Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday questioned the lawyer challenging a Mississippi abortion law about why its ban on abortion after 15 weeks doesn’t give women enough time to choose to terminate a pregnancy. “If you think that the issue is one of choice — that women should have a choice to terminate their pregnancy — … Continued
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked the lawyer defending a Mississippi law restricting abortion Wednesday whether the Supreme Court can ban abortion — and the lawyer said it can’t. “To be clear, you’re not arguing that the court somehow has the authority to itself prohibit abortion or that this court has the authority to order … Continued
The scope of abortion in the U.S. is at stake Wednesday as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, potentially the most consequential challenge to the 1973 Roe. v. Wade landmark ruling that limited government restrictions on abortion. Here are some key details about the case and what you can expect: What’s … Continued
In front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Mississippi lawyer Scott Grant Stewart will argue that Roe v. Wade was “egregiously wrong” and states should be allowed to protect unborn babies from abortion again. Pro-life advocates hope that Stewart’s arguments will succeed in convincing the justices, one of whom he clerked for, that they should overturn … Continued
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will take up the case of a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks weeks. When it does, former Vice President Mike Pence is someone who hopes the nation’s highest court will use the opportunity to reverse Roe v. Wade and protect unborn children. In new comments, Pence calls the … Continued
Wednesday is a big day at the U.S. Supreme Court when the justices plan to hear a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade and restore legal protections for unborn babies. The case is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, and it centers around a 2018 Mississippi law that protects unborn babies by banning abortions after 15 weeks of … Continued
As President Reagan’s White House counsel and as Attorney General, Ed Meese was a leading architect of the modern conservative legal movement. In this Washington Post op-ed, Meese soundly observes that the question whether that movement can be judged to be a “success” will turn on whether the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (to be … Continued
Expect plenty of opinions Wednesday at the Supreme Court when crowds of demonstrators converge for rallies timed to oral arguments on a Mississippi abortion law that could upend Roe v. Wade. Leading groups on both sides of the abortion issue are planning dueling events throughout the day on or near the steps of the high court. The Women’s … Continued
Jewish leaders say they are on edge about a rise in antisemitism from the political left in the U.S. The recent spate of hate directed at Jews ranges from people asked to leave public events for looking “visibly Jewish” to sharp anti-Israel stances in Congress to descendants of the Holocaust being accused of supporting genocide. … Continued
A band of praying evangelical Christians say they will quietly walk around the Supreme Court on Wednesday, hoping to accomplish something that hasn’t happened in 48 years: a ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision giving women the right to legal abortions. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Group, involved an abortion provider who is … Continued
Joining this year’s growing chorus of woke warnings about what and how Americans are allowed to celebrate the holidays, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) chancellor advised families they should “decolonize” the Thanksgiving holiday. In a message titled “Sharing My Gratitude” posted to the DCPS website this week, Chancellor Lewis Ferebee outlined the steps parents ought … Continued
ICE authorized just 20,858 arrests in the six months after the Biden administration announced new rules restricting which illegal immigrants could be targeted — or an average of just one arrest every two months for each deportation officer. That’s down exponentially from the Trump years, when the rate averaged two arrests each month, and it’s … Continued
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