President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years....
Playing devil’s advocate but couldn’t that backfire spectacularly? The born again nazis Republicans play the long game and we could see even larger scrotus stacked with nazis Republicans.
Also keep in mind that once a child is married to an adult, that adult is now the child’s “guardian”. So making important decisions like getting a divorce is now left up to the child’s new guardian potentially leaving the child stuck with their new spouse/guardian until they are legally considered an adult.
“One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency...
The ad was released hours after Trump said that he believes abortion laws should be left to the states, sidestepping the national ban that some of his supporters want....
The Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in more than 50 cases this term, and the plurality of them have come from the nation’s most conservative appeals court: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit....
The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the White House....
The abortion opponents who are seeking to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone point to three studies by Gynuity Health Projects, a New York-based women’s health research group, to back up their arguments that it is unsafe despite its regulatory approval decades ago....
An Arizona rancher went on trial Friday in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near Mexico, with his defense attorney maintaining his innocence as the national debate over border security heats up ahead of this year’s presidential election....
Typically deadly force can only be used if you think your life or safety is threatened, the police will still investigate the shooting and if they think your life or safety might not have been in jeopardy you’ll end up in court hoping to justify your actions to a judge and jury.
Never worked a job where coworkers touched, slapped or groped each other. I did have a coworker who was keeping a “journal” on a shared computer write about wanting to choke me, I reported him to my supervisor nothing came of it. He eventually threatened a coworker in front of an office full of people , he was immediately fired after that.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law on Wednesday a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools, making the state one of a few to enact broad measures against what she and other Republicans call a leftward tilt in U.S. education....
Except for the fact that Jewish people sometimes are antisemitic . This does not mean all Jewish people are antisemitic nor does it suggest that Jewish people are the root of antisemitism as your logic would seem to suggest.
And I’m saying that gay people as well as Jewish people can also be bigoted towards each other, but I’m not suggesting that they are the root of why the bigotry existed in the first place.
The Supreme Court is poised to take one of Biden’s few tools on abortion access (www.politico.com)
Biden pledges to name progressives to the Supreme Court, suggesting he expects vacancies (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years....
The art of drag has become a target. With Pride Month nigh, performers are organizing to fight back (apnews.com)
“Drag is joy, but it’s under attack. Our very existence, our self-expression, our art — all of it is being threatened. And we’ve had enough.”...
Global sales of polluting SUVs hit record high in 2023, data shows (www.theguardian.com)
Half of all new cars are now SUVs, making them a major cause of the intensifying climate crisis, say experts...
I wouldn't use either at this point... (lemmy.world)
Missouri bill to ban all child marriages runs into resistance from House Republicans (www.kansascity.com)
Will self driving trucks hit the roads with nobody on board or will they keep a human supervisor?
According to the news self driving trucks are about to hit the road with no driver on board....
Conservatives Weave Anti-Abortion Fantasyland To Allow Emergency Room Abortion Bans (talkingpointsmemo.com)
Dolphin found dead on beach riddled with bullets, NOAA offers $20k reward to find killer (www.usatoday.com)
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom (apnews.com)
“One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency...
This is how he sleeps (lemmy.world)
Mike Johnson and Donald Trump to promote bill to prevent non-citizens from voting (www.usatoday.com)
'Donald Trump did this': New Biden abortion ad features a woman who says she almost died because of the Texas ban (www.nbcnews.com)
The ad was released hours after Trump said that he believes abortion laws should be left to the states, sidestepping the national ban that some of his supporters want....
Supreme Court's taking an influx of cases from one circuit (www.newsweek.com)
The Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in more than 50 cases this term, and the plurality of them have come from the nation’s most conservative appeals court: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit....
Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the White House....
US Supreme Court abortion pill fight brings claims of distorted science (www.reuters.com)
The abortion opponents who are seeking to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone point to three studies by Gynuity Health Projects, a New York-based women’s health research group, to back up their arguments that it is unsafe despite its regulatory approval decades ago....
Trial starts for Arizona border rancher charged with killing migrant on his property (apnews.com)
An Arizona rancher went on trial Friday in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near Mexico, with his defense attorney maintaining his innocence as the national debate over border security heats up ahead of this year’s presidential election....
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Alabama governor signs law banning diversity programs in schools (www.reuters.com)
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law on Wednesday a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools, making the state one of a few to enact broad measures against what she and other Republicans call a leftward tilt in U.S. education....