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Justice William Paterson died on this day in 1806. Among other things, he was the subject of a recent Closer Look . At the Court On Tuesday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for it to use the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitle
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How many women does your employer have in management positions compared to industry peers? Are a retail chain’s Black workers as likely to be in public-facing roles as its White workers? Did a trucking company hire qualified women at the same rate it hired qualified men? It will be much more difficu
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For the second time in three days, the Trump administration on Tuesday came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to clear the way for it to implement a program that it says is intended to combat election fraud. U.S. Solicitor General D.
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On this day in 1953, Chief Justice Fred Vinson died unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 63, seven years after he joined the Supreme Court. At the Court On Sunday, the Trump administration again appealed a dispute over President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting to the Supreme Court
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Plus, Idaho judge walks back abortion ruling and more than 20 states sue Trump administration over anti-trans Medicaid rule. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice.
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SAND BRANCH, TEXAS — Days after a large grassfire ripped through four acres of land in Sand Branch, Christina Parks is exhausted. On August 29, brush, trash and debris on a vacant property fueled the blaze, and two nearby structures were damaged.
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The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Sunday morning, asking the justices to pause a ruling by a federal judge in Massachusetts that bars the government from implementing parts of a U.S. Postal Service rule on mail-in ballots. U.S. Solicitor General D.
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The Supreme Court will hear a pair of challenges to the constitutionality of bans on AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles on Dec. 2. The oral arguments in Viramontes v. Cook County , which has been consolidated with Grant v.
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Congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza can quickly rattle off prices from the grocery store in the small town of Eloy, Arizona, where she grew up. A couple of months ago, a pound of ground beef was going for about $13, a tomato was $1.50 and “a freaking cucumber was like $3.
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Laura Loomer went on a tirade via X late last week describing U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley , former U.S. Representative Cori Bush and our recent cover star U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson –all prominent Black women in politics with impressive educational bac
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House lawmakers formally censured Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina over findings that he behaved inappropriately toward two women staffers, showering them with gifts and attention, including reciting poetry for one and giving each a personalized handgun.
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Three weeks after D. John Sauer was confirmed as the 49th solicitor general, law professor and podcast co-host William Baude speculated that Sauer might be “either fired or disbarred by the time his term is up.
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Republicans on the Wake County Board of Elections voted 3-2 earlier this summer to remove North Carolina State University’s Talley Student Union as an early voting site. The student center had served as an early voting location during the 2012, 2018, 2020 and 2024 general elections.
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This is the third of seven introductory articles on the relevance for constitutional law of the “born free and equal” clauses, which appeared in the Declaration of Independence and in six out of 12 state constitutions when the federal Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791, and in 24 out of 37 state co
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Yesterday marked 59 years since the Senate confirmed the nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court, clearing the way for him to become the first Black justice. At the Court On Friday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of its ban on transgen
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Some Democrats have retreated from their party’s once-broad support for transgender rights . Not Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey. “The demonization of the trans community requires political leaders to stand up and to protect them against the unconscionable attacks,” Markey told The 19th ahead of Tuesda
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The Marquette Law School Poll, which I direct, conducts six polls each year that track approval of the court and ask for the public’s view on the outcome of cases. Our latest poll, conducted from July 22-29, yielded some fascinating results.
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This column first appeared in The Amendment, a newsletter by Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. Subscribe today to get early access to her analysi s. Most members of Congress are staring at one key date on the calendar: November 3, Election Day. But Rep.
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“Freedom doesn’t ring, it revs!” That was the tagline of the first-ever IndyCar street race held in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. From UFC fighters knocking each other out on the White House lawn to ongoing fitness face-offs between Cabinet leaders, the Freedom 250 Grand Prix represents the la
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On Monday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority gave the Trump administration a temporary procedural victory in its effort to interfere with mail-in voting ahead of the November midterms. But despite some alarming headlines, the Court did not rule that President Donald Trump has the constitutio
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Congress blocked large family-planning clinics that offer abortions from billing Medicaid for one year, starting July 2025. Thirteen months later, Planned Parenthood’s budgetary reality remains complicated.
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In 2016, Candace Owens emerged as a leading conservative voice, the rare Black woman backing then-candidate Donald Trump. In 2017, she was hired by Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit co-founded by Charlie Kirk.
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TOPEKA — Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, who fractured a political glass ceiling as the first woman to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate and the first woman to be elected to the Senate without having previously filled an unexpired congressional term, died Friday.
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This is the second of five introductory articles on the relevance for U.S. constitutional law of the “born free and equal” clauses, which appeared in the Declaration of Independence and six out of 12 state constitutions when the federal Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.
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It took mere minutes for the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding state bans on trans athletes competing in women’s and girls’ sports to reverberate in Ohio’s competitive governor’s race — and the reactions from the Republican and Democratic nominees were all but indistinguishable.
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Trump has officially nominated Dr. Heidi Overton as the FDA commissioner. Overton previously called the abortion pill “telebortion,” and demanded Congress ban it outright. With the FDA currently reevaluating its approval of mifepristone and its regulations permitting providers to mail the medication
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Last updated on August 21, 2026 Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, overturning Roe v. Wade, voters in 17 states have weighed in on ballot measures regarding abortion-- some more than once. In November 2026, voters in Idaho, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia will weigh in on abortion measures tha
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I’ve spent two decades mining Supreme Court opinions for writing techniques that can inspire advocates, too. The best examples rarely feature the snarky or witty lines made for social media. Instead, they model how to navigate the toughest problems in legal reasoning: how to make the complex come to
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DETROIT — Joyce Collins has buried nearly her entire immediate family. Her father died in 1992 after cancer spread to his bones. Her oldest sister was diagnosed with lung cancer, later developed breast and brain cancer, and died in 2013. Another sister died from pancreatic cancer in 2007.
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Demonstrators filled the Missouri state Capitol building in January to protest legislative efforts to alter or overturn citizen-led measures passed at the ballot box, including an amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion. Lilley Halloran/St.
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Aisha Wahab has won the special election for the U.S. House seat formerly held by Rep. Eric Swalwell, Decision Desk HQ projects, making her the first person of Afghan descent to be elected to Congress. Swalwell resigned in April amid accusations of sexual misconduct .
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This midterm season, as courts and legislatures chip away at who gets to have a voice in our elections and governance, shoring up our democratic infrastructure is more important than ever. An unlikely tool in the arsenal of democracy? Care.
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As we draw closer to the “ long conference ” on Sept. 28, our petitions page is filling up with notable petitions for review that are scheduled to be discussed. As Amy reported last year, over the past decade, the justices have granted between five and 15 petitions from this conference.
