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Biden Commission Punts On Supreme Court Packing: “there is profound disagreement among Commissioners on these issues”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 07, 2021 29 Comments

So court packing is dead? Just you wait. If SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade in the Mississippi abortion case, well, the screams could become, ahem, an insurrection....

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Supreme Court Sure Is Taking Its Time Deciding Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law “Expedited” Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2021 25 Comments

The case was expedited and oral argument held November 1, but it's been sitting there without decision yet as Texas abortion procedures were cut in half....

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Mississippi Abortion Case – Roe v. Wade’s Flight 93 Oral Argument For Sotomayor, Breyer, Kagan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2021 91 Comments

Sotomayor seemed desperate: "Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?"...

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Sen. Shaheen to SCOTUS: “If You Want to See a Revolution, Go Ahead, Outlaw Roe v. Wade”

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 02, 2021 125 Comments

United States Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) seemed to threaten violence during a recent interview on the Dobbs v. Jackson abortion case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. For months, we've heard Democrats smear Trump supporters and other Republicans as domestic terrorists. Does threatening the Supreme Court with "revolution" qualify as an example?

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SCOTUS Appears to Seek Middle Ground on Abortion After Hearing Mississippi Abortion Oral Arguments

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 01, 2021 75 Comments

We will likely get a decision in the spring....

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New York Concealed Carry Restrictions Seem Likely To Fall As Important 2nd Amendment Case Argued In Supreme Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2021 23 Comments

"When Wednesday’s oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen drew to a close after roughly two hours of debate, it seemed likely that New York’s 108-year-old handgun-licensing law is in jeopardy."...

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Supreme Court Hears Argument On Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2021 19 Comments

Two cases challenge law that bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, but leaves enforcement to private lawsuits....

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Supreme Court Will Hear Case Addressing Limits on EPA’s Authority

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 31, 2021 13 Comments

The Biden administration urged the court not to hear the appeal....

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Barrett and Kavanaugh Join Supreme Court Liberals To Reject Stay Of Maine Vax Mandate Lacking Religious Exemption

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2021 48 Comments

Worried about the shadow docket: "Were the standard otherwise, applicants could use the emergency docket to force the Court to give a merits preview in cases that it would be unlikely to take—and to doso on a short fuse without benefit of full briefing and...

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Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law Still Beats, Supreme Court Leaves In Place But Agrees To Expedited Review

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2021 14 Comments

Question for oral argument on November 1 focuses on DOJ standing: "May the United States bring suit in federal court and obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State, state court judges, state court clerks, other state officials, or all private parties to prohibit S.B....

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DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Heartbeat Law, Calls it ‘Unconstitutional’

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 18, 2021 22 Comments

The DOJ claimed if SCOTUS does not act then the heartbeat law "would irreparably harm those interests and perpetuate the ongoing irreparable injury" to women in Texas seeking out abortions....

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‘Hope He Dies’: The Left Expresses Joy and Happiness After Kavanaugh Tests Positive for COVID

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 01, 2021 56 Comments

"Hope he dies"...

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Over 500 Female Athletes Beg SCOTUS to Keep Abortion Legal

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 21, 2021 57 Comments

"I decided to have an abortion. I wasn’t ready to be a mom, and having an abortion felt like I was given a second chance at life."...

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SCOTUS Will Hear Arguments on December 1 Over Mississippi Law Banning Most Abortions After 15 Weeks

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 20, 2021 20 Comments

I'm hoping SCOTUS once again does not go with precedent as it did with the Texas pro-life law. It is time we follow the science when it comes to our most basic right: LIFE....

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Sheldon Whitehouse Leads Renewed Democrat Attacks On Brett Kavanaugh

Posted by Stacey Matthews on September 18, 2021 55 Comments

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Biden Admin Conveniently Abandons ‘Birthing People’ After Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law Ruling

Posted by Stacey Matthews on September 03, 2021 30 Comments

"I know you’ve never faced those choices, nor have you ever been pregnant. But for women out there who have faced those choices — this is an incredibly difficult thing. The President believes their rights should be respected," press secretary Jen Psaki told a...

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‘Calling It a Baby?’: The Left Melts Down After SCOTUS Refuses To Halt Texas Pro-Life Law

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 02, 2021 66 Comments

Yes, one leftist cannot believe we call the unborn human being inside a woman a baby. People who claim to "follow the science" lack basic biology knowledge....

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Supreme Court Refuses To Halt Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law On Procedural Grounds

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2021 59 Comments

"it is unclear whether the named defendants in this lawsuit can or will seek to enforce the Texas law against the applicants in a manner that might permit our intervention"...

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