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Justices to rule in gun case with US raw from mass shootings

With mass shootings in Texas, New York and California fresh in Americans’ mind, the Supreme Court will soon issue its biggest gun ruling in more than a decade.

Supreme Court splits in deportation case, says judiciary has limited role

The Supreme Court on Monday made it more difficult for federal courts to review the factual determinations that can lead to the removal of noncitizens.

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Justices limit federal court review of some deportations

A sharply divided Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts are powerless to review immigration officials’ decisions in some deportation cases, even when they have made what a dissenting justice called “egregious factual mistakes.”.

Analyst: Leak Justice Thomas calls ‘unthinkable breach of trust’ has led to historic protests

Justice Clarence Thomas says that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month.

Clarence Thomas says abortion leak has changed Supreme Court

Justice Clarence Thomas says that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month.

Supreme Court’s pending abortion ruling: What it may mean

A look at three common beliefs about the Supreme Court's expected ruling about Roe vs. Wade.

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County, governor spar over protests at justices' homes

Fairfax County officials have rebuffed a request from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish a security perimeter around the neighborhoods of Supreme Court justices living in the county who have faced protests outside their homes.

Justices hold 1st meeting since leak of draft Roe opinion

The Supreme Court’s nine justices met in private for the first time since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v.

House panel refers former Trump Interior Secretary David Bernhardt for criminal prosecution

The House Natural Resources Committee announced its first-ever criminal referral to the Department of Justice on Wednesday, asking it to investigate whether Mike Ingram, an Arizona real estate developer and a campaign donor to Donald Trump, bribed public officials during Trump’s tenure as president, including then-Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt.

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Overturning Roe should boost domestic supply of infants. Let's also ban condoms and porn.

Have you been at home lately watching TV and had the sudden urge to add another human baby to your family? Good luck finding one!

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Sunday Reading: Abortion Rights and the Courts

From the archive: a selection of pieces about abortion rights and the courts.

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Kate McKinnon Mocks Amy Coney Barrett Over 'Plopping' Babies On Ferris Wheels On 'SNL'

What's “more traumatic?” McKinnon asked. “Ending an early pregnancy or giving full birth to a baby you can never see again because you put it on a Ferris wheel?”

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What GOP-nominated justices said about Roe to Senate panel

In one form or another, every Supreme Court nominee is asked during Senate hearings about his or her views of the landmark abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century.

It’s Chief Justice Roberts' Court, but does he still lead?

John Roberts is heading a Supreme Court in crisis.

What the Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices have said about Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court confirmed the authenticity of the draft opinion, which was circulated among the justices in February.

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Q&A: What's next for abortion after Supreme Court leak?

The stunning leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v.

Senate vows vote on abortion, but not filibuster changes

Furious Senate Democrats are vowing to vote on legislation to protect abortion access for millions of Americans.

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.

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Supreme Court still divided over prosecutions in ‘Indian country’

The case would allow Oklahoma to prosecute non-Indians for crimes against Native Americans on Indian lands, which as a result of the 2020 decision means about 40 percent of the state.

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Supreme Court seems divided in Oklahoma Indian Country case

A seemingly divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over Oklahoma’s authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American lands, following a 2020 high court decision.

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 Supreme Court Has A Lot Of Problems. Can They Be Fixed?

The Supreme Court is the only court in the nation without a code of ethics, with no external check on judges deciding their conflicts of interest.

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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.

Jackson, COVID and a retirement show Congress' partisan path

A milestone Supreme Court confirmation that endured a flawed process.

Cheers for Jackson, who declares, 'We've made it, all of us'

Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.

Jackson will join more diverse and conservative high court

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will join a Supreme Court that is both more diverse than ever and more conservative than it’s been since the 1930s.

Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice

The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.

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Sotomayor, Barrett discuss their lives in Supreme Court’s spotlight

As the Senate moved closer to confirming the Supreme Court’s first Black female justice, the court’s first Latina told a university audience that the spotlight at times is harsh. But she was asked several questions about diversity, and what role her Latina heritage and humble upbringing played in her decision-making on the Supreme Court. I have worked as a district court judge, a circuit court judge. The Supreme Court is still closed to the public because of the pandemic, but this week saw the justices venturing out. Justice Amy Coney Barrett was at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, where other justices have preceded her.