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Anti-abortion activists and lawmakers in Texas are pressing to limit or even outlaw surrogacy, a new step toward restricting major forms of infertility treatment. Surrogacy, though far from common, has entered the national spotlight this summer, the result of an explosive case in which an Alaska wom
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In the pivotal electoral battleground state of North Carolina, Justice Anita Earls’ campaign to hold onto her state Supreme Court seat has been called “one of the most important races in the state" by the North Carolina AFL-CIO, and “one of the most-watched statewide races in this year's midterm ele
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This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter . When Mayra Diaz opened the door of her Army barracks room in 2022, she didn’t realize it was the beginning of the end of her military c
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Florida Democrat Angie Nixon, a progressive who recently joined the Democratic Socialists of America, won Democrats’ nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in a stunning upset that gave progressives a win in a highly unlikely state.
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Republican voters in Florida rejected Rep. Cory Mills’ reelection bid in Tuesday’s primary, Decision Desk HQ projects, shutting out of Congress a lawmaker who is facing allegations that he assaulted a woman and threatened to publicize nude videos of a former girlfriend, among other possible miscondu
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This month marks 40 years since the Senate considered Antonin Scalia’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Look to the Morning Reads section for a column from Christopher J. Scalia, one of the justice’s sons, about what that summer was like.
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A key player in the anti-abortion movement is preparing to unveil a new strategy to curtail access to medication abortion now that Attorney General Todd Blanche has been sworn in to lead the Department of Justice.
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Plus, how reproductive rights are factoring into the midterms and President Trump deals the childhood vaccine schedule another blow. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive j
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When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccines this week, Jayme Franklin stood nearby, repeatedly touching her pregnant belly. Franklin, 28, gave brief remarks at the signing and applauded Trump’s order, which seeks to reduce the number of routine vaccines recommended to
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On Oct. 13, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Beaird v. United States , a case brought by a Texas man challenging an increase to his sentence for having a gun after a prior felony conviction. Like most federal criminal cases at the Supreme Court, lawyers for both Beaird and the federal governm
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For months now, hundreds of active and caring friends and supporters have been writing and calling us with a version of the same question: In addition to sending money, what else can I actually do? Here’s one suggestion—and it may be the most useful thing you can do between now and Tuesday, Nov.
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In this solo episode of B*tch, Listen, Imani Gandy asks what it means to protect abortion rights on paper when people can’t afford to use them in practice. Her theory: Funding is the first thing a coalition gives up, because funding for abortion can be capped and watered down in a way a constitution
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The Trump administration on Wednesday reiterated its request for the Supreme Court to move quickly to block a ruling by a federal judge in Massachusetts that prohibits the government from implementing part of an executive order on mail-in voting in 23 states and the District of Columbia for the Nove
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Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. A healthy federal government depends on an ongoing conversation between the branches. But that is not currently happening.
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President Donald Trump celebrated the news that Justice Samuel Alito will be back for the Supreme Court’s 2026-27 term in a Monday night Truth Social post . “Great news for our Country!,” Trump wrote. Alito “is one of the Greatest of All Time.
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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, a center-left Democrat who primarily ran on economic issues, squeaked out a narrow win Tuesday in a highly competitive primary for governor of Wisconsin, Decision Desk HQ projects. He won in an upset victory over democratic socialist state Rep.
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Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan easily won Minnesota’s Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat, according to Decision Desk HQ, putting her a step closer to becoming the first Native American woman elected to the chamber.
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It’s been over a year since President Donald Trump signed the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill (HR 1) into law—a sweeping 2025 budget-reconciliation package that extends and expands tax cuts, funds defense and immigration enforcement, cuts or restructures major safety-net programs, rolls back some c
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking social media followers behind the scenes as she freezes her eggs. The New York Democrat announced Saturday night on Instagram and the next day on ABC News that she had decided to pursue the treatment to “feel more in control of my life.
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MILWAUKEE — State Rep. Francesca Hong, Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin, looked out at a crowd of 1,300 supporters. Her earliest two were in the very front. “My parents chose Wisconsin,” Hong said at a rally here this month.
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Plus: Voters in Kansas and Missouri reject ballot initiatives that may have further curbed abortion access. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice.
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Thirty-three years ago today, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn-in . At the Court On July 27, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on its emergency docket to clear the way for the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting.
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Every minute of every day, Liz Stein has to relive the worst thing that’s ever happened to her. She does it during news interviews and when meeting lawmakers on Capitol Hill to demand justice for herself and other survivors of the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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This week, the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s Republican lawmakers voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt for essentially exercising his constitutional right to invoke the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The post Holding Dr.
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Justice Elena Kagan was sworn in on this day in 2010. At the Court Last week, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on its emergency docket to clear the way for the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting.
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Rewire News Group’s president appreciates “every hiss, crackle, and pop from a well-loved record.” Here’s the soundtrack playing on her turntable this summer, from Sade to Kaytranda. Sultry weather requires a soul soundtrack.
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The U.S. Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court on this day in 2009 on a 68-31 vote. At the Court Last week, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on its emergency docket to clear the way for the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order on mai
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Dr. Erica Schwartz will be the first Black woman to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, promising that she will show “radical transparency and unwavering scientific integrity” in the role. But she faces political headwinds and practical challenges as she starts the job.
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This is the second piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better. *** The Supreme Court justices have an unusual relationship with the press. The court issues what are known as “hard passes” to certain journalists, who have reserved seats to attend the court’s public sessi
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Abdul El-Sayed is Democrats’ pick for U.S. Senate in Michigan. El-Sayed, a former public health official and progressive backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, Decision Desk HQ projects, capping a hotly contested race that drew national attention,
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This year's midterm elections have the power to dramatically alter representation in the current Republican-leaning Congress: All 435 congressional seats in the U.S. House are up for grabs, as is two-thirds of the Senate.
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Former Democratic Rep. Cori Bush will not be returning to Congress after failing to retake her old seat from Rep. Wesley Bell in the heated primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, according to projections by Decision Desk HQ.
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Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made members of the state’s Supreme Court electable by popular vote — a seemingly technical issue that had become a proxy battle for the future of abortion rights in the state, Decision Desk HQ projects.
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LANSING, Michigan – Former Ambassador Bridget Brink has seen her share of tough fights over the past few years. She was the first woman to lead a U.S. diplomatic mission to an active combat zone as a former chief U.S. envoy to Ukraine.
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This article was adapted from an essay that first appeared in the essay collection America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance (MIT Press, 2026). *** We are on the cusp of some revolutionary new reproductive technologies.
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The Supreme Court’s collection of art and objects associated with the justices includes a top hat worn by Justice Felix Frankfurter. The hat was made by the same company that “later crafted the wide-brimmed hat worn by Indiana Jones in the 1981 film, Raiders of the Lost Ark ,” according to the court
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Democrats don’t need to copy the Republican playbook to win back young, male voters. The left has been winning elections with its own brand of joyful, responsible men. New domestic violence accusations against Republican congressman Max Miller of Ohio, coming quickly on the heels of the sexual assau
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Republican Rep. Max Miller is still running for reelection, even as leaders in his party wrestle with what it means to have a candidate accused of abusing his ex-wife and daughter. Emily Moreno filed for divorce from Miller in 2024 after a two-year marriage.
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S.
