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July 29, 2021

228 GOP lawmakers urge SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade

The plea to overturn abortion law was signed by top GOP leaders like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

July 29, 2021

Maine church asks Supreme Court to scrap COVID-era worship service restrictions

A Maine church is asking the Supreme Court to block restrictions against houses of worship during the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that limiting its ability to hold religious services while exempting other activities and businesses for being "essential" violates its rights under the free exercise clause of the First Amendment.

July 28, 2021

Vast majority of European nations limit elective abortions after 15 weeks, US outside mainstream: study

U.S. elective abortion restrictions are outside the global mainstream as most European nations ban the procedure much earlier in the pregnancy, according to a new study.

July 27, 2021

Sens. Hawley, Lee, Cruz lead amicus brief urging SCOTUS to overturn landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade

Republican Sens. Josh Hawley, Mike Lee and Ted Cruz filed the brief with the Supreme Court on Tuesday for the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

July 26, 2021

Michael Goodwin: Biden the divider – what happened to all the unity talk in his inaugural address?

Joe Biden’s inaugural speech was pedestrian at best, but its enduring virtue is that the new president left little doubt about his main focus: healing a fractured nation.

July 23, 2021

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin rips Justice Clarence Thomas in first op-ed since return from sexual misconduct scandal

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin ripped Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in his first op-ed since returning to the liberal network following a prolonged leave of absence for sexual misconduct.

July 21, 2021

Football coach fired for praying on field to take appeal to Supreme Court: 'Stand up for your faith'

Joe Kennedy, who was fired in 2015 after he refused to stop saying prayers on the field while acting as a public school coach, said on Wednesday that he plans to take his case to the Supreme Court after he lost his latest court appeal.

July 21, 2021

Durbin says he won't 'join that chorus' of Dems calling for Breyer to step down: 'I admire him greatly'

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin said on Wednesday that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn't need members of Congress to "push or shove" him into retirement, distancing himself from calls by some Democrats for the justice to leave the bench as soon as possible.

July 21, 2021

Liberal media continues to vent over Stephen Breyer staying on Supreme Court

MSNBC writer Chris Geidner joined the growing list of liberal media figures expressing their disappointment in Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's decision to remain on the nation's highest court as he faces calls from the left to retire in favor of a younger progressive replacement.

July 20, 2021

Court-packing supporters tell Biden Supreme Court commission 'democracy is under assault' by justices

Court-packing supporters told President Biden's Supreme Court commission that sitting Supreme Court justices represent a grave threat to democracy.