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Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick

Three Republican senators are breaking from their party to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to the Supreme Court.

With divisive cases coming, Barrett says 'Read the opinion'

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says judges are not deciding cases to impose a “policy result,” but are making their best effort to determine what the law and the Constitution require.

Graham says he'll vote 'no' on Jackson for Supreme Court

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says he won’t vote for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Justices cast doubt on Texas immunity claim in vet's lawsuit

The Supreme Court is casting doubt on Texas’ claim that it can’t be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

Democrats demand Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas recuse himself from key 2020 election, Capitol riot cases over wife's push to overturn Biden win

The letter followed news that Virginia Thomas urged then-President Trump's top aide Mark Meadows to try to overturn President Joe Biden's election win.

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Justice Thomas' wife long steeped in conservative politics

Through a decades-long career in conservative politics, Virginia Thomas has repeatedly maintained that her political activity represented no conflict of interest with the work of her husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Report: Justice Thomas' wife urged overturning 2020 election

Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent weeks of text messages imploring White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to act to overturn the 2020 presidential election — furthering then-President Donald Trump’s lies that the free and fair vote was marred by nonexistent fraud.

Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics

The latest nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, has stressed the importance of religious faith in her life and career.

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Jackson heading for likely confirmation despite GOP darts

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning about her sentencing of criminal defendants on Wednesday, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations as a judge.

Takeaways: Supreme Court nominee quizzed on race, crime

The first full day of questions for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson opened with some very big ones — on race, abortion and judicial philosophy.

The big recusal question at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing

With Jackson likely to be confirmed, it’s expected the GOP will push hard for her to recuse herself from a big affirmative action case involving Harvard University. Here’s some of the relevant history.

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Jackson pledges to decide cases 'without fear or favor'

Judge Ketanji Brown is pledging to defend the Constitution and decide cases “without fear or favor” if she is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

What to watch as Jackson's Supreme Court hearings begin

Ketanji Brown Jackson has held private meetings with almost half the members of the Senate.

History-making Jackson set for Senate hearing for high court

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, is going before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the path to her historic confirmation seemingly clear.

How to get on the Supreme Court? Smile a lot, speak a little

When presidents nominate a candidate to serve on the Supreme Court, they often ask an experienced Washington hand to help shepherd that candidate through the Senate confirmation process.

All smiles, Jackson tries for Senate reset on Supreme Court

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson may not get any Republican votes.

Sen. Collins, key vote on Supreme Court, praises Jackson

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is winning praise from a key Senate Republican.

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Top law enforcement officials support Jackson for high court

Dozens of the nation’s top law enforcement officials have signed a letter urging the U.S. Senate to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Republicans Rushed Trump's Supreme Court Nominee; Now They Want To Delay Biden's Pick

The GOP-controlled Senate confirmed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in just 27 days — far less time than the historical average.

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Senators to watch as Supreme Court fight unfolds

President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats say they are hoping for a bipartisan vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

EXPLAINER: What's ahead for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has launched what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process for the court’s first Black woman.

An ex-Trump aide said a White House gathering with Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas, was 'the craziest meeting I've ever been to'

Ginni Thomas' hard-driving style alienated one of Trump's aides so much that the staffer described her as a "wrecking ball," per NYT Magazine.

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How Black Feminists Defined Abortion Rights

As liberation movements bloomed, they offered a vision of reproductive justice that was about equality, not just “choice.”

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Being the 1st: What it’s like to make Supreme Court history

Just being the newest member of the Supreme Court can be a momentous adjustment for a justice.

Whisper campaigns grow as Biden nears choice for high court

The whispers and chatter about top contenders for the Supreme Court are growing as President Joe Biden zeroes in on a nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

For high court nominees 'When's your birthday?' matters

If President Joe Biden’s search for a nominee to the Supreme Court could be summed up by a Help Wanted ad it might read: “Seeking a well-respected liberal jurist.

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Graham becomes early player to watch in Supreme Court drama

Sen. Lindsey Graham is among a handful of Republicans declaring a willingness to back President Joe Biden's yet-to-be-announced Supreme Court nominee.