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Lawmakers are seeking the release of an immigrant woman who says that — despite pleading for help after experiencing bleeding and severe pain, indications of a possible miscarriage — she has received limited medical care in detention. “This is URGENT, please.
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A semitruck drives across the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge from Canada into the United States. On the northeast edge of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, nearly 1,100 people gathered in late June for the International Bridge Walk across the long span that links two cities with the same name: Saul
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DETROIT — Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, a top Black House Democrat, was making the case for a moderate politician running on boosting jobs and manufacturing. Six years ago, it was to crowds in his home state, arguing that Joe Biden was the best positioned to win in a general election.
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Senate Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday that would codify women’s right to serve in combat. The legislation, called the “Women Add Resourcefulness and Resilience to Improve Operational Readiness Act” or the WARRIOR Act, would reinforce a long-standing principle in the military: standards must b
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Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Justice William Brennan’s legacy is inextricably tied to his role as “the playmaker” of the Warren court.
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As the Supreme Court awaits word on whether Congress will approve its request for more security funding , Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reflected on what it’s like to be accompanied by security guards 24/7. Keep reading to learn more about her comments.
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Amid an ongoing FDA re-review of mifepristone, awareness of the safety and prevalence of the abortion pill remains limited. This KFF poll also finds that the voters who say abortion policy is an important issue for 2026 midterm candidates to discuss are disproportionately Democrats.
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This column first appeared in The Amendment, a newsletter by Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. Subscribe today to get early access to her analysi s. On a hot summer afternoon with 10 days to go until the August 4 Missouri primary, Cori Bush took a break from the campaign trail to chat with a
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President Donald Trump has returned to the Supreme Court to challenge a second jury award to E. Jean Carroll. Look to the Morning Reads section for more on the new petition for review. At the Court On Tuesday, the Supreme Court denied requests for a stay of execution from James Aren Duckett, who was
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Ever wondered what happened to well-known Supreme Court plaintiffs after their cases came to an end? Today, we’re launching a new series of Closer Looks exploring that very topic. At the Court On Monday, the Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on its emergency docket and asked the justice
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DELAWARE, OHIO — When Angel Smith showed up for a mandatory staff meeting last month at OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital, the longtime labor and delivery nurse was fresh off a busy night shift caring for a patient who delivered her baby early, at about 35 weeks.
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Pencils are more expensive. So are notebooks, scissors, glue sticks — just about every back-to-school item that families will load into their literal or virtual carts this summer has gone up in price at a time when American families already feel crushed by rising costs.
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When Bella, a high school senior in Washington, heard that a ballot initiative to restrict transgender girls’ participation in school sports would appear before voters in her state this November, she already had her misgivings.
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Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare to our own. Today’s column focuses on the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
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When asked during a 2022 appearance at the University of Pennsylvania about the opinions of which she was most proud, Justice Elena Kagan cited her 2015 opinion in Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC as one she had “thought about a lot over the years.
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The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy: Beginning this summer, it will steer millions of dollars toward organizations that focus on anatomy, fertility tracking, hormonal production and “reproductive goals counseling.
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Today is retired Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 90th birthday. Kennedy joined the Supreme Court in 1988 and retired in 2018. Morning Reads Senator Whitehouse aims to keep Supreme Court ethics conversation alive with term limits bill Benjamin S.
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More Americans now hold absolutist positions, supporting legal access to abortion in all or most cases and opposing government regulation altogether. It’s been four years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v.
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Summertime—and the fight for democracy—is sizzling, especially in the states. Here’s what is happening across the country. Sudden shakeups in U.S. Senate elections have foisted reproductive rights front and center.
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In response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that preserves birthright citizenship, Texas officials are wielding their authority to clamp down on birth tourism, primarily through investigating or suing health providers.
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During Pride month last year, almost 70,000 LGBTQ+ young people sought specialized help from 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline. That was the last time they were able to do so. As of today, it’s been a year since the 988 hotline’s LGBTQ+ youth services shut down.
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Unlike her late brother Lindsey, whose political career spanned 33 years, Darline Graham has never run for or held elected office — until she was appointed to serve the remainder of the U.S. senator’s term this week.
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One of the more controversial topics concerning the Supreme Court is how attuned justices should be to public opinion. An even more fundamental question, however, is how closely public opinion matches the Supreme Court’s decisions.
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ATLANTA — Kecia Ellick doesn’t see herself as having much in common with Keisha Lance Bottoms, beyond them both being Black women in their 50s who are mothers and neighbors — and having names that sound the same. Ellick is a laid-off public health researcher trying to rebuild her career.
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While United States Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey joined the Global Black Economic Forum’s (GBEF) Business Summit and Public Convention during the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, helping shape conversations about politics, democracy and economic justice, his reflections on love revealed what h
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Approximately two weeks after the final opinion of the 57 argued cases decided by the Supreme Court in the October 2025-26 Term was filed, this column presents an overview of the “pure” criminal law decisions the court issued.
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In the first appearances by members of the Supreme Court before Congress in seven years, Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testified on Tuesday in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is so staunchly anti-abortion that his office observes June 24, the anniversary of the overturn of Roe v. Wade, as a holiday. The Republican’s actions to block abortion stand out.
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Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett deserve high praise for the pivotal role they played at the end of the just-concluded term in two key cases. One is Trump v. Barbara , the monumental decision confirming that the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment guarantees birthri
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for a confirmation hearing to consider his official nomination to a post he has held since April. President Donald Trump fired Blanche’s predecessor , Pam Bondi, in April and appointed Blanche in the
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Idaho voters will weigh in on their state’s abortion laws this November. The secretary of state’s office certified a ballot measure that could, if passed, overturn one of the strictest bans in the country, the campaign to restore abortion rights in Idaho confirmed on Monday.
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Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in South Carolina, is getting national attention following the death of her Republican opponent, Sen. Lindsey Graham, over the weekend. The Democrat, who handily won her primary in June, was expected to face off Graham in the November 3 midte
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Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s what you need to know from the past week’s biggest stories.
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BANGOR, Maine — As Maine Democrats vie to replace Graham Platner in their state’s Senate race, abortion — a key weakness for Republican Sen. Susan Collins — is set to shape the next phase of the contest, which Democrats view as a prime pick-up opportunity.
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President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing Wednesday, July 15, and Thursday, July 16. Ahead of the hearing, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights along with dozens of national organ
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In This Edition: Milestones: Charlene Mitchell became the first Black woman presidential nominee (1968); Sandra Day O’Connor was nominated as the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court (1981); 14th Amendment was ratified (1868); Wyoming joined the Union and its state constitution granted wom
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One might argue that Supreme Court justices are more visible today than ever before. Six have published books and Brett Kavanaugh is apparently working on one to become the seventh. Several have recently given television interviews, others have not shied from making public statements.
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Five nights a week, millions of Americans vote on Love Island USA with just a few taps on their phones. Yet when Election Day arrives, most still stand in line, mail absentee ballots or travel to polling places.
