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Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Reinstatement of the Preliminary Injunction Against the Texas Social Media Law

The ruling is not a final decision on the merits. But it likely signals that at least five Supreme Court justices believe the law is unconstitutional.

Reason

US supreme court blocks Texas law targeting social media rules

Measure passed by Republican-led legislature seeks to bar platforms from removing user posts based on ‘viewpoint’

The Guardian - US

Commentary: Courting theocracy

Ordinarily, the word “unprecedented” is hyperbole, similar to “Breaking news!” or “Greatest ever!” When used to describe the current danger to American democracy, however, it is all too appropriate. Never in the nation’s history have democratic institutions been so at risk under what would first appear to be banal circumstances.

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US Supreme Court may be on verge of expanding the right to carry guns in public

In addition to New York, there are seven other states with similar concealed carry licensing laws

The Independent UK

The DOJ Says a Man Whose Record Was Expunged Still Must Register As a Sex Offender, Which Is Impossible

A federal lawsuit argues that the department's regulations violate due process, the separation of powers, and the First Amendment.

Reason

Impending demise of Roe v. Wade puts a spotlight on a major privacy risk: Your phone reveals more about you than you think

When Politico published Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that would undo Roe v. Wade, a number of commentators observed how hard it would be for women in states that had made abortion illegal to safely travel to abortion clinics elsewhere. Their phones’ location histories would give them away,…

The Conversation

Don’t believe those who say ending Roe v Wade will leave society largely intact

If the high court adopts Alito’s draft opinion, it will be a legal tidal wave that sweeps away a swath of rights unlike anything America has ever seen

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Editorial: First abortion, next birth control — women understand the stakes

Over the past few weeks, Americans have come to understand just how deeply Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that established women’s rights to control their reproductive health care, is ingrained in the nation’s legal foundation. The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion has put the…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: We’ve expanded the Supreme Court before. It’s time to do so again

With the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade generating shockwaves across the country, Supreme Court expansion is once again emerging as a serious proposal in response to the extreme partisanship overtaking our nation’s highest court. Throughout our nation’s history, federal lawmakers have expanded and reduced…

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Jonathan Bernstein: Republican judges don’t care for restraint

If you had any doubt that Republican objections to judicial activism would melt away if conservative judges gained the upper hand, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and some of the judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in Texas, should put it to rest.

Tribune News Service

Enough with the political ads

I am still waiting for the candidate who vows to restrict campaign ads to 60 days prior to the election. That is the candidate I will vote for.

Chicago Sun-Times

Stephen Colbert on Bush’s gaffe: ‘A refreshingly lighthearted confession to war crimes’

Late-night hosts discuss Bush accidentally calling the invasion of Iraq ‘wholly unjustified and brutal’, and Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US

Texas’ ‘Anti-Censorship’ Law Censors Social Media. What If It Goes Into Effect?

A federal appeals court recently upheld a state law requiring companies like Facebook and Twitter to host hate speech.

Texas Observer

Reproductive justice is about more than abortion rights

Black women coined the phrase “reproductive justice,” which is grounded in Black feminism and human rights.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Here's why tech giants want the Supreme Court to freeze Texas' social media law

Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints

The Guardian - US

Ending Roe v Wade is just the beginning

Conservatives are animated by a vision of 1950s-style white Christian patriarchal dominance – it is the only order they will accept for America

Mic

The government is preparing for violence if Roe is overturned, per a leaked memo

Threats are “likely to persist and may increase” leading up to the Supreme Court’s decision, the DHS’s intelligence arm said.

The Guardian - UK

US supreme court abortion reversal would be global ‘catastrophe’ for women

If Roe v Wade is overturned, it will encourage anti-choice groups – particularly in the developing world, activists warn

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Commentary: Caught in a draft

Many Americans, most notably Chief Justice John Roberts, were aghast at the leak of Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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Commentary: Draft opinion striking down Roe brings ‘fire to this fight once again’

The now infamous Supreme Court draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, repealing Roe v. Wade, is not just a shameful ransacking of a 50-year-old precedent, it is an epic assault on the fundamental right of women to participate as equals in American society.

ABC News

Abortion in Mississippi is already limited to a single clinic. If Roe v Wade falls, it could soon be outlawed entirely

The "Pink House" in Jackson has been fighting for safe, legal abortion for more than a decade. It's now at the centre of a once-in-a-generation legal stoush, with consequences that will shake the foundation of American life.

The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas says leak of opinion to overturn Roe is like an ‘infidelity’ that eroded trust in Supreme Court

Long-serving sitting justice tells right-wing think tank that opinion leak was ‘tremendously bad’

Salon

Privacy, secrecy and the Supreme Court

For a cabal that's about to kill off the constitutional right to privacy, SCOTUS sure keeps itself buttoned up

Salon

GOP's SCOTUS protest crackdown: legal?

The Justice Department has not yet signaled that it will be pursuing legal action against any of the protesters

WEKU

The draft Roe ruling is a reminder that religion's role is older than the Republic

The question arises: Since when did so much of our politics have to do with religion? And the answer is, since the beginning — and even before.

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