Supreme Court search highlights calls for educational diversity on the bench

The nation's highest court has not been without a graduate of Harvard Law since 1881.

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Amy Coney Barrett’s Long Game

The newest Supreme Court Justice isn’t just another conservative—she’s the product of a Christian legal movement that is intent on remaking America.

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High court conservatives target O'Connor, Kennedy opinions

For years the Supreme Court moved to the left or right only as far as Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy allowed.

Biden reaches for GOP support for Supreme Court nominee

President Joe Biden is reaching out to Republican as well as Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee leaders as he works to gain GOP support for his Supreme Court nominee.

Supreme Court shouldn't be covered in Ivy, 2 lawmakers say

Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham say it'd be good if the person named to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn’t have an Ivy League degree.

Divided no more? Court opening may draw Democrats together

Democrats have fractured repeatedly over President Joe Biden’s agenda, stalling legislation and creating an atmosphere of mistrust that threatens the party’s political prospects in November.

After bitter battles, Senate eyes less toxic court fight

In a Senate where bitter Supreme Court battles have left a lasting imprint, the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for Supreme Court has the potential to be much less combative and toxic.

Breyer leaves a court more conservative than one he joined

In the nearly 30 years that Justice Stephen Breyer has spent on the Supreme Court, it's been conservative, then more conservative and now much more conservative.

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Democrats seek swift confirmation to fill Supreme Court seat

Senate Democrats have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies.

Biden: Ready for 'long overdue' pick of Black female justice

President Joe Biden has strongly affirmed that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.

At least 3 judges eyed as Biden mulls Supreme Court pick

President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Justice Breyer to retire, giving Biden first court pick

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court.

A Defining Moment for the Roberts Court

Nearly 50 years after Roe v. Wade, the future of women’s rights — and the Supreme Court’s reputation — hangs in the balance.

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Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill

The bill has significant implications for Amazon, Apple and Google in particular.

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Comments renew debate over adoption as abortion alternative

Year after year, several thousand women in the U.S. carry an unintended pregnancy to term and then offer the baby for adoption. The reason, say people familiar with unintended pregnancies, is that even in those circumstances, a powerful bond is likely to form between the mother-to-be and the developing baby — and to vastly complicate any decision to put the newborn up for adoption.

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The Baby-Box Lady of America

With the help of safe-haven laws, which allow parents to anonymously surrender their babies, Monica Kelsey has installed more than ninety baby boxes—mailbox-like receptacles for infants—in five states.

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Justice Coney Barrett questions if adoption laws could eliminate the 'burden' of parenthood for abortion seekers

"It doesn't seem to follow that pregnancy, and then parenthood, are all part of the same burden," said the Supreme Court justice.

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett's own words require her to recuse herself in abortion cases

To follow her own words in a 1998 law review article, Barrett should have recused herself.

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What the Supreme Court justices have said about abortion and Roe v. Wade

On Dec. 1, the Supreme Court will consider a Mississippi law that could overturn Roe v. Wade — the 1973 ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion. Here's what we know about where each justice stands on the issue.

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This member of Congress wants everyone to know about the 'dark money scheme' that's 'captured' the Supreme Court

"Democrats have been overlooking the Supreme Court for a long time and are now getting a wake-up call," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said.

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How Trump Transformed the Supreme Court

The legal journalist Linda Greenhouse expects the new conservative majority to change American law on abortion, religion, and affirmative action.

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Mark Meadows got a call during Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing because a low-level HUD staffer liked a Taylor Swift Instagram post urging people to vote: book

"We really can't have our people liking posts promoting Joe Biden," Meadows told Andrew Hughes, a HUD official, per Jonathan Karl's forthcoming book.

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Supreme Court conservatives skeptical of New York concealed handgun restrictions

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a Second Amendment dispute that could have a major impact on state rules for carrying firearms outside the home.

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Supreme Court begins pivotal new term with first in-person arguments since the Covid pandemic began

The session also marked the first time Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the newest member of the court and the third appointee of former President Donald Trump, heard arguments in person.

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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Tests Positive For COVID-19

Kavanaugh has been fully vaccinated since January and the high court said in a statement that he is not experiencing any symptoms.

