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Supreme Court dropping decisions on abortion, Trump immunity and more in coming days
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoWhile the case deals with a technical question of bankruptcy law, there are wrenching stories not...
Supreme Court upholds law disarming domestic abusers
Mother Jones· 1 hour agoFight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Every 16 hours in the US, a woman is gunned...
What’s Next For Marijuana Policy?
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoBut with increased usage comes concerns about the drug’s health effects—on both a personal and societal level. As the cultural tides have shifted on the...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoBy the end of 2018, the Trump administration had promulgated a regulation reclassifying bump stocks as machine guns, which have been sharply restricted since 1934. Now comes the Supreme Court to undo that regulation, in a 6-3 ruling.
Bulletin: Could Rahimi Splinter the Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority?
The Trace· 1 day agoThe Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems to be splintering — and where justices stand on gun rights is at the center of the rift. Justice Amy Coney Barrett appears disillusioned with ...
Insider Today: Meta's manager squeeze
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThere's just one problem: A workplace overly focused on mental health isn't always a recipe for better mental-health outcomes. In fact, some researchers...
Key proposition aims to protect same sex marriage
The Lake County Record-Bee· 2 hours agoAlmost 16 years ago, California passed a short constitutional amendment via a ballot proposition that included no reason for its adoption. “Only marriage...
Bill Blum, The Progressive
The Raw Story· 2 days agoThomas is in his thirty-first year on the high court, placing him twelfth on the list of longest-serving Supreme Court justices in history. In 1993, Thomas told two of his law clerks that he ...
Democrats seek to repeal Comstock abortion rule, fearing Trump crackdown
Washington Post· 1 day agoDemocrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal law that bans abortion-related materials from...
The heartbreaking love story behind the historic Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case
TODAY via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoJim Obergefell was the lead plaintiff on the landmark case that gave same-sex couples the right to...