taken nearly a million American lives. More than 400,000 had been lost by the time Joe Biden, on his first day as president, ordered face-masking across an array of…

Tribune News Service

Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS concludes arguments for 2021-2022 term

Welcome to the April 25 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia

YouTube ISIS Videos Mean the Supreme Court Could Reconsider Section 230

Plus: A court rejects a "discriminatory harassment" ban at a Florida university, a private space mission heads back to earth, and more...

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Long-serving Utah US Senator Orrin Hatch dies at age 88

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Ginni Thomas texts expose lawless SCOTUS

Chief Justice John Roberts argued the court did not need an ethics code. How's that working out?

The Guardian - US

For Black Republicans, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is an obligatory fiction

From Herschel Walker to Tim Scott, denying racism and extolling self-reliance is the Republican party line

The Conversation

Clarence Thomas and his wife's text messages highlight missing ethics rules at the Supreme Court

Time and time again, the nation’s highest court has come under fire for failing to manage potentially unethical behavior by its justices.

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Is the media OK with fascism?

Piece by piece, we learn the truth about Trump's coup — but the media gives us celebrities hitting each other

Reason

Florida's Agriculture Commissioner Says the Ban on Gun Possession by Marijuana Users Is Unconstitutional

Nikki Fried, a Democrat, is suing the Biden administration, arguing that the policy violates the Second Amendment and a congressional spending rider.

Tribune News Service

Jueza designada por Trump es heroína de la derecha por su decisión sobre el uso de tapabocas

El mandato del gobierno federal sobre el uso de mascarillas en el transporte público fue desechado por una persona designada por Trump considerada no calificada para el trabajo por la Asociación de Abogados de Estados Unidos, pero inmediatamente aclamada como una heroína en los círculos conservadores.

Tribune News Service

Trump-appointed judge becomes hero on the right for her mask ruling

The federal government’s public transportation mask mandate was thrown out by a Trump appointee considered unqualified for the job by the American Bar Association but immediately hailed as a hero in conservative circles.

ABC News

As Donald Trump tried to hold onto the White House, the wife of a Supreme Court justice picked up her phone

The spouses of Supreme Court justices rarely make the news. But Ginni Thomas is becoming more famous than her husband as her politics shift from conservative to controversial.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returns to bench after illness, hospitalization

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Monday after a serious illness that kept him out of public view during a controversy over his wife’s support for former President Donald Trump’s election lies.

Reason

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Ends His Onerous Truck Inspection Order Impeding International Commerce on the Mexican Border

The inspections caused great economic harm, and may also have violated the Dormant Foreign Commerce Clause of the Constitution.

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