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Yesterday marked 158 years since the ratification of the 14th Amendment . The amendment, which, among other things, guarantees citizenship to “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” was in the spotlight during the 2025-26 term, in large part
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After President Donald Trump gained ground with young men and rode his ascendant, aggressive brand of masculinity into a second term in the White House, a group of progressive Democratic strategists bet big on a new kind of candidate: aesthetically masculine men who could run economic populist campa
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A year ago, abortion opponents were celebrating one of their biggest victories under the Trump administration: Planned Parenthood, the movement’s arch-villain, had been temporarily kicked out of Medicaid, one of the nation’s largest health insurance programs.
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Rep. Analilia Mejia knew when she joined Congress in April that she wanted to use her post to highlight what she believes is an existential threat to everyday freedoms: attempts to erode and redefine the 14th Amendment.
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Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Every day, Americans are witnessing the most significant expansion of presidential power in modern times.
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On the morning of June 11, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC), a grassroots pro-democracy organization focused on registration, civic engagement and community organizing for marginalized communities.
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Last week, the Supreme Court finished handing down its opinions in argued cases this term. In light of its decisions on birthright citizenship and the administrative state , one decision, from the prior week, may be somewhat easy to overlook. But I think this ruling is of great importance.
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Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, is facing mounting pressure to drop out of the race following an allegation of sexual assault, which he’s denied. Platner, a military veteran, oyster farmer and first-time candidate, launched his campaign against GOP Sen.
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Indiana’s Planned Parenthood affiliate remains cut off from state Medicaid funding even with the expiration of a federal ban on such payments to abortion providers for any health-care services. The nationwide funding ban that Republicans included in last year’s “big, beautiful” law expired July 4, 2
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After failing to advance in the Senate four separate times in two years and drawing opposition from members of their own party, Republicans are once again attempting to resurrect the SAVE America Act (an even more extreme version of the original SAVE Act)—legislation that would require Americans to
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One year ago, the Supreme Court had just wrapped up the 2024-25 term with a series of high-profile rulings, including decisions limiting the availability of universal injunctions and upholding a state ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors .
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Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Speaking at a Federalist Society event the day the Supreme Court wrapped up its latest term, attorney Kannon Shanmugam described an “emerging
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The Stat Pack is here! Jake S. Truscott and Adam Feldman crunched the numbers from the 2025-26 term and pulled together key takeaways. Scroll to the On Site section to learn more. Plus, do you know an exceptional lawyer looking for something different? We're hiring to help build a new editorial
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In the lead-up to our country’s 250th anniversary, Errin Haines is writing a series of columns to contemplate the complicated expansion of our democracy. Subscribe to The Amendment newsletter . Joseph and Nellie Gamble were born in 1905 and 1910 in Jim Crow Alabama – which meant that for much of the
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Unknown block type "pdfEmbed", specify a component for it in the `components.types` option The final stretch of the 2025-26 Supreme Court term looked different from the end of recent ones. Over the past several years, many of the court’s most anticipated decisions have ended with the familiar 6-3 id
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For 250 years, the story of American democracy has been a story of expanding who holds power and who gets to decide who yields it. The 15th Amendment, the 17th, the Voting Rights Act, the 19th Amendment and the 26th—each was a structural intervention, a deliberate redesign of the rules to bring more
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It was a busy Tuesday at the court as the justices released the final opinions in argued cases for the 2025-26 term and then orders from their Monday conference. Let’s get to it. But first, do you know an exceptional lawyer looking for something different? We're hiring to help build a new edito
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The Supreme Court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in secret, issued in unsigned orders with little to no justification. Bryan Dozier/NurPhoto via AP In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, i
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Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist and first-time candidate, ousted Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado in a primary challenge on Tuesday. DeGette, a 15-term incumbent first elected in 1996, is the second member of Congress to lose her seat to a younger democratic socialist challe
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When it comes to the last formal day of the term, when we know which cases are remaining, litigants and other interested parties have the chance to try to work their way into the courtroom to hear an opinion announced in a case of close interest.
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On the second-to-last day of its 2025-'26 term, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along party lines President Donald Trump can fire Rebecca Slaughter, who served as commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2018 until her dismissal in 2025.
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Want more stories like this? Subscribe to our menopause newsletter . Like many other political leaders in the United States, Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton was thinking about affordability. That’s why she started hosting a series of conversations with women in her state about financial wellness
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The court has indicated that today will be the final opinion announcement day of the term. We will be live blogging beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. The court has four cases left to decide: Trump v. Barbara (birthright citizenship); West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v.
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The Supreme Court on Monday morning added six new cases to its argument docket for the 2026-27 term and turned down President Donald Trump’s request to take up his appeal of a $5 million award against him in a lawsuit brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll.
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At the Supreme Court building, there is a small exhibition tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary, titled “Revolutionary Arguments: The Legal Fight for Independence.” The modest ground floor display focuses on how some of the “lawyers, statesmen, and soldiers—some of whom would later become Justices
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Melat Kiros was born in 1997, the year her representative in the U.S. House, Democrat Diana DeGette, took office. On Tuesday, Kiros hopes to unseat her. The next frontier of the fight for the Democratic Party is in Denver, where DeGette, a 15-term incumbent and longtime progressive, is facing her mo
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Good morning, and welcome to a new week and another opinion announcement day. We will be live blogging beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. We are expecting eight more decisions in argued cases (which are likely – though not guaranteed – to come down by the end of this week), including Trump v.
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The ballot box is an economic instrument—and Black America is living the proof. The numbers don’t lie, even when we wish they would. Black unemployment sits at 7.5 percent, the highest it’s been in years. More than 400,000 Black workers are out of a job.
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This week, Trump cancelled a planned signing ceremony for the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act—which would help address the worsening housing affordability crisis—and said he won’t sign it unless Republicans in the Senate vote to pass the SAVE America Act.
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Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest. Sen.
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Scholar Robert Dahl, writing back in 1957 , once remarked that “Americans are not quite willing to accept the fact that [the Supreme Court] is a political institution and not quite capable of denying it; so that frequently we take both positions at once.
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On this day in 2015, the court decided Obergefell v. Hodges , recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. At the Court On Thursday, the court released its opinions in four cases: Mullin v. Doe , Wolford v. Lopez , Mullin v. Al Otro Lado , and Monsanto v. Durnell . In Mullin v.
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The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here . This Thursday’s conference is the last one currently scheduled during the October Term 2025.
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Today is Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s birthday. Born in 1954, Sotomayor has served on the court since 2009. Plus, we will be live blogging this morning beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT as the court announces opinions in one or more argued cases.
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The Supreme Court’s April 29 ruling curtailing a key provision of the Voting Rights Act cleared the way for last-minute redistricting pushes in states such as Louisiana and Tennessee . As a result, it fueled new , more urgent calls for Congress to take action to ban mid-decade map drawing and partis
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On this day in 2022, the court released Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , holding that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. A draft of the majority opinion had leaked approximately seven weeks earlier, prompting protests across the country.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has argued that out-of-state special interests are influencing constitutional amendments, while doing just that with his own push to eliminate the state income tax. Kansas City Star/Getty Images Missouri Gov.
