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Some Supreme Court Justices Want the Court To Tackle More Government Abuse Cases

Unfortunately, in five separate cases today, they're outnumbered.

Reason

Jacob Hoggard's celebrity did not protect him from the consequences of sexual assault

Actors, movie executives, socialites, broadcasters, singers and royalty are a few examples of members of high-status groups with individuals who have been accused of sexual crimes.

The Conversation

LAPD cover-up of claims against ex-CBS boss Moonves highlights challenges for abuse victims

LOS ANGELES — For two decades, Leslie Moonves was the toast of Hollywood — the maestro who turned a moribund CBS into "America's most-watched network."

Los Angeles Times

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Jackie Calmes: GOP, spare us the bothsides-ism when it comes to the Pelosi attack

LOL, GOP? Really?

Los Angeles Times

Jokes about Paul Pelosi aren’t just in bad taste. They normalize political violence

Rightwingers are laughing about an attack that left an 82-year-old in hospital. It’s a watershed moment in politics

The Guardian - US

The attack on Paul Pelosi should be a moment of national reckoning

All political violence is a problem, but in terms of sheer numbers, rightwing violence is a much more significant problem than leftwing violence

The Guardian - US

Justices’ past affirmative action views, in their own words

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

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RNC chair Ronna McDaniel: "Unfair" to blame GOP rhetoric for Paul Pelosi attack

"We don't like this at all across the board, we don't want to see attacks on any politician, from any political background."

Axios

Where the #MeToo movement stands, 5 years after Weinstein allegations came to light

#MeToo helped launch a wider examination of society's treatment of women in everyday life, at the workplace, and in Hollywood. But there remain institutional problems resistant to change.

WEKU

Judge mulls mental evaluation in Kavanaugh threat case

A federal judge in Maryland said he is likely to order a mental evaluation for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

The Independent UK

Samuel Alito says Roe v Wade leak made Supreme Court justices ‘targets for assassination’

Conservative justice authored the leaked draft and final version of the court’s decision that pushed reproductive rights back by half a century

The Independent UK

Supreme Court justices spar over court legitimacy comments

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

The Independent UK

Supreme Court’s Alito says abortion opinion leak made justices murder targets

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the leak of his draft opinion eliminating the constitutional right to abortion made members of the majority “targets for assassination.”

Tribune News Service

Samuel Alito assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of respect for Roe, diary reveals

Excerpts reported by late senator’s biographer show Alito, who wrote June ruling that outlawed abortion, said he was ‘big believer in precedents’

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Gene Collier: You want bad news or worse news about the Supreme Court?

From the Supreme Court of the United States, it would appear the worst is yet to come, and considering the extent of America’s foundational damage already traceable to its top legal minds, no one who’s paid a lick of attention should be surprised.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The illegitimate attacks on the Supreme Court’s legitimacy

Legitimacy. The word has dominated discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court for years. Some, mostly on the left, claim that the court has lost its legitimacy. The debate on this question even has spread to the court itself, with comments on the matter made by Justices Elena Kagan, John Roberts…

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court’s newest justice pushes back as it considers curbing Black voting districts

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative wing considered limiting the creation of majority-Black voting districts, even amid forceful pushback from new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The Guardian - US

God’s Creatures is a film on why rapists are protected. Its makers are asking why distributors won’t pick it up

Paul Mescal and Emily Watson on why they made a film about an Irish fishing village, and what it has to say about sex and control in America

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The Conversation

A seismic change has taken place at the Supreme Court – but it's not clear if the shift is about principle or party

In the summer of 2022, the U.S. witnessed a dramatic change in how the majority of Supreme Court justices understand the Constitution.

The Guardian - UK

Kenneth Starr obituary

American lawyer whose 1998 Starr report led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton

Salon

Republicans test national abortion ban

Lindsey Graham's 15-week abortion ban bill is likely the first of many federal attempts at restricting abortion

The Guardian - UK

Guess what, women can vote! Is that why even hardline anti-abortion Republicans are backtracking?

In the weeks after Roe v Wade was overturned, there was a huge rush to register to vote. Now rightwing candidates are toning down their rhetoric but history tells us they can’t be trusted, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Tribune News Service

Bikini Kill returns to Northwest, its riot grrrl music and message more relevant than ever

SEATTLE — There wasn't really a script. But it'd be tough to write a better one.

Salon

Justice for sale: The dark-money tsunami

Will a right-wing electronics tycoon's unprecedented $1.6B donation force us to face the tide of corruption?

Salon

The GOP turns on League of Women Voters

Voter registration and good-government group now seen as "radical leftists" by Republicans

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