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LIVE: Sheriff T.K. Waters holds briefing to address JSO officer-involved shooting

A Jacksonville police officer is in the hospital with critical injuries after being shot in the Duclay neighborhood, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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LIVE: Sheriff T.K. Waters holds briefing to address JSO officer-involved shooting

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Alito on student loan relief: 'Why is it fair?'

During the Supreme Court's oral arguments over President Biden's plan to eliminate student debt on Feb. 28, Justice's Samuel Alito and John G. Roberts Jr., questioned the fairness of of providing loan forgiveness to some and not to others.

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Supreme Court skeptical of limiting powerful legal shield for internet companies

The justices expressed concerns about the ramifications of a potential decision that could change the current landscape of the internet.

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Satanic Temple’s disgusting ‘Sam Alito’ abortion facility isn’t a legitimate ‘exercise of religion’

The Satanic Temple threatens everyone’s religious liberty protections with its ill-advised plan linking its pro-abortion propaganda with alleged religious practices.

foxnews.com

South Carolina lawmakers move toward ban on abortion from conception

South Carolina lawmakers in the House of Representatives passed a bill that bans abortion after conception, exercising its rights after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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Judge suggests abortion might be protected by 13th Amendment despite Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court, with a majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, ruled there was no federal right to abortion, overturning its Roe v. Wade decision.

cnbc.com

Supreme Court justices were questioned in probe of abortion ruling leak, investigator says

A Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked weeks before the court overturned the federal right to abortion. The source of that leak has not been identified.

cnbc.com

Supreme Court: Justices interviewed as part of leak probe

Eight months, 126 formal interviews and a 23-page report later, the Supreme Court has failed to discover who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights.

Supreme Court has failed to find leaker of abortion opinion

The Supreme Court says an eight-month investigation has failed to find who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights.

Supreme Court probe fails to find who leaked abortion ruling

Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. An investigation into who leaked a bombshell Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal constitutional right to abortion weeks before it was officially released failed to identify the culprit, the court said Thursday. Politico in May reported that a leaked draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito showed that the Supreme Court was poised to overturn its five-decade-old ruling in the case known as Roe v. Wade, which found there was a constitutional right to abortion. The following month, the Supreme Court did just that, with a majority opinion penned by Alito, a member of the conservative supermajority on the court.

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SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices yet to decide any cases

The Supreme Court is off to a historically slow start in failing to resolve any cases in which it has heard arguments since early October.

The Supreme Court Justices Do Not Seem to Be Getting Along

Collegiality is scarce, and tensions are apparent.

theatlantic.com

Supreme Court allows New York to enforce restrictions on concealed carry of firearms — for now

The Supreme Court allowed New York to continue to impose restrictions on residents' abitlity to carry concealed firearms, while litigation over the new law plays out.

foxnews.com

Bill over abortion court leak struck down in North Dakota

Months after the unprecedented leak of the U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, lawmakers in North Dakota have struck down a bill to criminalize court leaks.

Chief Justice John Roberts: Judges' safety 'essential' to court system

Chief Justice John Roberts is praising programs that protect judges, saying that "we must support judges by ensuring their safety.".

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Chief justice: Judges' safety 'essential' to court system

Chief Justice John Roberts is praising programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.”.

Supreme Court respected religious liberty in 2022, but will it in 2023?

As we approach 2023, too many have not gotten the Supreme Court's clear message that religious liberty must be respected.

foxnews.com

Gen Z is re-thinking college and career plans in post-Roe America: ‘I want to leave the country’

Nearly 40 percent of students say the overturning of Roe will affect their decision to attend a university in some states, according to a BestColleges survey.

cnbc.com

The Extremely Muddled G.O.P. Logic Behind Moore v. Harper

In the oral arguments, anyway, it looked like the Four Seasons Total Landscaping of legal cases.

newyorker.com

Colin Jost Slams Justice Alito In Brutal Takedown On 'SNL'

The Supreme Court justice's bizarre hypothetical about a Black mall Santa got a blistering response on "Weekend Update."

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Justices skeptical of elections case that could alter voting

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked when making rules for elections for Congress and the presidency.

