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South Carolina Gov. McMaster wins reelection against Democrat Cunningham to serve second 4-year term

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster won reelection Tuesday to a second four-year term as South Carolina’s chief executive, a historic win that puts the Columbia Republican on track to become the longest-serving governor in state history.

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Minnesota tribal members ponder future of Native child welfare ahead of Supreme Court challenge

MINNEAPOLIS — Sheri Riemers, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, was 19 when she learned that two of her mother's sisters were removed from their birth home in the early 1970s and placed with separate non-Indian foster parents. One of the sisters was sexually abused and forcibly…

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Boston pays out $2.1M to settle Christian flag legal case

The city of Boston has agreed to pay more than $2.1 million to the Christian legal organization that backed a court challenge after the city refused to fly a Christian flag outside City Hall, a case that made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court

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Michigan, Kentucky among states with abortion on ballot

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion this summer, lawmakers in a dozen states have passed near-total bans and the issue has been thrust to the center of races around the country

The Independent UK

Election conspiracies frame contests for secretary of state

Races for secretary of state offices are some of the most consequential contests on the ballot

The Independent UK

US midterm elections put abortion on the ballot

The US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling earlier this year has made abortion one of the top issues during the campaign for the midterm elections. Both Democrats and Republicans have tried to capitalise on the ruling in order to attract voters. In Texas, a…

France 24

Supreme Court considers fate of landmark Indian adoption law

At issue is whether the the Indian Child Welfare Act — aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their tribes — is tribal protection or racial classification.

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Designer ready for high court fight on excluding gay couples

Colorado will face off in the U.S. Supreme Court against a Christian web designer who does not want to create custom wedding websites for same-sex couples

The Independent UK

John Fetterman’s Pa. Senate campaign is suing to have undated and misdated ballots counted

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s campaign for U.S. Senate has joined the legal fight over whether mail ballots with no date or the incorrect date should be counted in Tuesday’s election.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

US Supreme Court dismisses Michigan redistricting challenge to Congress map

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the appeal of Michigan Republicans who had challenged the state's new congressional map as drawn by the redistricting commission last year.

Tribune News Service

California Democrats rally for abortion rights measure Proposition 1

LOS ANGELES — California's top Democrats rallied in Long Beach on Sunday morning to urge voters to support Proposition 1, a state constitutional amendment that would block the state from passing any measures restricting access to abortion or contraception.

Los Angeles Times

The Pa. Supreme Court issues a second order on mail ballot dates as the legal fight continues

PHILADELPHIA — The scramble to figure out which Pennsylvania mail ballots to count and reject based on handwritten dates continued Saturday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Why 'undated' ballots have sparked a new election lawsuit in Pennsylvania

A legal saga over mail-in ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes that are missing dates handwritten by voters could determine midterm results in the key swing state.

WEKU

Campaign mailer misleads voters on Kansas Supreme Court retention and abortion rights

Days before the election, a misleading mailer went out to Kansans that falsely implied voters can protect abortion rights by ousting Kansas Supreme Court justices.

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California governor pardons abortion activist from 1940s

Gov. Gavin Newsom has posthumously pardoned an abortion activist from the 1930s and 1940s

Evening Standard

Every day I appreciate more the high value of emotional intelligence

In trying to define what constituted “hardcore pornography”, Justice Potter Stewart delivered the most iconic line in US Supreme Court history: “I know it when I see it”. The maxim stuck, not only because it was inadvertently comedic (at least as far as jurisprudence goes), but because everyone knew what…

Evening Standard

Phoebe Bridgers re-releases Iris cover featuring Maggie Rogers in aid of abortion care charity

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Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court's Sotomayor won't block extradition linked to S. Korea ferry sinking

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday rejected a bid by a businessman to block his extradition to South Korea to face embezzlement charges that stemmed from a 2014 ferry sinking that killed 304 people.

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The Texas Tribune

LGBTQ Texans voting with marriage, worker protections and trans rights in mind

The Texas Tribune spoke with LGBTQ voters, the parents of queer youth and advocates from across the state about what’s at stake for them this November.

The Independent UK

Protesters interrupt Supreme Court to defend abortion rights: ‘We will restore our freedom to choose’

Three women arrested after calling out to women voters from inside courtroom

Chicago Tribune

Billionaire Gov. Pritzker uses trust to skirt contribution limits in Illinois Supreme Court races

CHICAGO — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is using his personal trust fund to circumvent contribution limits in two races that will determine whether his party maintains its 4-3 majority on the Illinois Supreme Court.

The Conversation

Conservative US Supreme Court reconsidering affirmative action, leaving the use of race in college admissions on the brink of extinction

The U.S. military learned a valuable lesson about race during the Vietnam War: Diversity does not happen without affirmative action.

The Conversation

How a 2013 US Supreme Court ruling enabled states to enact election laws without federal approval

Since 2019, legislators and election officials in Florida have revised, passed and enforced restrictive voting laws that make it harder for poor people, former felons and people of color – who traditionally favor Democrats in elections – to vote.

The Texas Tribune

Paxton, Cornyn and Cruz prod U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in college admissions

The high court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases brought by a group led by the same man who previously lost an affirmative action case against the University of Texas at Austin.

Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court hears arguments in affirmative action case

The court has upheld the use of race-conscious admissions in the past, but has moved to the right in the years since.

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