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It's the latest setback for a band of Republicans who abhor regulatory constraints on business but who regularly resort to regulation to control the behavior of individuals in Texas. The abortion restrictions that the nation's highest court kicked to the side of the road are part of a running theme among Texas Republicans, who routinely hide their political motives behind unsubstantiated claims of public safety.
The Supreme Court has turned down a long-shot request to hold new arguments in a major labor union case that ended in a 4-4 tie. The justices on Tuesday denied without comment a petition from a group of California teachers urging the court to reconsider the case once a new justice is confirmed.
By striking down tough abortion restrictions in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has emboldened abortion-rights activists nationwide and imperiled a range of anti-abortion laws in numerous states.
By striking down tough abortion restrictions in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has emboldened abortion-rights activists nationwide and imperiled a range of anti-abortion laws in numerous states. By striking down tough abortion restrictions in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has emboldened abortion-rights activists nationwide and imperiled a range of anti-abortion laws in numerous states.
Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers after six children were killed when the furniture toppled over and fell on them. By Bill Fuller Associated Press Two explosions and a fire rocked a natural gas plant in southern Mississippi on Monday night, but no one was injured and flames continued for hours Tuesday,... By Bill Fuller Associated Press Two explosions and a fire rocked a natural gas plant in southern Mississippi on Monday night, but no one was injured and flames continued for hours Tuesday, authorities said.
Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage , this week described marriage rights for gay couples as a "profound lie" similar to slavery. Turnout at NOM's annual March for Marriage - the first since the U.S. Supreme Court found that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry - was low, fewer than 250 people by one count .
Supreme Court refuses to hear another case on contraceptives Do pharmacies with religious objections have to dispense certain forms of birth control? Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/28XQ6Yn The Supreme Court denied a new case testing whether pharmacies must dispense forms of contraception despite religious objections. An earlier case involving the Little Sisters of the Poor was heard in March and decided in May. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court disposed of a case testing religious objections to contraception in May. On Tuesday, the justices refused to hear another one.
Like the other business operators on Main Street in Rainelle, Pamela Wallace Arnold is slowly cleaning up from West Virginia's worst flooding in decades. She's also preparing to help bury the dead.
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Long wait times for abortions and lengthy drives to abortion clinics are likely to continue in Texas for months and maybe years despite the U.S. Supreme Court striking down restrictions that drastically reduced the number of providers statewide. Texas lost more than half of its 41 abortion clinics in the three years since former Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed a sweeping anti-abortion law that justices largely dismantled in a 5-3 ruling Monday.
The Supreme Court issued its strongest defense of abortion rights in a quarter-century Monday, striking down Texas' widely replicated rules that sharply reduced abortion clinics in the nation's second-most-populous state. By a 5-3 vote, the justices rejected the state's arguments that its 2013 law and follow-up regulations were needed to protect women's health.
Drug makers complained bitterly last week after the US Supreme Court left intact a controversial procedure for reviewing patent disputes, arguing that the decision threatens valuable research efforts and that patients will eventually suffer. But the truth of those claims is debatable.
A bi-partisan group of former attorney generals, and long-time supporters, celebrated Monday's Supreme Court decision to throw out the conviction of former governor Bob McDonnell. McDonnell said the support of friends and family has helped him in the days that followed his 2014 conviction on 11 counts involving federal corruption; Maureen was found guilty on nine counts.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on June 27 that culverts that block salmon from more than 1,000 miles of streams in Western Washington violate treaties between Tribal governments and the United States. It's a decision that the state Department of Transportation likely expected, as work began on culvert replacement before the ruling was made; among the places in Kitsap that fish-blocking culverts are being replaced: state routes 3 and 116 in Gorst, and 104 and 307 in North Kitsap.
Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of Whole Woman's Health, a Texas women's health clinic that provides abortions, rejoices as she leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2016, as the justices struck down the ... .
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Maine can prohibit domestic abusers from owning firearms, even for offenses that do not rise to felonies. The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Maine can prohibit domestic abusers from owning firearms, even for offenses that do not rise to felonies.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Republican lawmakers relied too heavily on race when they redrew North Carolina's congressional districts to give the GOP a powerful advantage in the swing state. The justices will hear the case in the fall - almost certainly too late to affect November's elections.
Amy Hagstrom Miller, second from right, founder of Whole Woman's Health, a Texas women's health clinic that provides abortions, leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2016, with Center for Reproductive Rights President Nancy Northup, far right, as the justices struck down the strict Texas anti-abortion restriction law known as HB2. The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations were a thinly veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get an abortion in the nation's second-most populous state.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Republican lawmakers in North Carolina relied too heavily on race when they redrew the state's congressional districts in ways that gave the GOP a powerful advantage in the swing state. The justices added the case to their calendar for the fall - almost certainly too late to affect 2016's remaining races, But it could have an impact in the years ahead on partisan efforts to create electoral districts aimed at swaying the balance of power in Congress or in state legislatures.