Samuel Alito 'Joked' About Black Kids Wearing KKK Robes During Oral Arguments

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that’s framed as being about free speech but is actually a Trojan horse for upending civil rights protections. So, naturally, the Supreme Court’s chief troll, Justice Samuel Alito, decided to joke around about the Ku Klux Klan.

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EXPLAINER: Congress is acting on gay, interracial marriage

Legislation that ensures same-sex and interracial marriages are recognized as legal unions appears headed for final approval and President Joe Biden’s signature.

Supreme Court weighs 'most important case' on democracy

The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond.

Letter: 'Nothing to suggest' Alito violated ethics standards

The Supreme Court says in a letter to Congress that there is “nothing to suggest” that Justice Samuel Alito violated ethics standards following a report that a 2014 decision he wrote was leaked in advance of its announcement.

The Supreme Court has lost the benefit of the doubt

Confidence in the institution has collapsed as it acquires the same partisan taint as the other branches of government.

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Democrats Give Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts An Ultimatum

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Hank Johnson ordered the chief justice to name someone who can testify on the court’s ethics scandals.

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Democrats press Supreme Court to answer allegations Alito leaked Hobby Lobby ruling

Democrats are demanding that Chief Justice John Roberts tell them if he's investigating whether Justice Samuel Alito leaked the result of a 2014 case.

foxnews.com

Lawmakers urge action after report of other high court leak

The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman is among those urging action in response to a report that a former anti-abortion leader knew in advance the outcome of a 2014 Supreme Court case involving health care coverage of contraception.

Supreme Court leaked landmark case years before Roe was overturned, ex-abortion activist says in new report

A former anti-abortion leader claims he was told the outcome of a 2014 case weeks before it was announced publicly, according to a report from The New York Times.

cnbc.com

High court rules against Arizona GOP leader in records fight

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to get phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party.

High court rules against Arizona GOP leader in records fight

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to get phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party. The high court on Monday rejected GOP state chair Kelli Ward's request to halt the turnover of records while a lawsuit proceeds. The court lifted a temporary order that had been put in place by Justice Elena Kagan that had paused anything from happening while Ward's appeal was at the Supreme Court.

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Four Supreme Court justices honored at conservative Federalist Society dinner

Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh were honored at the conservative Federalist Society's gala on Thursday night.

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Justices cheered at conservative group's anniversary dinner

Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion showed up at the conservative Federalist Society’s black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary.

High court to hear water dispute between Navajo, government

The Supreme Court will hear a water dispute involving the U.S. government and the Navajo Nation.

Supreme Court more diverse than lawyers who argue before it

The Supreme Court looks more like America than it ever has.

High court told jurors were misled in Arizona death row case

A lawyer for a man on Arizona’s death row has told the U.S. Supreme Court that jurors in the case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure the man would never walk free was to sentence him to death.

Affirmative action case: Justices Alito, Roberts snap at Harvard lawyer

Harvard lawyer Seth Waxman Monday clashed with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito about Harvard's use of race in admissions decisions.

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Affirmative action case: Justices Alito, Roberts snap at Harvard lawyer

Harvard lawyer Seth Waxman Monday clashed with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito about Harvard's use of race in admissions decisions.

foxnews.com

Justices’ past affirmative action views, in their own words

A Supreme Court that is the most diverse in history will hear two cases Monday challenging the use of affirmative action in higher education.

Supreme Court justices spar over court legitimacy comments

Supreme Court justices tend to wipe the slate clean at the start of a new term and their summer break can help bruised feelings from tough cases.

Supreme Court justices spar over court legitimacy comments

Supreme Court justices tend to wipe the slate clean at the start of a new term, the bruised feelings occasioned by tough cases eased by a summer break. The latest comments came Tuesday night from conservative Justice Samuel Alito, the author of the June decision that took away women’s constitutional protections for abortion. On Tuesday, Alito was answering a question at a forum at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington when he said that “someone also crosses an important line" when saying "that the court is acting in a way that is illegitimate.”

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Alito says leak of Supreme Court abortion opinion made some justices "targets for assassination"

Alito highlighted the arrest of a California man outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house as evidence of the risks they faced.