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Democratic socialists Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier won their primaries for the U.S. House, a show of strength for the left wing of the party and a sign of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s influence in New York City.
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Republican voters regularly use mail-in voting. Nearly one in five registered Republicans vote by mail. One in four Democrats does too. Data on who votes by mail suggests that many Americans trust and rely on it. Trump himself uses mail voting.
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Updated on June 23 at 2:51 p.m. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections that a Louisiana man cannot sue prison officials who shaved his head even after he showed them a copy of a court ruling that allowed him to keep his long hair for religious reasons.
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Two progressive women of color and democratic socialists are vying to win New York City-based seats on Tuesday in hotly contested races that progressive Democrats are looking toward to shape the trajectory of their party. Their bids come eight years after Rep.
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The Supreme Court on Monday morning denied review in several notable cases, including cases involving voting rights, the environment, and a trademark dispute involving a company founded by NBA superstar LeBron James.
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After Graham Platner secured the Democratic nomination for Senate in Maine, his first ad of the general election didn’t mention his opponent, Sen. Susan Collins, or the Republican Party. It focused on the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and who he called the “Eps
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The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, best known as a Reaganomics champion, is using anti-LGBTQ+ politics to advance its broader political goals. But that wasn’t always part of its strategy. Since its founding nearly 50 years ago, MI has influenced conservative policy by crafting model legisl
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Ashley Etienne has spent her career inside the most consequential rooms in American politics. Now she’s seated at one of its most visible tables. The veteran communications strategist recently joined NBC News as a political contributor, making her debut on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker , and ma
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In the town square of Eutaw, Alabama, the modern world hems in a relic of an older one that no longer exists. The Eutaw Hotel is long gone. Even among older locals, the V.J. Elmore’s Five & Dime is nothing but a faint memory.
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A feminist pro-democracy agenda must include new lawmaking institutions that can ensure our democracy is more inclusive, more democratic, more representative, and more responsive to the needs of all the people who call America home.
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When the justices take the bench on Thursday morning to issue opinions, the Supreme Court will have 20 cases left to decide, with just under two weeks to go before the end of June – the point by which the justices normally release all of their decisions and leave for their summer recess.
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As we await the usual late-June flurry of decisions – some of them quite significant – I wanted to reflect on what I believe to be the most extraordinary June in the modern Supreme Court, which took place four years ago in 2022. In decisions between June 21 and June 30, the court overruled Roe v.
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Three top Senate Democrats are accusing the Trump administration and Republicans of “taking a wrecking ball” to childcare programs, highlighting the issue in a midterm year where many Democrats are running on inflation and the high cost of living.
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Vice President JD Vance admits years later that it was a “boneheaded” move to impugn Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, as “childless cat ladies.” Vance calls the insults, which he made in 2021, “one of the dumbest things I ever said” in his forthcoming book “Communion,” accor
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Near the end of her career, Lilly Ledbetter received an anonymous note: she was being paid far less than every man doing the same job. Ledbetter was one of the first female supervisors at an Alabama Goodyear tire plant, working the 12-hour 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. overnight shift for nearly 20 years.
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This story, originally published by Wisconsin Watch , was produced in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Investigative Journalism class taught in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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As the U.S. prepares to mark its 250th birthday, questions loom over the celebration (UFC Fight Club matches at the White House aside). Whose America gets remembered, whose gets erased? What can modern ebbs and flows of democratic principles teach us? And how do we imagine and build a bold, inclusiv
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S.
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Sarah McBride is playing the long game. At 8 or 9 years old, she became enthralled with the lectern her father used to teach classes at their family church, so her mother bought one. McBride set it up with an American flag backdrop and a hand-drawn cardboard presidential seal so she could recite Pre
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Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest. Hospitals in New York, Rhode Island indicate they will share patient records A federal judge in Ca
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The NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Final, and World Cup may be dominating sports news right now, but some of us still want to talk about baseball. And as reporter Matt Rice noted on X this week, Justices Potter Stewart and Harry Blackmun would have approved .
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Vance Boelter pleaded guilty Thursday to the murder of former state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, and the shootings of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman. The plea agreement calls for two consecutive life terms plus 40 years in federal prison. U.S.
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Last month, Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the target of an attempted “swatting” incident – a call falsely reporting the sound of gunshots at her Virginia home. Although swatting incidents are intended to provoke a heavy police response, and therefore can often be dangerous, police audio indicated th
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Democrats are hoping President Donald Trump’s unpopularity and voter discontent with the economy and cost of living will help them flip control of the U.S. House — and achieve the even more difficult hurdle of winning back the U.S. Senate.
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Democrats’ hopes of winning back the U.S. Senate most likely run through Maine. And they’re pinned on Graham Platner, a U.S. military veteran and oyster farmer who will take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins. Collins has represented Maine in the Senate since 1997 and is seeking a sixth term.
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Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson will advance to a runoff in a competitive Republican primary for governor of South Carolina. Evette, President Donald Trump’s pick in the race, ran in a crowded primary that also included businessman Rom Reddy and Reps.
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The decade opened amid a pandemic, economic upheaval and a reckoning over democracy itself. In early 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, seemingly bringing a nearly 50-year constitutional struggle to a historic milestone.
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The 1990s began with feminists determined not to surrender the ground they had fought for in the Reagan era—and almost immediately, the stakes became impossible to ignore. In October 1991, millions of Americans watched Anita Hill testify before an all-male Senate Judiciary Committee about sexual har
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In 1972, when Ms. first hit newsstands, abortion was illegal in most of the country. Women could be denied credit cards, mortgages and loans without a husband’s signature. Newspapers still segregated job listings into “Help Wanted: Male” and “Help Wanted: Female.
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S.
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North Dakota state Rep. Eric Murphy at home planning a day of canvassing in his Grand Forks district. Murphy, an incumbent Republican, faces a contested primary election from conservative challengers after he introduced a bill to expand abortion access last year.
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It’s a Thursday in June, and seasoned Supreme Court watchers likely know what that means: We’re expecting opinions this morning. Our opinion day live blog begins at 9:30 a.m. EDT. At the Court After the possible announcement of opinions this morning, the justices will meet in a private conference to
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In the lead-up to our country’s 250th anniversary, Errin Haines is writing a series of columns to contemplate the complicated expansion of our democracy. Subscribe to The Amendment newsletter . Nearly three months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Abigail Adams had a warning …
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The current court is often described as composed of six Republican-appointed conservatives and three Democratic-appointed liberals. And that shorthand explains many of the court’s most visible decisions. But it also misses one of the central patterns in close cases.
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On May 7, 2026, Clarence Thomas became the second longest serving justice in American history, surpassing Justice Stephen Field, who had been a justice for 34 years, 195 days, from 1863-1897. If Thomas stays on the bench for two more years, in May 2028, he will replace Justice William O.
