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Tag: US supreme court

  • Kintsugi
  • January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

This weekend marked the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

It may be its last as settled law. As the Supreme Court considers a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks, and whether to overturn Roe altogether, The Times examined how U.S. abort

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 6, 2021

The Supreme Court seems likely to undermine or overturn Roe v. Wade.

By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick All six Republican appointees on the Supreme Court have long signaled that they have qualms with the Roe v. Wade decision. What’s been less clear is wh

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 16, 2021

Why The Supreme Court Probably Doesn’t Care What Most Americans Think About Abortion Or Gun Rights

By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux OCT. 4, 2021, AT 6:00 AM The Supreme Court is more conservative than it’s been in almost a century. ​​Its new term begins today, and by next June

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 31, 2020October 31, 2020

This is why the Supreme Court is so important…

Kavanaugh’s Opinion in Wisconsin Voting Case Raises Alarms Among Democrats By Jim Rutenberg and Nick Corasaniti October 27, 2020 The Supreme Court decision on Monday barring t

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

Understanding the Supremes

Today the final Supreme Court decisions of the term were announced. Here are a few highlights of this term’s rulings: The court ruled that nearly half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation in

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https://youtu.be/2Szdo6fRc5c?si=v5R7RC_qW9j17to2

NY Times

  • JPMorgan Again Entangled in a Soccer Fiasco
  • ‘A War Zone’: Spokane Wildfires Leave a Devastating Trail of Destruction
  • Late Night Reacts to Trump’s Latest Iran Deal Comments
  • What Do Dictators Fear Most? Just Ask Nicaragua.
  • New Zealand Has Ended Greyhound Racing. Now It Has to Manage the Aftermath.
https://youtu.be/PrM5Te05Xmg?si=0u9np_T2c0cLK0L3

NPR

  • Photos: Wildfires in Spokane lead to thousands of evacuations
  • What would it take to get peptides on the shelf?
  • Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon
  • Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky
  • After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health
https://youtu.be/EAys2d29EXo?si=91f17xP95m4KfIls

The Progressive

  • Editor’s Note: Smoking Mirrors
  • Youth-Led Homs Film Society Looks to Rebuild a Divided Syria
  • Anti-Hunger Groups in Connecticut Champion Long-Term Solutions
  • The Urgent Water Crisis in Gaza
  • How ‘The Odyssey’ Was Lost In Translation
https://youtu.be/N82Nk7DIlrA?si=ONHe-_8fZiwYSfSS

FactCheck.org

  • Trump’s Continued Claims of Vandalism at Reflecting Pool Disputed by U.S. Attorney Memo
  • Paul Distorts Fauci’s Diary Entry About COVID-19 and Wet Market
  • Major Driver of Worsening Canadian Wildfires Is Climate Change, Not Forest Mismanagement
  • One Big Beautiful Bill Not (Yet) Driving ACA, Medicaid Declines
  • Trump’s Numbers, July 2026 Update
https://youtu.be/lw037FQ39dg?si=BB5YmOTjtcgXNBjK

Snopes.com

  • CDC didn't say COVID-19 vaccines are 'largest carcinogenic exposure in history'
  • Katie Miller, who called for Fauci's imprisonment, got medical advice from him in 2020
  • Are AI companies scanning and destroying millions of books, including rare titles?
  • Jeanne Gibson, one of many Rosie the Riveters, died at 100
  • 9 Medicare claims we've examined
https://youtu.be/5IdfKPqDoQ8?si=3mvpZ-wUPied3C3J

Tradeoffs

  • Meet the Man Launching Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements Months Early
  • A Wyoming Doctor’s Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Her Deep Red State
  • Call to Mind: Immigration and the Challenge to Belong
  • As Drama at Trump's FDA Subsides, Doubts and Damage Linger
  • Making Medical Decisions with Uncertain Science
https://youtu.be/ZtFJ1NnaJj8?si=X_zFEtGkxkTwMKc8

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