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There’s an antifeminist backlash silencing women – more and more literally

Powerful men are using defamation lawsuits to shut down allegations against them, and anti-choice groups are trying to pass laws criminalizing speech about abortion

The Guardian - US

Abortion decision cherry-picks history – when the US Constitution was ratified, women had much more autonomy over abortion decisions than during 19th century

Justice Samuel Alito appears spellbound by the 19th century.

The Conversation

If you like what the US Supreme Court just did, you’re going to love the next term

If you like the decisions the U.S. Supreme Court handed down this term, you’re going to be enraptured by what comes next. For the rest of us, though, the worst could be yet to come.

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Inside the US Supreme Court's perilous lurch to the right

Hayden Thorne examines how conservative judicial activism is reshaping American law in dangerous ways.

Newsroom.co.nz

Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures

State legislatures will be in the spotlight as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving the power to regulate abortion to the states

The Independent UK

Doctors weren't considered in Dobbs, but now they're on abortion's legal front lines

In a departure from earlier Supreme Court decisions on abortion, Justice Alito's abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.

WEKU

Clarence Thomas is at the peak of his power

Thomas has been laying the groundwork for this moment for years.

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'Revolutionary' high court term on abortion, guns and more

Abortion, guns and religion _ a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have made for a fateful Supreme Court term

The Independent UK

John Roberts is the chief justice of the US Supreme Court. But the fall of Roe v Wade and abortion rights have left him 'weakened'

As Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, John Roberts has enjoyed one of the most powerful positions in American society. But when Donald Trump installed three of his own picks on the bench, suddenly everything changed.

ABC News

SCOTUS sets up election theft for GOP

Supreme Court ends infamous term with promise for worse outcomes next time

Salon

I can't believe I pay taxes for this

Yes, I think we should pay taxes. But from SCOTUS salaries to the police, I have questions about our ROI

Salon

One nation — under minority rule

Right-wing justices tell us they're sending abortion back to the states — where they've rigged and broken democracy

Salon

Commentary: The Supreme Court gets an F in history for its rationales in abortion, gun rulings

It happens at least once a semester. My students and I will be discussing a contested political issue — say, affirmative action or capital punishment — and someone will ask, “Professor, what does history say about it?”

Chicago Tribune

Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism's conservative wing

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority

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The Conversation

The Supreme Court has overturned precedent dozens of times, including striking down legal segregation and reversing Roe

It is a central principle of law: Courts, including the Supreme Court, are supposed to follow earlier decisions – precedent – to resolve current disputes. But on rare occasions, Supreme Court justices conclude that one of the court’s past constitutional precedents has to go, so they overrule it. This is…

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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.

Reason

Abortion Rights Under the 9th and 14th Amendments

Understanding what Justice Alito got wrong in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Reason

Alabama Draws on Supreme Court's New Abortion Decision To Justify Trans Youth Treatment Ban

Alabama's attorney general argues such medical transitioning is not rooted in America’s history and therefore not constitutionally protected.

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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.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Rabbi’s suit over Florida abortion law tests bounds of religious objections after Roe

WASHINGTON — Weeks before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, revoking a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, a rabbi and lawyer in Boynton Beach was preparing to take action against Florida. The state’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, he said, directly targets Jews.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The day Roe went away, one to remember

We will remember June 24, 2022. It will stand as one of the most consequential days in Supreme Court history. Americans will remember this day as when the court overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Tribune News Service

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.

Reason

SCOTUS Rules That Doctors Who Write Prescriptions in Good Faith Can't Be Convicted of Drug Trafficking

The unanimous decision will rein in prosecutions that have long had a chilling effect on pain treatment.

Salon

Omar: Investigate justices who lied

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

The Independent UK

Supreme Court’s reversal of abortion rights is a ‘red alert’ to LGBT+ community

Clarence Thomas suggests overturning Roe v Wade could upend other 14th Amendment protections for marriage equality and other civil rights

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