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Reminder: Each Wednesday, SCOTUSblog’s Amy Howe answers your questions about the court in a section called Ask Amy. Send your queries to scotusblog@thedispatch.com . At the Court On Monday, the court added a new case on the First Step Act to its oral argument docket for the 2026-27 term, sent a deat
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It’s June 1. The official start of hurricane season in the Atlantic , Statehood Day for both Kentucky and Tennessee , and Oscar the Grouch Day . It’s also the beginning of what is likely to be the final month before the justices’ summer recess – or, to put it another way, a 30-day sprint during whic
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Welcome to June – for SCOTUSblog, the busiest month of the year. At the Court On Thursday, the justices met in a private conference to discuss cases and vote on petitions for review . Orders from that conference are expected this morning at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S.
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Believe it or not, Supreme Court justices sometimes have jury duty. Justice Sonia Sotomayor “was among the nearly 250 city residents who reported for jury duty at the D.C. Superior Court” on Tuesday, according to The New York Times .
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What I experienced during my 2014 run for office wasn’t entirely unfamiliar to me. The year before, I had run for president of the Young Democrats of America (YDA), a national political party office role, against a popular opponent.
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Republicans are focusing on one question in one of November’s top races: Is the Democrat a real man? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who clinched the GOP’s nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, released a new ad Wednesday —his first of the general election — accusing his opponent, state S…
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Attacks on the legitimacy of U.S. elections are no longer confined to conspiracy theories circulating online—they are increasingly shaping government action at the local level. In Riverside County, Calif.
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(Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) By Shelby Stewart · Updated May 27, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… In a decisive primary runoff victory Tuesday night, Christian Menefee secured the Democratic nomination for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, defeating longtime incumbent
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By Shelby Stewart · Updated May 27, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… In a decisive primary runoff victory Tuesday night, Christian Menefee secured the Democratic nomination for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, defeating longtime incumbent Al Green and cementing a rapid politic
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The U.S. Supreme Court (unlike some ) does not divide its docket between civil and criminal cases. So I do . With about five weeks left in the current Supreme Court term, it’s time for a quick update on how the court is handling its criminal cases this term, and a brief description of “big” criminal
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This story was originally reported by Orion Rummler of The 19th , and republished through Rewire News Group ‘s partnership with the 19th News Network. The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum has been years in the making—and now, transphobia is threatening to derail the whole thing.
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Emily Waldorf Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica On the morning of Sept. 16, 2024, Emily Waldorf’s preschooler found her curled on the bathroom floor. Waldorf had felt a strange pressure during a shower, like a balloon bulging into her vagina, and was now bleeding.
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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall · Updated May 25, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… These days, it is easy to feel like the world is on fire: all of our bills are too high , we’re at war with Iran , the government is…well, you know how stressful politics is right now.
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Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop : the inside story of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiative intended to address climate change, on its interim docket.
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As data centers rapidly emerge at unprecedented rates across the country, they are being met with increasing opposition — particularly from women, according to a recent Gallup poll. More than two-thirds of adults oppose the construction of the massive and costly complexes used to power artificial in
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The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum has been years in the making — and now, transphobia is threatening to derail the whole thing. A bill to approve building the museum failed to pass on a 204-216 vote, after House Democrats voted in opposition.
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Congressional Republicans are once again prioritizing the SAVE Act, legislation that would force Americans to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. The House has already passed yet another version of the bill, but so far it has stalled in the Senate.
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Plus, in the latest edition of Ask Amy, Amy explores how common it is for a justice to have argued a case before the Supreme Court before becoming a justice.
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The post Ken Paxton Wanted to Crack Down on Forum Shopping. Now Lawyers Say He’s Improperly Seeking Out Favorable Courts. appeared first on ProPublica .
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Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Georgia, avoiding a runoff and setting up a chance to make history. Bottoms served as the mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022 and then led the White House’s public engagement efforts under President Joe Biden, who has backed her campai.
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LILBURN, GEORGIA — When state Rep. Jasmine Clark launched her campaign for Congress on a mission to enact generational change, she didn’t realize she could also make history. Now, she’s poised to become the first Black woman Ph.D.
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EVANS, GEORGIA — On Sunday, Keisha Lance Bottoms held one of the last voter meet-and-greets of her campaign for governor at a small business near Augusta. It had been, she told the crowd, “quite a year” since she got into the race.
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Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White , which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. Good fences make good neighbors. But do bad neighbors make good analogies? Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson thinks so, but I’m less convinced.
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Plus, the court has sent two more Voting Rights Act cases back to lower courts for further consideration.
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama — On the morning the U.S. Supreme Court all but finished gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Anneshia Hardy met with funders about investing in the Deep South in this majority-Black city, where physical reminders of the country’s brutal history of enslavement are scattered amo
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This article was co-published with The 74, a nonprofit news organization covering education in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. On November 5, 2024, men and women around the U.S. headed to the polls to decide a race hyped as a battle of the sexes.
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The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case to its docket for the 2026-27 term. The justices will hear arguments sometime in the fall on whether employees can bring lawsuits for sex discrimination under a federal law that applies to schools that receive federal funding.
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Kelly Baden on the LA v. FDA SCOTUS decision sramashwar May 18, 2026
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In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. On Oct. 9, 1954, Justice Robert Jackson died at the apartment of his secretary – forcing the Supreme Court to issue a statement papering over the circumstances.
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S.
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The Supreme Court has kept a key abortion drug available for now. Still, Democrats will highlight the consequences of abortion bans as a midterms campaign theme, elevating what could be another weakness for Republicans, who are already underwater on a host of other issues, including cost-of-living c
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Plus, the court released two unanimous opinions on Thursday morning.
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Sen. Susan Collins recently revealed that for decades she has had a condition called an essential tremor. She made the disclosure after questions arose about her head and hands trembling in a campaign video, leading to speculation that the 73-year-old Republican lawmaker was in declining health.
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Plus, the court is expected to announce at least one opinion this morning. Don’t miss our live blog.
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Millions of people learned the language of power online. So why do our institutions still feel untouched by it? The post Blair Imani on What Actually Changes Institutions (Podcast) appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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As of last Friday , SCOTUStoday (our weekday newsletter — subscribe here !) finished providing brief biographies of each chief justice of the United States, starting with John Jay and ending with John Roberts.
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Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on our constitutional democracy more generally. In Louisiana v.
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Plus, Justice Samuel Alito extended his order restoring mail access to an abortion pill.
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Cesar Chavez, Eric Swalwell, Justin Fairfax, and the gender politics of keeping their dirty secrets. The post Women Have Sacrificed Too Much for the Careers of Powerful Men: Analysis appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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The Guttmacher Institute and Its Scientists Join Two Amicus Briefs Calling on the Supreme Court to Protect Access to Mifepristone via Telehealth May 11, 2026 mcherins <time datetime="2026-05-11T08:59:32-06:00" ...
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Alabama has asked the court to address its own redistricting effort.
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Multiple women candidates are running in this year’s many open governor races leading up to the 2026 midterm elections in November. The post The Governor’s Races to Watch in 2026 appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S.
