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US supreme court hears case that could gut voting rights for minority groups

In Merrill v Milligan, the court will decide whether Alabama’s new congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US

"Pro-life" won't turn on Herschel Walker

Trump showed Republican voters are fine with sexual freedom — for straight conservative men

Salon

US supreme court to decide cases with ‘monumental’ impact on democracy

Many fear the potential for extreme rightwing rulings on topics ranging from affirmative action to voting rights

The Guardian - US

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Supreme Court poised to keep marching to right in new term

The Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday at a time of diminished public confidence and justices sparring openly over the institution’s legitimacy

The Independent UK

Senate passes short-term deal to avoid government shutdown – as it happened

Top Democrat says he hopes to finalize deal to fund government until mid-December by the end of today

The Guardian - US

Federal Judges Uphold Texas Law Regulating What Social Media Platforms May Censor

It’s a terrible ruling that misunderstands years of First Amendment precedents. And it’s increasingly likely that the Supreme Court will have to intervene.

Reason

Noah Feldman: A Texas judge just took religious ‘freedom’ too far

The long march of religious liberty exemptions is gaining speed. The people who brought you contraceptive care exemptions and COVID rule and vaccine exemptions have now moved on to insurance for anti-HIV drugs. Last week, a federal district court held that a Christian employer is entitled to an exemption from…

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Chief Justice John Roberts to speak at Colorado conference

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is set to make his first public appearance since the court overturned Roe v. Wade, speaking Friday night at a judicial conference in Colorado

The Independent UK

Supreme Court’s selective reading of US history ignored 19th-century women’s support for ‘voluntary motherhood’

The history of abortion in the U.S. guided some of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Alito argued that abortion has never been a “deeply rooted” constitutional right in the United States.

The Conversation

Leonard Leo: the secretive rightwinger using billions to reshape America

Marble Freedom Trust, advocacy group headed by Leo, has received staggering $1.6bn donation to push conservative causes

The Guardian - US

Dobbs was the game changer for Democrats

Several straight elections since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade have gone favorably for Democrats

Salon

After Kansas vote: Hope in the states

A surprising twist on states' rights: After Dobbs, pro-choice advocates look to state courts — and it's working

Salon

Commentary: Sunshine in the heartland

On Aug. 2, staid, conservative Kansas gave the United States one of the biggest jolts in an election season in which Democratic disaster and Republican ascension had been such an accepted fact that left-wing media’s denial of inevitability sounded more like prayer. President Joe Biden’s approval rating was lower than…

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Noah Feldman: There's a lot of Harvard and Yale on the Supreme Court. And that's OK

Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices went to Harvard or Yale law schools. So did nearly a fifth of the federal judiciary. This rankles some politicians, watchdog groups and others who see it as an outrageous manifestation of elitism that needs to be changed, given how much power this…

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Scalia’s legacy lives on in Supreme Court’s abortion, gun cases

WASHINGTON — The seeds of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent rulings on guns and abortion lie in the legal theories of a justice who died six years ago.

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Dan Rodricks: Alito laments loss of faith but it’s Supreme Court’s credibility he should worry about

Justice Samuel Alito, one of six Catholics on the Supreme Court and author of the decision overturning Roe v. Wade, laments that too many Americans have lost our way: We are not religious enough, he told an audience of other conservative Catholics in Rome, and therefore our “increasingly secular society”…

Salon

Indiana GOP go off the rails on abortion

Republicans rejected putting abortion on a state ballot, because they know voters would reject the ban

WEKU

Samuel Alito, a workhorse on the Supreme Court, shapes its conservative path

The justice has played a key role on the court, often leading the charge not just on abortion, but for expanded religious rights, against LGBTQ rights, against expanded voting rights, and more

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Salon

GOP election plot already underway

Election officials in three states refuse to sign off on primary results in a preview of likely November chaos

The Independent UK

Justice Alito mocks foreign critics of abortion reversal

Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders’ criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month’s ruling

The Independent UK

Justice Alito taunts Boris Johnson and Prince Harry for opposing his Roe ruling, saying outgoing PM ‘paid the price’

Justice Alito drew laughter from a conservative audience as he made fun of global outrage at his opinion to overturn Roe v Wade

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry openly mocked by Supreme Court figure for opposing US abortion law

Prince Harry appeared to reference the recent overturning of the Roe v Wade abortion law during a speech at the United Nations next week - and now US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has hit back at Harry for his comments

Salon

Alito taunts critics of abortion ruling

After writing an opinion striking down Roe, Alito hits out at Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau and Prince Harry

Evening Standard

Samuel Alito: Supreme Court justice mocks Boris Johnson and Prince Harry over reaction to abortion ruling

Samuel Alito mocked world figures for their criticism of decision which overturned abortion rights in US

Tribune News Service

Alito decries 'hostility to religion' in first public remarks since abortion decision

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito decried what he called “hostility to religion” in his country and Europe, as he made his first public remarks since the release of his opinion overturning the constitutional right to abortion.

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