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Anti-choice states aren’t satisfied. Now they want to punish traveling for abortions

A husband who doesn’t want his wife to get an abortion could sue the friend who offered to drive her, according to this legislation’s own architect

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh predicts "concrete steps soon" to address ethics concerns

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has told attendees at a judicial conference in Ohio that addressing recent ethics concerns can increase public confidence in the institution

The Independent UK

Alabama lost a voting rights case at the Supreme Court. It's still trying to win

Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

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Rising political threats take US into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms

This week’s confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man who threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden was just the latest example of how violent rhetoric has created a more perilous political environment across the U.S. Threats against public officials have been steadily climbing in recent…

The Independent UK

Supreme Court won't block a ruling favoring a Native American man cited for speeding in Tulsa

The Supreme Court has left in place a lower court ruling that invalidated a speeding ticket against a Native American man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, because the city is located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation

The Independent UK

Kagan contradicts Alito on SCOTUS

"It just can't be that the court is the only institution that somehow is not subject to checks and balances"

Salon

Despite calls for her to recuse herself from Trump's criminal case, Judge Aileen Cannon's situation doesn't meet the standard for when a judge should step away

The federal trial for former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents is scheduled to start on May 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon announced on July 21, 2023.

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Conservatives Should Not Be Surprised By Justice Kavanaugh's Voting Pattern With Chief Justice Roberts

Revisiting Seven-Sky v. Holder.

Reason

Illegal voting maps were used in some states in 2022. This legal idea allowed them

The U.S. Supreme Court has used an obscure legal idea to justify delaying the redrawing of voting maps, forcing some elections to use voting districts that lower courts found to be illegally drawn.

WEKU

Conservatives Should Not Be Surprised By Justice Gorsuch's Opinion in Bostock

Revisting Kastl v. Maricopa County Community College District.

Reason

Progressives Should Be Grateful For President Trump's Not-So-Conservative SCOTUS Picks

Recently, Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida and GOP presidential candidate, offered a mild criticism of President Trump's three Supreme Court nominees. "I respect the three [Trump] appointees," DeSantis said, "but none of those three are at the same level of Justice Thomas and Justice Alito." DeSantis is not wrong.…

Reason

Lawsuit over Idaho anti-abortion law

Advocates challenge a law that forbids helping teens obtain abortion pills or leave the state for abortion care

Salon

Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisan

Justice Brett Kavanaugh points to the mixed decisions that emerged from the U_S_ Supreme Court this term as he seeks to dispel notions of a partisan high court, He told a judicial conference in Minnesota on Thursday that the high court is “an institution of law, not of politics, not…

The Independent UK

Idaho sued over law banning adults from helping minors get abortions

Lawsuit challenges statute that under-18s must get permission from parent or guardian before leaving state for an abortion

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New York Governor Submits Amicus Brief To Justice Kavanaugh In Rahimi

"Across America, survivors of domestic abuse will now wait in fear to see whether Justice Kavanaugh..."

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Colleges and universities use visits by Supreme Court justices to court wealthy patrons

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Chicago Sun-Times

Ethics reform not enough to restore public confidence in partisan Supreme Court

Our nation seems stuck with a court that is selectively responsive to the arguments and interests of only some Americans — those on the right.

The Independent UK

Justices teach when the Supreme Court isn't in session. It can double as an all-expenses-paid trip

Teaching is encouraged as a way to demystify the Supreme Court while exposing the justices to a cross-section of the public

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Supreme Court dissents and rejoinders, with respect and disrespect

Feelings seem raw at the court, certainly for the court's three liberal justices, who were on the losing end of some of the court's biggest cases this term, but also for the conservatives.

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court’s conservative revolution comes into sharper focus

The Supreme Court’s conservative judicial revolution is taking on a recognizable, three-pronged structure.

Axios

Supreme Court ideology continues to lean conservative, new data shows

After overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, the court continued to push American law to the right.

The Guardian - US

The supreme court denied a wild election theory. But don’t relax yet

The ‘independent state legislature’ theory was a terrifying threat to voting rights and never should have made it this far

WEKU

Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and the crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court

The problem for the justices is that all the recent ethics stories — and more — are a corrosive drip, drip, drip, eroding public confidence in the court.

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court just stood up for electoral democracy

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court firmly rejected the so-called independent state legislature theory. This bizarre theory would have allowed renegade legislators to violate their state constitutions in setting rules for federal elections — allowing them to hijack elections for U.S. Congress and even the presidency.

Reason

Supreme Court Confirms That State Legislatures Can't Ignore the Constitution When Writing Election Rules

Chief Justice John Roberts decisively rejected the independent state legislature theory.

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