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As the Tennessee legislature held a special session this week to redraw its congressional map to break up a majority-Black district in Memphis, state Sen. Charlane Oliver did everything she could to broadcast that what was happening was not normal.
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Plus, in the first edition of Ask Amy, Amy shares some weird courtroom moments.
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Who do you think would win in a physical fight between you and Donald Trump? The question, asked by YouGov, was sparked by a Tuesday event in the Oval Office, when the president revived the Presidential Physical Fitness Award. “Are you a strong person?” Trump, 79, asked a child in attendance.
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Plus, the latest on E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump.
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It’s not just Congress on the ballot in the 2026 midterms. Over 30 governorships are up for election in 2026, with major implications for issues like healthcare, childcare, abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and more.
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Plus, the start date of tariff refunds has been very slightly delayed.
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Could she be the first Black trans person in Congress? Every step Precious Brady-Davis has taken has been a first. She was the first transgender bride on the TV show “Say Yes to the Dress.” She and her husband are the first transgender parents in Illinois history to be listed as their accurate gend.
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Plus, Justice Clarence Thomas will be the second-longest-serving justice of all time by the end of this week.
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Dr. Amy Acton is expected to easily secure the Democratic nomination for governor in Ohio’s Tuesday primary. Acton, who briefed the midwestern state nearly daily during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic as public health director for a Republican administration, is expected to face Vivek Ramaswamy.
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US Supreme Courts Blocks Fifth Circuit Decision on Mifepristone May 4, 2026 mcherins May 4, 2026
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The Louisiana governor faces multiple lawsuits over his decision to suspend the House primary after Louisiana v. Callais.
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Three years ago, Angelia Pressley started tuning in to Georgia Public Service Commission meetings and learned how much power the little-known regulatory body had over the lives of the state’s residents.
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In a 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais , the Supreme Court's majority struck down Louisiana's congressional map, which had created a second majority-Black district in 2024. Although the decision did not formally strike down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Elena Kagan warned in her disse
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Plus, the latest on tariff refunds and redistricting in Louisiana.
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Rep. Terri Sewell grew up steeped in the history of the Civil Rights Movement in Selma. She’s represented Alabama’s 7th District for over 15 years, one of the few Black women in Congress from the Deep South.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday withdrew his nomination of Casey Means, a wellness influencer, for surgeon general after key Senate Republicans declined to support her. Means, a doctor without an active medical license, had been poised to elevate Trump’s vague but politically potent message to “M
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Lani Guinier’s birthday was earlier this month. She would have been 76 years old. And as I find myself doing each year, I return not just to her work—which speaks powerfully on its own—but to the moments that shaped my understanding of it.
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After the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Florida approved a new gerrymandered congressional map. Coupled with a law modeled on the federal SAVE Act, it could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of women and people of color. The post The Federal SAVE Act Will Likely Die in the Senate.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign for Senate, saying that she didn’t have the money needed to run. Mills was trailing in all primary polls against fellow Democrat Graham Platner, who is all but certain to take on incumbent Sen.
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Plus, the justices heard argument on Wednesday on the Trump administration’s effort to revoke temporary protected status from Syrian and Haitian nationals.
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The Minnesota Senate on Wednesday passed the country’s first ban on “nudification” apps 65-0, addressing one of the main sources of nonconsensual deepfakes. The bill was passed by the state House last week and now just needs the governor’s signature to become law. Advocates are optimistic Gov.
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“Today’s decision is a devastating blow to our democracy and Black voters who have fought for generations to have our voices heard and our communities fairly represented.” The post In Our Own Voice Denounces Supreme Court Decision Gutting the Voting Rights Act first appeared on In Our Own Voice .
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Today is the last day of oral argument for the term, capping a very busy week for the justices. On Tuesday evening, six justices and their spouses attended the White House state dinner for King Charles III and Queen Camilla. It was the six Republican-appointed justices.
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In a 6-3 decision in Callais v. Louisiana on Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s current congressional map—drawn after the 2020 census to include a second majority-Black district—and, in doing so, weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the last remaining nationwide tool for ch
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decade-long effort to gut the Voting Rights Act reached its “now-completed demolition” with a ruling on Wednesday from its conservative majority in a case related to Louisiana’s voting maps, Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a scathing dissent.
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I’m interning at NWLC while attending college in the heart of Tennessee. While I spend my days tracking the ways the Trump administration is jacking up prices for working families, rolling back protections for transgender people, and undermining abortion rights, I am navigating the grim reality of t
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In Wisconsin, a liberal candidate for state Supreme Court won her April race by 20 points after highlighting her work supporting abortion rights. In Georgia, two liberal candidates running for their state’s highest court are running on their opposition to the state’s six-week abortion ban.
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Today is Justice Elena Kagan’s birthday. Born in 1960 in New York City, Kagan has served on the Supreme Court since 2010.
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The Supreme Court on Monday morning agreed to decide whether the Department of Labor has the power to hold hearings to collect money from employers who violate the terms of the visa program for seasonal farm workers.
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Some justices seemed to advocate for a relatively narrow ruling that would clarify what such warrants require, even if it does not ultimately resolve all of the thorny issues potentially raised by the case.
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Welcome to what’s expected to be the final week of arguments for the 2025-26 term.
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Political violence is on the rise — making the job more dangerous for state lawmakers and posing new challenges for state law enforcement officials. Every high-profile act of violence sets off new waves of threats and fears of more — the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Septem.
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The New York Times reports that leaked 2016 memos mark the “birth” of the “shadow docket,” pointing to the Court’s stay of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. But the same Court had used the interim docket the year before to halt Texas’s anti-abortion laws — a liberal win the piece does not mention,
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Advocates fought for paid leave in Virginia for more than eight years. The state’s former governor, Glenn Youngkin, vetoed paid leave bills two years in a row. But the story changed when Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) took office in January 2026.
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Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep theory – behind our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions.
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The Senate has been deadlocked on President Donald Trump’s priority voting bill, the SAVE America Act, for months. The measure hasn’t seen much floor action; the latest was a March amendment vote stemming from the president’s suggested change to prohibit transgender athletes from participating in gi
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Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is the latest member of Congress to resign, effectively avoiding a vote to expel her. The Florida Democrat announced her resignation just before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote Tuesday afternoon on whether she should face expulsion after she was found guil.
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A Planned Parenthood-affiliated super PAC has pledged $750,000 in ads to two candidates framed as being more pro-choice than their incumbent opponents. The post Abortion Debate Plays Out in Georgia Supreme Court Race appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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The recent resignations of two members of Congress have reignited a conversation about sexual harassment in politics nearly nine years after the peak of the #MeToo movement. And new data sheds more light on the scope of the problem — and the major barriers to reporting and addressing abuse.
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President Donald Trump’s second Cabinet was never exceptionally diverse from the start. And in the past two months, three women have been fired or resigned. The first to go, on March 5, was ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.
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Rep. Eric Swalwell has ended his California gubernatorial primary campaign and resigned from Congress amidst a flurry of allegations about sexual assault and misconduct that involved female members of his staff, interns and others.
