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Roe v Wade: Anti-abortion push rocks reputation of top US court

Legal experts say likely overturning of Roe v Wade would show Supreme Court justices are ‘politicians wearing robes’.

Al Jazeera

Republicans say consequences for abortion should be left to states if Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade

Comes after a draft opinion overturning Roe v Wade leaked

The Independent UK

Striking down Roe v. Wade is the latest example of minority rule

This is what eroding democracy looks like.

Mic

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US supreme court justices on abortion – what they’ve said and how they’ve voted

Following publication of the opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade, the court’s views on abortion are under extreme scrutiny

The Guardian - US

Jackie Calmes: Forget the leak. The justices’ radicalism has shredded the Supreme Court’s integrity

Talk about shooting the messenger.

Los Angeles Times

‘It’s a hell of a scary time’: leading US feminists on the threat to Roe v Wade

With US abortion rights in jeopardy, Judy Chicago, Bonnie Greer, Rebecca Solnit and more explain why they are determined to fight back

The Guardian - UK

Republicans say consequences for abortion should be left to states if Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade

Comes after a draft opinion overturning Roe v Wade leaked

The Independent UK

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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

Extraordinary abortion leak threatens trust at Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — A seismic shock hit the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday with the leak of a draft opinion overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling, an extraordinary breach likely to further decimate trust among the justices at what was already a fractious time.

Tribune News Service

Is adoption the answer? Hell, no

Adoption has a supply-and-demand problem. Amy Coney Barrett and her pals on the Supreme Court have the solution

Salon

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

Evening Standard

What Trump’s Supreme Court appointments said about Roe vs Wade at their hearings

Trump’s nominees all agreed that Roe v. Wade was settled precedent during their confirmations

The Independent UK

US shaken to its core by supreme court draft that would overturn Roe v Wade

Biden condemns abortion opinion that, if handed down, would mean ‘fundamental shift’ in law and imperil many other rights

The Guardian - US

Schumer vows abortion law vote, but not filibuster changes

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer angrily denounced as an “abomination” the Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision that would overturn the nation’s landmark Roe v

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Through the Trumpian looking glass, forcing women to die from illegal abortions is ‘pro-life’

The levers of power are pulled by those with no skin in the game, at the expense of those with an entire uterus in it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - US

As the US supreme court moves to end abortion, is America still a free country?

There is no condition more essential to democratic citizenship than a person’s control over her own body. We can’t call ourselves a free country without it

The Independent UK

How the Constitution teaches students to disagree civilly

A recent RAND Corporation survey found that nearly 75% of school district leaders around the country felt political polarization interfered with their ability to teach their students

Ballotpedia

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.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Says Her Faith Sustains Her But Won’t Impede Judgments On Supreme Court

Senator Graham made religion and rulings on it a fiery focal point during confirmation hearings.

The Independent UK

AP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmation

More Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided

The Conversation

Senator Dianne Feinstein faces pressure to end her 30 years representing California

On Nov. 27, 1978, Dianne Feinstein – then the 45-year-old president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and two-time failed mayoral candidate – effectively announced her retirement from politics.

The Independent UK

Trump-backed Alaska hopeful officially files for Senate run

Republican Kelly Tshibaka has filed to run as a candidate for the U.S. Senate race

Salon

Why Lindsey Graham didn't vote for KBJ

The GOP's lines of questioning had, for the most part, little to do with her unprecedented qualifications

Salon

Trump's covert Christian right agenda

Trump's ungodliness was the cover that allowed the Christian right to hide in plain sight — now they're growing

The Independent UK

Lindsey Graham defends vote against Ketanji Brown Jackson and not clapping for her confirmation

‘When we ask hard questions of an African-American nominee who’s liberal, all of a sudden we’re racist,’ the South Carolina Republican crows.

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