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June 29, 2020

John Yoo: Supreme Court swing vote – What's behind John Roberts' legal gymnastics?

By a 5-4 vote, a fractured Supreme Court Monday struck down Louisiana’s effort to regulate abortion by requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at local hospitals.

June 29, 2020

Thomas tears into abortion precedent, says Roe v. Wade should fall in dissent on Louisiana case

The pitched dissent made clear that Thomas is ready to tear down the court's protections for abortion completely in his most explicit comments yet that precedents all the way back to Roe v. Wade should fall. 

June 29, 2020

Marjorie Dannenfelser: Supreme Court abortion case – why coming election so crucial to pro-life cause

Monday’s Supreme Court decision deals a cruel blow to vulnerable women and girls and is a bitter disappointment to the pro-life movement.

June 29, 2020

Supreme Court turns away border wall challenge from environmentalists

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a coalition of environmental groups that pushed back against the Trump administration's construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

June 29, 2020

White House rips Supreme Court’s ‘unfortunate ruling’ on Louisiana abortion clinic restrictions

The White House slammed an “unfortunate” Supreme Court ruling Monday that struck down a Louisiana law requiring abortion providers have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

June 29, 2020

Napolitano: Justice Roberts 'will probably be vilified' for ruling on Louisiana abortion case

Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said Chief Justice John Roberts “will probably be vilified” by conservative Republicans for once again casting a deciding vote by siding with the Supreme Court's liberal justices on Monday.

June 29, 2020

Supreme Court rules CFPB head can be fired for any reason, in blow to agency created under Obama

The ruling from the high court could affect the authority of dozens of other federal agencies with quasi-independent status, like the Federal Reserve and the Social Security Administration.

June 29, 2020

Supreme Court turns back appeal from inmates, clearing way for federal executions to resume in July

The Supreme Court on Monday, over the objections of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, refused to take up a case challenging the federal government's new execution protocol, clearing the way for federal executions to resume in July. 

June 29, 2020

Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana law on abortion clinic restrictions

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that individuals who perform abortions at clinics have admitting privileges in a nearby hospital is unconstitutional, as it places an undue burden on women seeking abortions.

June 27, 2020

Texas AG Ken Paxton says there's 'a lot of voter fraud' involving mail-in ballots

Those who say there is no increased fraud when voting via mail-in ballots have "obviously [not] been investigating fraud" in Texas, AG Ken Paxton asserted Saturday.