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Supreme Court briefly puts on hold lower court’s limits on abortion drug mifepristone
By: Ximena Bustillo | Lexie Schapitl | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has placed a hold on a lower court ruling that restricts access to the abortion drug mifepristone until Wednesday night. Alito… Read More
The Supreme Court won’t enforce a West Virginia law banning trans athletes from girls’ teams
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated April 6, 2023 at 2:39 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused Thursday to intervene in an ongoing case involving West Virginia’s law banning transgender girls… Read More
Biden’s student loan relief faces its biggest test yet at the Supreme Court
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A handful of Republican-dominated states will ask the Supreme Court on Tuesday to permanently block the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. The states contend that the… Read More
Ohio Republicans take their fight over congressional district map to the U.S. Supreme Court
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican leaders in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate have filed an appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Ohio Supreme Court’s… Read More
The Supreme Court leaves Don Blankenship’s conviction in place
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t review the conviction of former coal CEO Don Blankenship, who was convicted of conspiring to violate safety standards at West Virginia’s… Read More
Ohio’s Republican Senator confirms no vote on same-sex marriage bill until after November
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill on federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages won’t be voted on in the U.S. Senate until after the November election, though… Read More
Preventive care such as birth control, anti-HIV medicine challenged in Texas lawsuit
By: Allison Aubrey | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Affordable Care Act has survived many challenges in court, but the case of Kelley v. Becerra – now before a federal judge in Texas –… Read More
Protests continue in southeast Ohio after the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion
By: Jack Demmler
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Protesters gathered on the steps of the Athens County Courthouse last week after the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion. Ari Faber, the operations coordinator of United… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court rejects request to suspend state’s six-week abortion ban
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court has denied a request to suspend the state’s new six-week abortion ban just two days after the group of abortion… Read More
Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated June 30, 2022 at 10:30 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a major blow to the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate… Read More
Is same-sex marriage or birth control in danger after U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion?
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down constitutional protections for abortion is raising questions about the future of other rights established with court… Read More
Here’s where abortions will likely be banned or strictly limited post Roe
By: Becky Sullivan | Kristin Gourlay | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Twenty-two states have laws in place that will immediately ban abortions or pave the way to ban or severely restrict access to them, following the Supreme… Read More
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades
By: Nina Totenberg | Sarah McCammon | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion upheld for nearly a half century, no longer… Read More
Supreme Court expands gun rights nationwide after striking down a N.Y. law that restricts concealed carrying of guns
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion along ideological lines, ruled that New York’s restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms in public violates the… Read More
How states are preparing for a Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The U.S. Supreme Court is soon expected to issue what could be a momentous decision upending abortion rights. Last month, a leaked draft revealed the conservative justices… Read More
What could happen in Ohio if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It appears the U.S. Supreme Court might be on its way to overturning the landmark decision that allowed abortion as a constitutional right throughout… Read More
The Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
By: Eric McDaniel | NPR
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Updated April 7, 2022 at 2:18 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Senate has voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court… Read More
Ohio’s Republican US Senator says he’ll oppose Jackson’s nomination to Supreme Court
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Retiring Republican US Sen. Rob Portman will stick with most of his party and oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to the US… Read More
Supreme Court makes it easier to sue for malicious prosecution
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made it easier to sue police and prosecutors for malicious prosecution. But the decision still leaves in place other barriers… Read More
Manchin says he will support Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
By: Deepa Shivaram | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday he will vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, clearing the way to an all-but-certain confirmation. The West Virginia Democrat has… Read More
What Ketanji Brown Jackson can expect to hear from Republicans this week
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Thesaurus has no synonyms for the phrase, “confirmation hearing.” That’s because it’s a unique beast. Unique because it is like no other. And beast because… Read More
Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after serving more than two decades on the nation’s highest court, Supreme Court and Biden administration sources tell NPR…. Read More
Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large private companies
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated January 13, 2022 at 4:45 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test rule Thursday, declaring that the Occupational Safety and… Read More
High court to hold special session on vaccine requirements
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will hold a special session in just over two weeks to hear arguments on the Biden administration’s vaccine or testing requirement for… Read More
Roe v. Wade’s future is in doubt after historic arguments at Supreme Court
By: Nina Totenberg | Krishnadev Calamur | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The right to an abortion in the United States appeared to be on shaky ground as a divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on the fate… Read More