Amid widespread outrage over recent rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue another decision this week that legal experts and activists warn could imperil the Biden administration’s climate goals and thus, the planet itself. West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—one of the few remaining cases from this term—...
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Monday offered “another example” of the court’s “conservative supermajority continuing its politicized agenda,” said the head of one of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions as the decision overturned decades of precedent which prohibited educators from leading students i...
International human rights group Amnesty International on Monday called on U.S. President Joe Biden to follow through on his campaign promise to eliminate the federal death penalty and commute the sentences of death row inmates as the country approaches the 50th anniversary of the landmark capital punishment case Furman v. Georgia. In a new re...
Under pressure to respond forcefully to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said the White House is not currently discussing the idea of using federal property to ensure access to abortion services for those living in states that have banned or are moving to ban the procedure. [...
At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. Wade. In all, 26 states could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher GUTMUCKER Institute, a research group which supports abortion rights. Monday marked a fourth day of demonstrations across the U.S. foll...
Illinois Republican Mary Miller, speaking at a rally alongside former president Donald Trump, called the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade a “victory for white life.” Miller is running for reelection in the state’s newly redrawn 15th Congressional district against Republican Rodney Davis in Tuesday’s primary. She thank...
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, said the court has no intention of stopping there. MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting warned the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority’s agenda “does not end at abortion.” Justice Thomas said previous rulings involving cas...
On Sunday Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said right-wing U.S. Supreme Court justices who “misled” senators during confirmation hearings should be impeached for lying under oath. The justices testified under oath about whether they supported overturning Roe v. Wade. Speaking with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ocasio-Cor...
On Monday, a former Washington high school football coach who lost his job over reciting a prayer on the 50-yard line after games won his Supreme Court appeal. Joe Kennedy was a junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant coach with the Bremerton School District in Washington from 2008 to 2015. He began to regularly […]
Online apparel seller The Playmate Stores had been selling pajamas and swimwear for women with verses of the Quran on them. Singapore news website AsiaOne reports that this was first noticed by TikTok user Abu Toz, an American Muslim. In his June 19 video on the social media platform, Abu Toz showed listings such as […]
