Excerpts from the dissent by justices: Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor. (Some emphasis has been added.) After today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had. The majority accomplishes that result without so much as considering how women have relied on the right to choose or … Continue reading Eloquence Exemplified In Dissent: Courting the Post-Roe Future
“Susan Collins Was A Fool & A Sucker Day” Washington Post, June 2, 2022: “If this … is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office,” said the statement the senator released … Continue reading The Other Name for June 24: Susan Collins . . .
As abortion ruling nears, U.S. Supreme Court erects barricades to the public By Lawrence Hurley – June 17, 2022 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Encircled by an ominous security fence and off-limits to the public since March 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised in the coming weeks to issue a major ruling that could dramatically curtail … Continue reading Supreme Court Takes Itself Hostage
.AP News: Synagogue challenges Florida abortion law over religion BY CURT ANDERSON — June 14, 2022 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A new Florida law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks with some exceptions violates religious freedom rights of Jews in addition to the state constitution’s privacy protections, a synagogue claims in a lawsuit. The lawsuit filed … Continue reading Florida “Rabbi Rouser” Sues to Stop DeSantis Anti-Abortion Law
Washington Post: Ukraine is running out of ammunition as prospects dim on the battlefield Hopes that Ukraine will be able to reverse Russian gains are fading in the face of superior firepower By Siobhán O’Grady, Liz Sly and Ievgeniia Sivorka June 10, 2022 – ET SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — The euphoria that accompanied Ukraine’s unforeseen early victories … Continue reading Ukraine, War Notes: The End of Euphoria, A Shift in The Odds