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told Ted Kennedy the legal basis ensuring abortion rights was 'settled' law in 2005, new book reveals

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority decision in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade, which had established a right to abortion.

cnbc.com

Andy Warhol, Prince at center stage in Supreme Court case

Andy Warhol and Prince held center stage in a copyright case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that veered from Cheerios and “Mona Lisa” analogies to Justice Clarence Thomas’ enthusiasm for the “Purple Rain” showman.

Supreme Court's new 'class photo' includes number of firsts

The Supreme Court’s nine members have posed for their first formal group photo following the addition of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Supreme Court poised to keep marching to right in new term

The Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday at a time of diminished public confidence and justices sparring openly over the institution’s legitimacy.

Justice Alito Pushes Back after Kagan Questions Supreme Court’s Legitimacy

Supreme Court justices have taken to publicly bickering over whether recent conservative majority decisions have undermined the credibility and reputation of the institution.

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Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, says his Catholic faith makes him mindful of 'real world' impact of SCOTUS decisions

Alito made the comments during a Tuesday university speech during which he made no mention of Roe v. Wade's reversal.

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Supreme Court keeping live audio as it opens again to public

The Supreme Court says it will continue providing live audio broadcasts of arguments in cases.

Court rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter.

Justices Kagan, Gorsuch hint Supreme Court leak update could come by end of September

Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch have suggested there could soon be an update into the Dobbs v. Jackson leak investigation. The inquiry has lasted months.

foxnews.com

Chief Justice John Roberts defends legitimacy of court

Chief Justice John Roberts is defending the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions.

There’s a Lot of Harvard and Yale on the Supreme Court. And That’s OK.

Both Republican and Democratic presidents have their reasons for choosing nominees from such a small pool.

washingtonpost.com

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Have The Last Laugh on Samuel Alito

The Dobbs decision is clearing the political ground for a resolution in favor of abortion rights.

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Samuel Alito, a workhorse on the Supreme Court, shapes its conservative path

The justice has played a key role on the court, often leading the charge not just on abortion, but for expanded religious rights, against LGBTQ rights, against expanded voting rights, and more

npr.org

The First Post-Roe Vote on Abortion

In Kansas, where the right to abortion is enshrined in the state constitution, an upcoming ballot measure could pave the way for a total ban.

newyorker.com

In rare move for Supreme Court justice, Samuel Alito mocks foreign critics of abortion reversal

Justice Samuel Alito responded to critics of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Harry.

cbsnews.com

Justice Alito mocks foreign critics of abortion reversal

Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders’ criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month’s ruling.

Where Justice Alito and Rep. Greene overlap on religious liberty

Alito's legalistic defense of religion in the United States shares common roots with Greene's call for "Christian nationalism."

washingtonpost.com

Democrats' push to protect same-sex marriage is personal for Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Baldwin, the first openly gay person elected to the Senate, is leading the charge to secure the 10 Republican votes needed for a filibuster-proof majority to pass a bill codifying marriage equality.

npr.org

Chief Justice John Roberts privately tried to sway other justices not to overturn Roe v. Wade, only to be thwarted by the unprecedented draft leak: report

The chief justice, a conservative, tried to persuade Justice Brett Kavanaugh and to a lesser extent, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, according to CNN.

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AP-NORC poll: 2 in 3 in US favor term limits for justices

About 2 in 3 Americans say they favor term limits or a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices.

A Court Without Precedent

The judiciary is supposed to be informed by historical memory, and guided by more than its members’ whims.

theatlantic.com

Supreme Court leak probe: So many questions, so few answers

Less than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that overturned Roe v_ Wade, Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation into what he called an “egregious breach.”.

Pressure on Senate GOP after same-sex marriage passes House

The Senate has unexpectedly launched a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law.

This Court Has Revealed Conservative Originalism to Be a Hollow Shell

The Supreme Court’s right-wing justices claim to be originalists, but then they pick and choose the history that fits their ideological preferences.

theatlantic.com

Justice Neil Gorsuch’s Radical Reinterpretation of the First Amendment

His opinion in the case of a public-high-school football coach who led prayers on the fifty-yard line privileges religious speech.

newyorker.com

House passes same-sex marriage bill in retort to high court

The House has overwhelmingly approved a bill tp protect same-sex and interracial marriages.

