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U.S. Supreme Court has taken control of climate policy

Commentary / World Jul 1, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court has taken control of climate policy

by Noah Feldman

The top court's EPA decision upends precedent and, in effect, embraces a new doctrine of law.

Abortion and gun rulings show U.S. Supreme Court ready to ‘jolt’ system

World / Crime & Legal Jun 27, 2022

Abortion and gun rulings show U.S. Supreme Court ready to ‘jolt’ system

by Greg Stohr

The rulings embraced the conservative-backed "originalist” view that the Constitution should be interpreted based on its specific words and the meaning they held when were adopted.

Ending Roe is institutional suicide for U.S. Supreme Court

Commentary / World Jun 26, 2022

Ending Roe is institutional suicide for U.S. Supreme Court

by Noah Feldman

Dobbs will go down as one of the worst decisions in the court’s history after reversing rights on which the whole country has relied for half a century.

U.S. Supreme Court conservatives assert power with abortion and gun rulings

World | ANALYSIS Jun 26, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court conservatives assert power with abortion and gun rulings

by Lawrence Hurley

The increasingly unrestrained court has become ever more willing to take up and decisively rule on contentious issues.

The man most responsible for ending Roe worries that it could hurt his party

World / Politics Jun 25, 2022

The man most responsible for ending Roe worries that it could hurt his party

by Maggie Haberman and Michael C. Bender

As former President Donald Trump prepares for a likely 2024 presidential campaign, he has privately told friends and advisers the ruling will be "bad for Republicans.”

Clarence Thomas opinion signals same-sex marriage and contraception at risk after abortion ruling

World / Politics Jun 25, 2022

Clarence Thomas opinion signals same-sex marriage and contraception at risk after abortion ruling

Thomas’s opinion is a rallying cry for conservatives to start challenging same-sex marriages almost immediately, according to some experts.

Abortion pills over the counter? Experts see big hurdles in widening U.S. access.

World | FOCUS Jun 25, 2022

Abortion pills over the counter? Experts see big hurdles in widening U.S. access.

A pill used to terminate early pregnancies is unlikely to become available in the U.S. without a prescription for years, if ever, experts say.

U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling

World Jun 25, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling

by Adam Liptak

The court voted along ideological lines, 6-3, to uphold Mississippi’s ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and 5-4 to go further and explicitly overturn Roe.

U.S. abortion rights advocates fuming over Biden's response to looming threat

World / Social Issues May 15, 2022

U.S. abortion rights advocates fuming over Biden's response to looming threat

by Nandita Bose, Gabriella Borter and Andrea Shalal

Galvanized by the prospect of losing abortion rights, protesters marched across the country on Saturday in the start of what organizers said would be a "summer of rage."

U.S. Supreme Court in disarray after an extraordinary breach

World / Crime & Legal | ANALYSIS May 4, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court in disarray after an extraordinary breach

by Adam Liptak

The court's reputation was already in decline before the leak, with much of the U.S. persuaded that it is little different from the political branches of the government.

What would the end of Roe v. Wade mean? Key questions and answers.

World / Politics May 3, 2022

What would the end of Roe v. Wade mean? Key questions and answers.

by Claire Cain Miller

A leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade legal precedent describes a United States not seen in half a century.

Leaked draft abortion ruling a major blow to U.S. Supreme Court, experts say

World May 3, 2022

Leaked draft abortion ruling a major blow to U.S. Supreme Court, experts say

by Andrew Chung

While the substance of the draft sparked praise from anti-abortion conservatives and condemnation from abortion rights advocates, many court watchers blasted on the leak itself.

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