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

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

The Independent UK

Who and what is behind abortion ban trigger law bills? Two groups laid the groundwork

Two national organizations have gained a reputation for taking the lead on model legislation to restrict and block abortions. Now, states are needing to grapple with the laws they passed.

WEKU

How the US Supreme Court has become right-wing, and do recent decisions give Democrats hope at the midterms?

The US Supreme Court’s annual term usually finishes at the end of June, so late June is when the most important decisions are likely to be announced.

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Commentary: The end of Roe will lead to baseless attacks on gay rights

Within hours of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion was banned in 13 states when so-called trigger laws went into effect. The grim impact of criminalizing women’s choices about their bodies will be stark and immediate, but predictable.

Los Angeles Times

Paxton ready to defend Texas sodomy law

"They won't stop till they roll back all of our civil rights," Paxton's Democratic challenger said

Salon

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Court's conservative majority isn't going anywhere

Last week’s two significant Supreme Court decisions – loosening some restrictions on American’s gun owners and restricting abortions for the nation’s women – represent the ultimate impact of Donald Trump’s narrow 2016 election victory over Hillary Clinton.

Tribune News Service

The abortion ruling has forced progressives to confront past missteps in strategy

Conservatives long understood that the courts were key to reversing Roe v. Wade. By contrast, progressives found defending abortion rights an increasingly difficult challenge.

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Noah Feldman: Supreme Court is eroding the wall between church and state

In another bombshell opinion, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has upended the way it understands and applies the clause of the Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion. Completing the revolution begun in last week’s decisions expanding gun rights and overturning abortion law, the court said in Kennedy v. Bremerton…

Tribune News Service

The U.S. Supreme Court gave Texas abortion clinics a victory in 2016. Then Trump was elected.

In 2016, the Supreme Court blocked onerous regulations that had shuttered half of Texas’ abortion providers. On Friday, the court’s new conservative majority cited that case in overturning the constitutional protection for abortion.

The Texas Tribune

Today in Supreme Court History: June 26, 2003, June 26, 2013, and June 26, 2015

6/26/2003: Justice Kennedy writes the majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas. 6/26/2013: Justice Kennedy writes the majority opinion in U.S. v. Windsor. 6/26/2015: Justice Kennedy writes the majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Reason

Analysis: Supreme Court is bold, confident, conservative and ready to move further right

WASHINGTON — This is not the Supreme Court most Americans have known.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings

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

The Independent UK

Abortion ban likely in half US states after court overturns ruling

Individual states will now be able to set their own rules after the decision following a lengthy legal battle

Wales Online

US Supreme Court overturns landmark abortion ruling after almost 50 years

A decision by the conservative majority to overturn Roe v Wade is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

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The Independent UK

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

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases

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Walker grandad brutally murdered by childhood friend when crack cocaine binge sparked paranoia

Dean Johnson has been jailed for life for savagely murdering Paul Wilkinson in a barricaded room as his cousin listened at the door in horror

Reason

Justice Kennedy: Draft Opinion Leak Was "Cowardly, Corrupt, Contemptuous Act."

The former Associate Justice joins those condemning the leak of a draft opinion.

WEKU

A landmark study tracks the lasting effect of having an abortion — or being denied one

The Turnaway Study followed nearly 1,000 women who sought abortions, interviewing them regularly for years to understand the impact on their mental and financial wellbeing.

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The Independent UK

Justices to meet for 1st time since leak of draft Roe ruling

The Supreme Court’s nine justices will gather in private Thursday for their first scheduled meeting since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Supreme Court leak raises divisive questions

The leak of a draft United States Supreme Court ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which would overturn past court precedents in favor of leaving abortion laws to the states, has ignited intense political debate over the future of abortion laws and the…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Obergefell was central to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on gay marriage. Now he’s terrified

WASHINGTON — In his draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito tries to limit the blast radius of his ruling by writing that abortion is fundamentally different from other privacy matters — like contraception and marriage equality — that have historically challenged the court.

Salon

Alito cancels talk after abortion leak

Alito had been set to appear at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' judicial conference

WEKU

Could overturning Roe v. Wade have implications beyond abortion?

The draft Supreme Court opinion says it is limited to abortion, but advocates say same-sex marriage and birth control cases could be at risk.

Daily Mirror

Geordie Shore star Anthony Kennedy left with broken jaw after brutal attack while on holiday

Ant had jetted off to sunny Ibiza with a few pals, but was targeted in a random assault on his first night

Reason

One Cheer for Stephen Breyer

Breyer led the charge against the court packers, denouncing them as shortsighted ideologues who threatened both judicial independence and bedrock liberal values.

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