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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins October Term 2022-2023

Welcome to the Oct. 3 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Pennsylvania electoral map

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Republican former congressman's challenge to a map charting Pennsylvania's U.S. House of Representatives districts that the state's highest court adopted in place of one drawn up by Republican lawmakers.

Reuters

Michigan women fight to preserve abortion, 1 chat at a time

Women are gathering across Michigan to strategize how to preserve abortion rights in their state

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Ketanji Brown Jackson formally introduced as newest Supreme Court justice

The first-ever Black woman on the nation’s high court is inaugurated days before a fall term begins

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Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban

Gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut’s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

The Independent UK

Abortion ruling intensifies fight over state supreme courts

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down a constitutional right to abortion and sending the issue to the states has groups on both sides of the debate focusing more than ever on races this fall for state supreme courts

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court justice’s wife questioned by January 6 panel

Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas, a conservative activist, meets with committee investigating last year’s US Capitol riot.

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Losing a home for unpaid taxes often means losing your equity, too

Last year, Massachusetts Democratic state Reps. Tommy Vitolo and Jeff Roy saw a newspaper story about two brothers in their state who had almost lost their home due to unpaid property taxes. That was followed by another article this year featuring a New Bedford woman, recovering from COVID-19, who slept…

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Texas AG’s office sends mixed signals about whether it can fine nonprofits that pay for out-of-state abortions

Lawyers for abortion funds want Ken Paxton to testify in their lawsuit. He fled his home Monday while being served a subpoena that was later quashed by a judge.

The Texas Tribune

New California abortion laws set up clash with other states

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed more than a dozen laws aiming to make California an abortion sanctuary state

The Independent UK

Leading anti-abortion group drops support of Texas lawmaker after he pledges to support exceptions for rape

Other anti-abortion groups and Republicans said they will continue to support state Sen. Robert Nichols after his comments at The Texas Tribune Festival.

The Texas Tribune

Idaho universities disallow abortion, contraception referral

Idaho universities are warning staffers not to refer students to abortion providers or emergency contraception because they could face criminal charges under a state law

The Independent UK

Commentary: US Supreme Court vs. states’ highest courts: We are giving kids the wrong message

American schoolchildren are growing up with a badly oversimplified lesson about their own government. They are learning that the U.S. Supreme Court is the nation’s “highest court,” a label that erroneously diminishes the power of state supreme courts. Correcting this understanding goes beyond pedagogical accuracy — it is essential for…

Chicago Tribune

Major abortion law changes unlikely in S. Carolina after Roe

Whether conservative South Carolina changes its abortion laws at all in the wake of this year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision is about to be decided by divided conservatives in the state House

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North Carolina case at Supreme Court ‘should keep every American up at night,’ former AG Eric Holder says

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina lawsuit at the U.S. Supreme Court could undermine democracy as we know it, by allowing state legislators to override popular opinion in elections for Congress and possibly even the presidency, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters.

WEKU

Trump and his lawyers keep ghosts of Nixon and Watergate alive and haunting

When it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case.

WEKU

An Arizona judge rules that the state can enforce a near-total abortion ban

The judge lifted a decades-old injunction that has long blocked enforcement of the law on the books since before Arizona became a state that bans nearly all abortions.

The National (Scotland)

'We need our rights enshrined in law': Teacher seeks to decriminalise abortion

A TEACHER who has launched a petition to decriminalise abortion in Scotland said a “chilling” surge in harassment outside clinics made her…

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Death row killer Alan Miller enjoys 'final meal' meat banquet despite botched execution

The US Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for Alan Eugene Miller to be executed by lethal injection in Alabama after he had been given a huge last meal, but it was stopped

The Independent UK

Alabama asks US Supreme Court to let it carry out execution

A federal appeals court has rejected Alabama’s attempt to proceed with the scheduled evening execution of an inmate who claims the state lost his paperwork selecting an alternative to lethal injection

Reuters

LGBT student club agrees to delay forcing Yeshiva University to recognize it

An LGBT student group has agreed to hold off on forcing Yeshiva University to formally recognize it while the Jewish school in New York City appeals a judge's order requiring it to do so - an action the institution said would violate its religious values.

The Independent UK

Indiana abortion ban blocked by judge, temporarily pausing law

The judge’s ruling determined that a ban unconstitutionally burdens Indiana residents’ rights

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Urges UN Court to Toss Out Iranian Frozen Assets Case

The United States on Wednesday urged the International Court of Justice to throw out a case brought by Iran seeking to claw back around $2 billion worth of frozen Iranian assets that the US Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to…

The Independent UK

US urges UN court to toss our Iranian frozen assets case

The United States has urged the International Court of Justice to throw out a case brought by Iran seeking to claw back some $2 billion worth of frozen Iranian assets that the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Tehran

Tribune News Service

Judge tosses Texas bar disciplinary suit against Paxton aide for 2020 election challenge

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas district judge has dismissed the state bar’s push to sanction Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top aide, clouding prospects for a similar effort to discipline Paxton for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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