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Congress moves to protect marriage equality after Roe decision

The bill is part of the House’s response to the Dobbs ruling.

Axios

WASHINGTON — Four years after angrily denying sexual assault allegations at his Senate confirmation, Justice Brett Kavanaugh remains the U.S. Supreme Court’s lightning rod no matter how many conciliatory opinions he writes.

Tribune News Service

Democrats preview same-sex marriage, contraception votes at hearing

Democrats want to codify rights after Justice Clarence Thomas urged the Supreme Court to revisit other precedents.

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Bill Torpy: The Supremes' greatest hits yet to come

Last week's death of former Republican Georgia state Sen. Mike Crotts, author of the state's 2004 constitutional ban on gay marriage, got me thinking about this generation's premier culture warrior: another Georgian, named Clarence Thomas.

Tribune News Service

Senate Republicans dodge as Dems plot votes codifying gay marriage, access to contraception

After Roe, Democrats are readying new legislation to codify long-settled precedents.

Axios

Law professor rebukes Josh Hawley’s ‘transphobic’ line of questioning in abortion rights hearing

‘We can recognise this impacts women while also recognising this impacts other groups. Those things are not mutually exclusive, Senator Hawley’

The Independent UK

In the '90s, a new breed of rock stars organized for abortion rights. Could that happen today?

LOS ANGELES — This past June, across the Atlantic, over 200,000 fans descended upon the pastoral English village of Pilton, Somerset, for this year's Glastonbury Festival. Yet for many in attendance, particularly for U.S. citizens, the weekend's music was overshadowed by some breaking news: On June 24, the U.S. Supreme…

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If Congress Bans Abortion, This New Deal Precedent Will Be at the Center of the Legal Battles

A 1942 decision about the Commerce Clause takes on new importance post-Roe.

Reason

Impeaching Clarence Thomas ‘unrealistic,’ says Senate majority whip

Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas? A top Senate Democrat says not likely.

Tribune News Service

N.Y. Times Opinion: "If Only John Roberts Would Retire"

No, it wasn't my column.

Reason

The ‘Thomas court’: after biding his time, rightwing justice finds his power

Just as the conservative justice reaches the zenith of his influence to press his agenda, a political scandal could yet tear him down

The Guardian - US

The week SCOTUS trashed the Constitution

Sam Alito and John Roberts appeal to "history and tradition" — while they dance around the burning Constitution

Salon

Judicial committee to investigate hiring of controversial law clerk at federal appeals court in Atlanta

ATLANTA — A special committee will investigate the hiring of a law clerk by the chief judge of the federal appeals court in Atlanta in light of allegations the clerk had sent racist and xenophobic texts, a judicial panel ruled Friday.

Tribune News Service

Biden planned to pick Thomas-style judge

Biden reportedly agreed to nominate anti-abortion lawyer Chad Meredith in deal with Mitch McConnell

Salon

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What is originalism? Did it underpin the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion and guns? Debunking the myths

Recent Supreme Court decisions overturning Roe v. Wade and expanding gun rights in the U.S. have led some legal experts to declare the “triumph of originalism.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot ends second quarter with $2.5M in campaign fund after raising $1.25M

One day after former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas dropped $836,500 into his mayoral campaign fund, Lightfoot saw Vallas’ opening bid and raised him by $413,500. That leaves the mayor with $2.5 million in cash on hand to bankroll what is almost certain to be an uphill battle for…

The Guardian - US

Could the US supreme court give state legislatures unchecked election powers?

At Moore v Harper’s core is the independent state legislature theory, giving them free rein for setting federal elections rules

The Conversation

Access to reproductive health care has been harder for Black and brown women – overturning Roe made it harder

In a mere few days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, at least seven states banned abortion.

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At Dallas abortion rights protest, 10 Texans share their stories

DALLAS -- Nearly 50 years have passed since Jane Roe sued then-Dallas County Distrct Attorney Henry Wade for the right to have an abortion in Texas, forever making Dallas ground zero in the country’s ongoing fight about reproductive rights.

The Independent UK

Highland Park banned assault weapons a decade ago. A fragile patchwork of gun laws didn’t stop a mass shooting

Gun violence prevails with frightening regularity as long as high-powered firearms are available, Alex Woodward reports

Salon

Progressives call for SCOTUS reform

After high court's "extreme decisions," House progressives call for ethics rules — and adding four new justices

The Independent UK

Highland Park set tight gun limits long before parade attack

The latest act of mass violence to hit the U.S. has focused attention on Highland Park’s 2013 ban on semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines

Reason

George Washington University Officials Defend Clarence Thomas' Free Expression Rights

The university's own students are often not so lucky.

The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas wrote dissent opinion on assault rifle ban in Highland Park nearly a decade ago

The right-wing Supreme Court justice called assault rifles ‘modern sporting rifles’

Tribune News Service

If you like what the US Supreme Court just did, you’re going to love the next term

If you like the decisions the U.S. Supreme Court handed down this term, you’re going to be enraptured by what comes next. For the rest of us, though, the worst could be yet to come.

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