The Supreme Court has stepped in to stay a lower court decision that would have imposed nationwide restrictions on access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion medication, but the court battle isn’t over. The high court’s order keeps mifepristone available as a fight over nationwide access continues to work its …
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Holding the powerful to account isn’t cheap. Support Rolling Stone’s award-winning political coverage with a digital subscription. Click here to subscribe. In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Yale law and history professor Samuel Moyn to discuss everything Supreme Court. Our …
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Joe Biden and Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a meaningful disagreement back in 1993, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Biden chaired it at the time. They were discussing societal change, and specifically how it should come about. Should a court move ahead of a populace’s attitudes and …
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Tuesday is a dismal day for what’s left of democracy in the state of Wisconsin. It’s also a warning sign for the entire country about this November’s elections. Free, fair elections in Wisconsin took a one-two punch on Monday evening. First, the conservative state supreme court, also along party lines, …
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