Topline An abortion rights advocate on Monday jumped over barricades and chained his neck to a fence surrounding the United States Supreme Court building as he chanted “Overturn Roe? Hell no!”, accord...
Tag: Supreme
Solicitor General’s Brief Unwittingly Makes Strong Case For Supreme Court Review
Bottles of Monsanto Co. Roundup brand herbicide products are arranged for a photograph in … [+] Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S., on Monday, April 4, 2016. Monsanto is scheduled to release earnings f...
Abortion Rights Advocates Rally Across U.S. With Supreme Court Expected To Overturn Roe V. Wade
Topline Protesters gathered at more than 300 events across the U.S. on Saturday, including in Washington, D.C., New York City and Houston, to demand access to abortion after a leaked draft opinion fro...
Texas Transgender ‘Child Abuse’ Policy Can Go Back Into Effect, State Supreme Court Rules
Topline Texas’ policy directing state officials to investigate parents of transgender children for “child abuse” can go back into effect, as the Texas Supreme Court on Friday lifted a lower court’s or...
Abortion Rights Bill Fails In Senate—Again—Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling
Topline The Senate voted against moving forward with the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) Wednesday, which would codify abortion rights into federal law, blocking the measure in a 49-51 vote with ...
Oklahoma clinic will shut down if Supreme Court ends Roe v. Wade
A surgical tech and recovery room staff member, walk a patient from Texas to the recovery room following her abortion at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Evelyn Hockste...
Supreme Court May Soon Overturn Roe V. Wade—Here Are The States With Abortion Protections If It Does
Topline The Supreme Court appears poised to strike down the landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks, according to a draft opinion obtained by Politico—but several states have already ...
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Confirms Roe V. Wade Leak, Says Court Will Investigate
Topline Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the authenticity of a draft opinion obtained by Politico indicating the court will restrict abortion rights by overturning Roe v. Wade, calli...
Draft Supreme Court Abortion Opinion ‘Completely Inconsistent’ With What Gorsuch, Kavanaugh Said During Confirmation
Topline Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday that a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade is “completely inconsistent” with what Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett...
Here’s What Will Happen If The Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade
Topline The Supreme Court will likely overturn Roe v. Wade and give states the freedom to outlaw abortion, according to a draft opinion reported by Politico, which would result in more than a dozen st...
Reactions Divided Along Partisan Lines Following Reports That Supreme Court Is Set To Overturn Roe V. Wade
Topline Democratic leaders and pro-abortion rights activists called for legislative action to protect the right to abortion services while Republican leaders and anti-abortion activists cheered after ...
Supreme Court Reportedly Plans To Overturn Roe V. Wade, According To Leaked Draft Opinion
Topline Members of the Supreme Court have agreed to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which guaranteed abortion rights nationwide, according to an apparently leaked draft opinion obtained by Pol...
Republicans Will Try To Ban Abortion Nationwide If Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade, Report Reveals
Topline The fight over abortion restrictions could soon go from statehouses to Capitol Hill, as the Washington Post reports Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion rights activists are working to enact...
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Argues ‘Racist’ Decisions Against Puerto Ricans Should Be Overturned—Here’s What That Could Mean
Topline Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch called for the court Thursday to overturn a series of landmark decisions from the early 1900s that deprived residents of U.S. territories from having full co...
South Carolina Supreme Court Temporarily Halts State’s First Firing Squad Execution
Topline The South Carolina Supreme Court temporarily halted the scheduled execution of death row inmate Richard Moore on Wednesday, blocking the state from carrying out what would have been its first ...
Supreme Court rejects SALT limit challenge from New York, New Jersey
Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference announcing the State and Local Taxes (SALT) Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol. Sarah Silbiger | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court h...
Supreme Court Won’t Block Punishment For Air Force Officer Who Refused Covid Vaccine
Topline The Supreme Court Monday denied an Air Force Reserve officer’s request for a preliminary injunction shielding him from punishment for refusing to follow the military’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate...
Supreme Court Refuses To Hear NYC Vaccine Mandate Challenge From Teachers—Again
Topline New York City’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for public school employees will be allowed to stand, as the U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a challenge brought by four teachers who allege...
NY State Supreme Court dismisses petition against crypto mining company
In an important precedent, a New York State Supreme Court judge in Yates County ruled in favor of cryptocurrency mining firm Greenidge Generation, dismissing a petition filed by a coalition of environ...
Here Are The First Major Cases Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Hear On Supreme Court
Topline The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Thursday—and while she won’t serve on the court until its next term starts in the fall, she’s already slated to weigh in o...
Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court
Topline The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Thursday in a 53-47 vote, making her the first Supreme Court justice President Joe Biden has had confirmed of his presiden...
GOP Sens. Romney, Murkowski Will Vote For Supreme Court Nominee Jackson
Topline Republican Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, they announced Monday night, joining Sen. Susan Collins (Maine...
Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court Vote Deadlocks In Senate Committee—Here’s Why She’ll Still Be Confirmed
Topline The Senate Judiciary Committee split 11-11 Monday on whether to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation, as no Republicans backed her—but her nomination can still go t...
Pelosi Calls Ginni Thomas A ‘Proud Contributor To A Coup’ — Pushes For Supreme Court Code Of Ethics
Topline House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stopped short Thursday of joining other Democratic House members who have called for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign, but she said his wif...
Lindsey Graham Won’t Support Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation—Despite Supporting Past Appointment
Topline Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday he will not support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court—despite backing her confirmation to the D.C. Circuit Court last y...
Arizona Enacts 15-Week Abortion Ban — Same As Mississippi Law Supreme Court Now Weighing
Topline Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Wednesday, making Arizona the first state to enact such a ban this year—with Florida set to soon follow—as the Supreme Court ...