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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Tests Positive For COVID-19

Kavanaugh has been fully vaccinated since January and the high court said in a statement that he is not experiencing any symptoms.

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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19 days before new term to begin

The positive COVID-19 test for Justice Brett Kavanaugh came days before the Supreme Court was set to hold oral arguments for the first time in months.

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Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid, days before new term begins

Kavanaugh, 56, is showing no symptoms of the virus, the court said. He has been fully vaccinated against Covid since January.

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The Lie About the Supreme Court Everyone Pretends to Believe

Justices love to proclaim their impartiality, all evidence to the contrary.

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To protect the supreme court’s legitimacy, a conservative justice should step down

If presidents do not get to replace justices in an election year, then Coney Barrett’s confirmation is illegitimate; if presidents do, then Gorsuch’s is illegitimate. You can’t have it both ways ‘In separate remarks this month, Amy Coney Barrett and Clarence Thomas both sought to assure the public that, in Coney Barret’s words, “this court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks”.’ Photograph: Reuters In Planned Parenthood v Casey, a landmark decision from 1992, the US supreme court memora

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Broad majorities of Americans oppose key provisions of restrictive Texas abortion law, poll finds

A majority of respondents to the Monmouth University poll also say they disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the new law to take effect.

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We're watching the implosion of the Supreme Court in real time

The Supreme Court is having a credibility crisis as fewer and fewer Americans believe that it is a nonpartisan, unbiased institution.

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Justice Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court 'may have become the most dangerous' branch of the government

Justice Thomas, who is famously silent, said publicly that judges have begun overstepping their roles and "are asking for trouble."

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Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Stephen Breyer want to convince you that the Supreme Court isn't political, but experts say 'it's naive to think people will' believe them

"If the justices have to defend themselves from being partisan, that's already a problem in and of itself," one expert told Insider.

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Haiti prosecutor asks judge to charge, investigate Prime Minister in slaying

Haiti's chief prosecutor on Tuesday asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and asked officials to bar him from leaving the country, a move that could further destabilize a country that seemed to be calming after turmoil that followed the assassination and a recent major earthquake.

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Ex-Detroit police chief Craig to run for governor

Former Detroit police Chief James Craig formally announces his campaign for governor, but not before protesters derail his kickoff event and force him to move (Sept. 14)

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Story Telling: Biden speaks his record

Since the early days of the Presidential campaign of 2020, a quiet speculation swirled about then candidate Joe Biden’s mental fitness for office. Now eight months into office, that quiet speculation has turned into serious doubt about the judgment of President Joe Biden. A history of plagiarism, gaffes, and informal anecdotes that proved untrue, has now combined with serious questions about cognitive decline - all suggesting that someone other than Joe Biden is pulling the strings at the White House. Doug McKelway reports.

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The Supreme Court is delusional

The Supreme Court is delusional

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Amy Coney Barrett says Supreme Court justices aren't "partisan hacks"

Barrett delivered a lecture hosted by the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville.

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Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution. Justices must be “hyper vigilant to make sure they’re not letting personal biases creep into their decisions, since judges are people, too,” Barrett said at a lecture hosted by the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center. Introduced by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who founded the center and played a key role in pushing through her confirmation in the last days of the Trump administration, Barrett spoke at length about her desire for others to see the Supreme Court as nonpartisan.

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett argues Supreme Court isn't 'a bunch of partisan hacks'

In the wake of a controversial decision on abortion rights, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says the highest court isn't politically driven.

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Supreme Court will resume in-person arguments this fall after switching to phones during Covid

The return to in-person proceedings was announced more than a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the Supreme Court to hear cases over the phone.

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Trump's Supreme Court nominees are showing their true colors

There can be no more doubts how Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett feel about abortion rights

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All of Those ‘Hysterical’ Women Were Right

For half a decade, Republicans gaslighted Democrats about Trump’s Court nominees’ views on abortion. The jig is up.

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The antiabortion movement’s 2016 victory is nearly complete

If the Supreme Court allows Texas's ban on most abortions to stand, Trump will have fulfilled the task a large part of his base sent him to accomplish.

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