The Impact of Women Justices on the United States Supreme CourtLawson, Lacie
Twenty years ago, the justices deemed registration nonpunitive, accepting unsubstantiated assumptions about its benefits and blithely dismissing its costs. This Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe, a Supreme Court decision that approved the retroactive application of ...
◎★ Politico, 2024-5-20: During Tsai's tenure, Taiwan became the first society in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, though critics say she skirted political responsibility by leaving the decision up to the Supreme Court and a series of referendums....
There’s also the issue of abortion. Trump was dead against all abortions in 2016. He put three justices on the Supreme Court who joined Justice Samuel Alito in reversing Roe v. Wade, with the result that one out of three women of childbearing age now lives in a state where...
Roberts, himself, has already served as Chief Justice longer than most of that select group of 17, and it would be a good situation if he, with 18 years; Alito with 17 years; and Thomas with 32 years (12th longest of all Supreme Court Justices) were to retire soon, but that is very...
Former President Trump, though boasting about appointing the Supreme Court justices that allowed for the overturning of Roe, has at times sought a more cautious stance on abortion rights this election. He has dodged questions and leaned on his go-to response that t...
President Donald Trump and confirmed in October 2020, all eyes are on the conservative judge when it comes to Roe v. Wade. It is assumed she will be the fifth vote, along with fellow conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, to overturn abortion ...
the country Saturday. The demonstrations took place two days before the start of a new term for the Supreme Court that will decide the future of abortion rights in the United States, after appointments of justices by President Donald Trump strengthened conservative control of the high court. ...
As president, Trump played a pivotal role in ending federal protections for abortion rights, as he appointed three Supreme Court justices necessary to repealRoe v. Wade. As the decision — and the many state level restrictions on reproductive freedoms that followed — has generated voter...
These women say they are enraged and fed up after a majority of their male counterparts voted for a candidate who was found liable for sexual abuse and whose appointment of three conservative Supreme Court justices led to the overturning of national abortion rights protections. In response, they...