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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/fQhFX2QqQrY?si=Qy7wEg0dV_7o2xFu

NY Times

  • Iran Will Meet With Gulf Arab States as Mideast Conflict Widens
  • Obama Urges Democrats to Move A.I. Oversight to the Center of Their Agenda
  • Top Lawmakers Agree A.I.’s Risks Are Rising but Say They Have No Quick Fix
  • What Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Argued in His Call for AI Slowdown
  • Angie Nixon, Candidate for Senate, Takes Florida by Storm
https://youtu.be/rDZ_gaUQab4?si=a6n8K1_lMElicuaI

NPR

  • Actor Tatyana Ali is advocating for Black and Indigenous maternal health
  • This summer was hot. August shattered global heat records
  • A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
  • Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured
  • Are we any closer to detecting dark matter?
https://youtu.be/XbnUHYxtYgI?si=2jfd6S2d_MdVaqlC

The Progressive

  • The 9/11 I Lived in Gaza
  • Does Soccer Still Explain the World?
  • We Must Rise To Meet the AI Threat
  • A ‘Gold Rush Moment’ for Private Education
  • In Lebanon, In Limbo
https://youtu.be/uD8jZQYslik?si=Kz8C1rm1giykowiP

FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Day Two of the GOP Midterm Convention
  • FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech
  • Ohio Democratic Ads Connect Husted to Bribery Scandal, Despite No Charges of Wrongdoing
  • Ad Attacking N.C. Republican Senate Candidate Uses His Own (Dated) Words Against Him
  • Ossoff Ad Takes Collins’ Quote Out of Context

Snopes.com

  • AG Todd Blanche didn't say predators in Epstein files wouldn't be prosecuted
  • Does photo show experimental circular forest in Japan?
  • 18 rumors about mail-in ballots, examined
  • Marsha Blackburn didn't say she would bring back school segregation in Tennessee if elected governor
  • Vulgar sign awaits Trump on his Ireland flight path?
https://youtu.be/m0RArRK7wEA?si=xFo4EarSDzEbpLLe

Tradeoffs

  • As SNAP Shrinks, What's the Future of Food Aid in America?
  • Beyond Finger Pointing: The Fight to Lower Health Care Costs
  • The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet HHS Chaos Heads to the Senate
  • ‘I Feel Unsafe Almost Everywhere’: How Trump Has Changed Life for One Transgender Teen
https://youtu.be/lY5V4hSLWY8?si=r3Oa5jmsQLTBq_2Q

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