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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

Abortion funds languish in legal turmoil, their leaders fearing jail time if they help Texans

It’s unclear whether Texas’ tangled web of abortion laws would make it a crime to pay for a Texan to leave the state to get an abortion, but the threat has compelled the funds to cease services.

The Texas Tribune

US Supreme Court rules Oklahoma can prosecute crimes on Native American land

‘The Court’s precedents establish that Indian country is part of a State’s territory,’ Kavanaugh writes as Gorsuch slams majority for ‘ahistorical and mistaken’ interpretation ‘of Indian law’

The Independent UK

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McConnell: Blocking Obama's SCOTUS pick led to overturning Roe v. Wade

"It’s the single-most consequential decision I’ve made in my public career," McConnell said.

Axios

US top court expands state power over Native land in Oklahoma

State can prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal land when victim is Native, Supreme Court rules.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court rules Oklahoma can prosecute non-Natives who commit crimes on tribal lands

The opinion has the potential of redoing the court system not just in Oklahoma but in all 50 states.

Axios

Conservative justices vowed to respect precedent: Did they lie or just parse words?

WASHINGTON — As a Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh described the legal principle of respecting past precedent as “critically important” and specifically cited the landmark case of Roe v. Wade that established a legal right to abortion nearly 50 years ago.

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Tony Norman: An iron fist on the scales of justice

For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas sat mostly silent on the Supreme Court bench, content to let others debate the controversies of the day. Because Thomas would not argue in public, court watchers had no idea of how he processed arguments beyond his written dissents and concurrences.

Tribune News Service

Maximalists Threaten a Federalist Compromise on Abortion

National legislation and extraterritorial application of state laws are inconsistent with the local leeway that the Constitution protects.

Reason

Omar: Investigate justices who lied

"We need a comprehensive plan to fix this court," Omar says, urging impeachment and court expansion

Salon

Harris emerges as top abortion voice, warns of more fallout

Vice President Kamala Harris has spent weeks warning that the Supreme Court decision undermining the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling could open the door for sweeping new restrictions on privacy

The Independent UK

Monday briefing: How the end of Roe v Wade has already transformed America

In today’s newsletter: in just three days, the US supreme court’s monumental anti-abortion ruling has torn up old certainties about reproductive rights

The Guardian - UK

Many US companies move to pay travel costs for employees seeking abortions

Tech firms and banks, including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, add ‘critical healthcare’ package

The Guardian - US

‘A mockery of democracy’: US supreme court in question after abortion ruling

In scrapping the right to terminate a pregnancy the court went against the popular will – only 25% of Americans now have confidence in the institution

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The Independent UK

Senate confirmed justices to end Roe. How will voters react?

The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate

The Independent UK

What GOP-named justices had said about Roe to Senate panel

The nine justices of the Supreme Court made clear in their landmark ruling Friday whether they stand on abortion

The Guardian - US

Roe v Wade: senators say Trump supreme court nominees misled them

Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh said they would not overturn landmark abortion ruling, Susan Collins and Joe Manchin say

The Independent UK

Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings

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

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The Independent UK

Abortion ruling thrusts companies into divisive arena

The Supreme Court’s decision to end the nation’s constitutional protections for abortion has catapulted businesses of all types into the most divisive corner of politics

Salon

Trump: "Ending Roe bad for Republicans"

When the draft leaked, Trump reportedly told people in private that a reversal of Roe will "anger suburban women"

Salon

Kavanaugh: "No to Roe, yes to abortion"

Kavanaugh weighs in with a somewhat confusing take on Friday's Supreme Court ruling

Tribune News Service

pg working Biden, Democrats lack options to do much on abortion access

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are under pressure to enact new policies to ensure U.S. women retain access to abortions, but their options are sorely limited and risk generating new court challenges.

WEKU

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism

"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. The court's liberals warn that other rights could now be vulnerable.

The Independent UK

Manchin hits out at Trump-appointed judges who promised they thought Roe was settled issue in their hearings

Sens Manchin and Collins question whether justices lied during private meetings and committee hearings

Salon

Manchin claims he was betrayed by SCOTUS

Manchin has repeatedly gutted abortion rights and refused to back a bill that would have enshrined it into U.S. law

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