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As you’ll see below in the Morning Reads section, it was a busy weekend on the Supreme Court beat – to put it lightly. And we’ve got a busy week […] The post A leak from the interim docket appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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A years-long, explosive investigation by The New York Times last month exposed allegations of sexual abuse by the late labor leader Cesar Chavez. Two members of Congress, one Democrat and one Republican, resigned this week after being accused of sexual misconduct.
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Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and ask about how they compare to our own. Today we focus on […] The post The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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Good morning, and welcome to what’s expected to be April’s first opinion day. We will be live blogging beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. The post Opinion(s) on the way appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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At Family Planning Associates in Chicago, in the office where staff take phone calls from potential abortion patients, a U.S. map colored in with red and green dry-erase markers notes the latest status of abortion access in every state. The map can change at any time.
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Democrat Analilia Mejia has won the special election for a safely blue U.S. House seat in New Jersey, Decision Desk HQ projects, further narrowing Republicans’ already razor-thin edge in the chamber and adding another progressive voice to the Democratic caucus.
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They came to lobby against online sexual abuse and found lawmakers wrestling with abuse within their own ranks. For four years running, policy experts and survivor advocates with RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence advocacy organization, have come to Capitol Hill for a day of lobbying.
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The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Since our last post, the Supreme […] The post “Universal” pre-K causes court to re-re-reconsider major religious precedent appeared fir
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Opinion: The problem starts and ends with Democrats' unwillingness to wield their power and money—whether they want to admit it or not. The post Court Reform Is the Only Real Exit from Today’s Political Hellscape appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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Sarah Trone Garriott, an ordained Lutheran minister since 2008, was invited to lead prayer at the Iowa State Capitol by her then-state senator. She started coming to the statehouse, which was only 10 miles from her house, to advocate on issues she cared about, including public school funding, gun vi
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Happy publication day to SCOTUSblog’s own Sarah Isgur. Her new book Last Branch Standing offers “[a] myth-busting glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court.” The post SCOTUStoday for Tuesday, April 14 appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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In the final weeks of the 2020 election, as Donald Trump’s false claims of fraud intensified, a small group of federal officials found themselves in a windowless room at the Justice Department confronting a question that could test the limits of American democracy: Had the vote really been hacked? T
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A growing number of federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for the resignation or expulsion of Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who represents California’s 14th Congressional District, and Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, who represents Texas’s 23rd Congressional District.
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One of the more frequent questions we get here at SCOTUSblog is how the court decides which cases to review on the merits – that is, to have additional briefing […] The post How the justices decide … which cases to decide: an explainer appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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Yesterday marked 81 years since the inauguration of President Harry Truman, who went on to select four Supreme Court justices while he was in office. Will President Donald Trump have […] The post SCOTUStoday for Monday, April 13 appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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President Donald Trump’s priority elections bill has languished in the Senate for the past several weeks as some GOP politicians hesitate to upend precedent for voter registration in federal elections before the midterms.
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On April 10, 1869, Congress passed legislation increasing the number of Supreme Court justices from seven to nine, where it’s remained since. The post SCOTUStoday for Friday, April 10 appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […] The post Conversion therapy and professional speech appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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Yesterday marked four years since Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the Supreme Court, paving the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve as a […] The post SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, April 8 appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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Liberal Judge Chris Taylor defeated conservative Judge Maria Lazar for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, expanding liberals’ majority on the state’s high court to 5-2. Taylor and Lazar both serve on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
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A recent report from centrist think tank Third Way predicts many of the “swingy, moderate, low-propensity young men” who supported Trump will sit out the midterms this year. So who should progressive political strategists and hopefuls turn their attention to? The oft-forgotten, invisible aging woman
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This story was produced and originally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. It was made possible by donors like you. Who foots the bill when a child is placed in foster care? In Wisconsin, it’s sometimes parents — and even the kids themselves. Like many U.S.
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Justice, Democracy, and Law is a recurring series by Edward B. Foley that focuses on election law and the relationship of law and democracy. “Original public meaning” has become the […] The post An actual alternative to originalism appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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As much of the legal media (including SCOTUSblog) reported last month, Chief Justice John Roberts offered some rare public remarks in an appearance at Rice University, rebuking personal attacks on […] The post The inscrutable Chief Justice John Roberts appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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Comedian John Mulaney appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” earlier this week and gave a shoutout to SCOTUSblog as he described being a “Supreme Court argument nerd.” Mama, […] The post SCOTUStoday for Friday, April 3 appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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Pam Bondi is out as attorney general. “Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900,” Trump wrote Thursday on Truth Social.
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Supreme Court retirement rumor season is here, and it’s already bananas. The post Will Donald Trump Put Ted Cruz on the Supreme Court? (Podcast) appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare to our own. In our previous columns, we focused […] The post The Supreme Court of India appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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Updated on April 1 at 4:03 p.m. On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would end birthright citizenship – the guarantee of U.S. citizenship to […] The post Supreme Court appears likely to side against Trump on birthright citizenship appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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As attention builds toward the 2026 election cycle, the first major political test is already underway. Early in-person voting has begun for Wisconsin's April 7 state Supreme Court election–a high-stakes contest that, despite its “nonpartisan” label, reflects the same ideological battles reshaping c
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This morning, the court will hear argument in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara. We will be live blogging beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. For a great introduction to […] The post SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, April 1 appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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United States Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware stands firm in her decision to not support the passing of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act as new requirements would […] The post Lisa Blunt Rochester Sounds Alarm On SAVE Act appeared first on Essence .
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On Trans Day of Visibility, Rewire News Group reviews the legal and political attacks faced by trans people in the U.S. over the past year. The post For Trans Community, U.S. is Less Safe Under Trump appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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The government’s top Supreme Court lawyer will likely face vigorous questioning from the justices on Wednesday in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright-citizenship case. What follows are 20 sets of questions […] The post Birthright citizenship: 20 questions for the solicitor general appeared first on SCO
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The United States was founded not through declarations of equality, but through the labor of Black women whose political work reproduced the nation, even as it was erased from the democratic archive. Sally Hemings is rarely situated within the United States’ democratic legacy, despite her central ro
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On April 1, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in one of the highest-profile cases of the 2025-26 term – and indeed, one of the biggest cases in several […] The post The key arguments in the birthright citizenship case appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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As you might have seen yesterday, we have a favor to ask those of you who are in the legal profession: Could you fill out this brief survey about your […] The post SCOTUStoday for Friday, March 27 appeared first on SCOTUSblog .
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Kendra Sullivan was at her family’s cabin in the Allegheny Highlands region in late October “just planning on having a low-key country weekend.” But the cabin has internet, so messages kept coming in about her one-woman No Kings demonstration the prior weekend in Beckley, West Virginia.
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The rise in gas prices happened so quickly, single mom Luna Rosado has barely had time to adjust. Rosado fills her tank twice a week to commute to her two health care jobs and shuttle her three kids to school, basketball and soccer practice.