The Case That Could Blow Up American Election Law

A radical and baseless legal theory could upend the country’s most essential democratic process.

theatlantic.com

Dobbs Is No Brown v. Board of Education

Conservatives think they are righting a historical wrong, but the two decisions represent entirely different approaches to the law.

theatlantic.com

Abortion Is About Freedom, Not Just Privacy

The right to abortion is an affirmation that women and girls have the right to control their own destiny.

newyorker.com

Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures

State legislatures will be in the spotlight as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving the power to regulate abortion to the states.

Doctors weren't considered in Dobbs, but now they're on abortion's legal front lines

In a departure from earlier Supreme Court decisions on abortion, Justice Alito's abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.

npr.org

'Revolutionary' high court term on abortion, guns and more

Abortion, guns, religion.

What Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Can Do on a Radical-Right Court

Can the liberal Justices hold the conservatives back—by appealing to shame or the Constitution—as the consequences of the majority’s recklessness become even more dangerous for American democracy?

newyorker.com

Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling

The Supreme Court's decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion is causing anxiety for people in same-sex marriages, particularly those with children.

Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism's conservative wing

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority.

High court rejects COVID-19 shot mandate case from New York

The Supreme Court has declined to take up a case involving a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that doesn't offer an exemption for religious reasons.

Supreme Court to hear major case over state legislatures' power to set federal elections rules

The case could diminish the power of state courts to order changes to rules for federal elections approved by state lawmakers.

cbsnews.com

Justices say vet who lost job as Texas trooper can sue state

The Supreme Court has allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

Roe Was Flawed. Dobbs Is Worse.

Yes, Roe was the product of an activist Court. But overturning it is even worse.

theatlantic.com

'The View': Sunny Hostin Says She's Anti-Abortion With No Exceptions, Even In Incest Cases — But Opposes Roe Reversal

The View host Sunny Hostin is catching it online for revealing her personal stance on abortion in light of Roe v. Wade being ruled unconstitutional.

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Roe ruling shows complex relationship between court, public

The Supreme Court ruling to overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is unpopular with a majority of Americans — but did that matter.

Political Lessons for Democrats in a Post-Roe America

Democrats can look across the aisle if they want pointers on how to overcome the challenges of an unrepresentative political system, a stacked Court, and their internal divisions.

newyorker.com

Alito said women seeking abortions should have to listen to distressing details about fetal development as 'part of the responsibility of moral choice'

The memo also laid out the conservative justice's strategy for eventually overturning abortion rights in the US, The New York Times reported.

news.yahoo.com

What GOP-named justices had said about Roe to Senate panel

The nine justices of the Supreme Court made clear in their landmark ruling Friday whether they stand on abortion.

Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings

Sweeping Supreme Court rulings on guns and abortion this past week have sent an unmistakable message.

Guns and abortion: Contradictory decisions, or consistent?

They are the most fiercely polarizing issues in American life: abortion and guns.

Abortion ruling thrusts companies into divisive arena

The Supreme Court’s decision to end the nation’s constitutional protections for abortion has catapulted businesses of all types into the most divisive corner of politics.

U.S. Supreme Court ruling adds fuel to Florida abortion battles

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling drew fiercely polarized reactions in Florida, with Gov. Ron DeSantis saying the state will “work to expand pro-life protections.”

Supreme Court: The leaked abortion draft versus the opinion

The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade to end constitutional protections for abortion hews closely to the leaked draft opinion that was published in May.

Lawmakers react to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade

Here of some of their statements and tweets.

Court document: Read the Supreme Court’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

The United States Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade,

With Roe dead, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion is stirring alarm among LGBTQ advocates.

Live updates | Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

A truck hit at least two protesters Friday night following an abortion rights rally in Iowa.

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion

The Supreme Court has stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion.

After Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?

The Supreme Court issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more than a decade Thursday.

Supreme Court rules out suing police for Miranda violations

The Supreme Court has ruled law enforcement officers can’t be sued for money damages when they violate the rights of criminal suspects by failing to provide the familiar Miranda warning before questioning them.

Supreme Court limits reach of federal gun crime law

The Supreme Court is limiting the reach of a federal statute that requires stiff penalties for crimes involving a gun.

Justices seem poised to hear elections case pressed by GOP

The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being pressed by Republicans.

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