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Abortion-rights advocates are intensifying efforts to make it easier for women to get abortions amid a new wave of state-level bans and restrictions expected to occur under a reconfigured U.S. Supreme Court. The efforts include boosting financial aid for women needing to travel long distances to get an abortion, and raising awareness about the option of do-it-yourself abortions.
It was idle curiosity that lured Steve Dunsky into a 60-seat theater during a recent trip to Connecticut, catching the 1 hour, 38-minute documentary, “RBG.” Good thing the Empress Film Club coordinator trusts his instincts. The film - chronicling the career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - was impressive enough for Dunsky to book a screening Aug. 9 in Vallejo.
Kavanaugh's record suggests he would vote to support abortion restrictions if he... Twice in the past year, Brett Kavanaugh offered glimpses of his position on abortion that strongly suggest he would vote to support restrictions if confirmed to the Supreme Court. One was in a dissent in the case of a 17-year-old migrant seeking to terminate her pregnancy.
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. at the investiture of Neil Gorsuch in June 15, 2017. Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi / ALM Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement Tuesday ended his duties as circuit justice for the huge and busy U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says people of faith have unprecedented hostility in America. That, however, is a simplistic view that obscures the fact that America is, with more success than not, today home to more faiths than ever before.
There was Joseph from Matagorda County, Texas; Thomas from Forrest County, Mississippi; Thomas from Franklin County, Mississippi; Henry from Pickens County, South Carolina; John from York County, South Carolina; Jerry from Bedford County, Tennessee; Andrew from Echols County, Georgia; George from Brazos County, Texas.; Sam from Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Edward from Hamilton County, Tennessee.; Charles from Leake County, Mississippi; and Bill from Bleckley County, Georgia. I counted until the names hung too high for me to discern, or the glare from the sweltering summer sun baking the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery was just too bright.
JULY 10: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, left, and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, in McConnell's office in the Capitol on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, the day after President Donald Trump nominated Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Sometime in the next few months, the Senate will vote on whether or not to kill Roe v.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's choice to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, arrives for a private meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a member of the Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 30, 2018. WASHINGTON- The first Democratic senator to sit down with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said Monday he's not ready to say how he'll vote, but Kavanaugh did pick up the backing of Kentucky's Rand Paul, the only Republican in the narrowly divided Senate to have outwardly wavered in possible support.
The stakes are high as jury selection begins Tuesday in former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort's trial. Facing 18 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion charges in Virginia, Manafort could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to see Brett Kavanaugh's records from his tenure in the George W. Bush White House, probably in the hopes of finding incriminating information that could derail his Supreme Court nomination. Kavanaugh served as the White House staff secretary from 2003 to 2006.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's choice to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, arrives for a private meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a member of the Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 30, 2018.
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after the screening of "RBG," the documentary about her, in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 5, 2018. US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after the screening of "RBG," the documentary about her, in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 5, 2018.
Paul previously had been a lonely Republican voice expressing any concern about President Donald Trump's pick to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Paul had raised questions about surveillance and privacy rights, among other issues.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Sunday that she intended to stay on the bench for "at least five more years," putting off retirement until after her 90th birthday. "I'm now 85," Ginsburg said in New York, according to CNN .
"I'm now 85," Ginsburg said, according to CNN . "My senior colleague, Justice John Paul Stevens, he stepped down when he was 90, so think I have about at least five more years."
In a ruling that apparently conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ban on "anything that might resemble a prayer" at board meetings of a Southern California school district. "This requires the board to censor or otherwise remove individuals who attempt to say a prayer, or anything that might resemble a prayer, during the public comment period," explained Robert Tyler, a legal counsel representing the Chino Valley Unified School District in a case brought by an atheist activist group.
About hundred people waved signs and chanted "No to Kava-NO!" at the State House in Augusta on Saturday, and urged Maine's U.S. senators to decline to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Judge Brett Kavanaugh has sided time and time again with the interest of the wealthy and powerful over the interests of everyday Americans," said Eliza Townsend, executive director of Maine Women's Lobby.
Editor's note: Today, the Sun continues its occasional series of guest columns focusing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court. We hear it every election cycle from both parties and countless pundits - this is the most important election of our lifetime.
The midterm elections are the last obstacle to Trump's consolidation of power - and the greatest obstacle to voting is the feeling that it doesn't matter. In the haze of summer, with books still to be read, weeds pulled, kids retrieved from camp, it's a little hard to fathom that, three months from now, American democracy will be on the line.
Recent Supreme Court decisions are eroding the ability of public sector labor unions to compel workers into paying dues, sometimes using deceptive practices. But labor leaders have shown they won't go quietly in this fight.