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McConnell Is Stacking the Courts and Using Voter Suppression to Maintain Power
Mitch McConnell has established himself as the U.S.’s most dangerous practitioner of might-is-right politics.
Supreme Court Ruled Against Enslaved Children Even as US Celebrated Juneteenth
Child laborers on West African cocoa plantations are beaten, locked up and forced to toil for U.S. corporate profits.
Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Pipeline Developers Can Seize Public Land
The PennEast pipeline project would cut through the last contiguous forested areas in central New Jersey.
Affordable Care Act Survives Right-Wing Attack in Supreme Court
The decision affirms that 21 million people who receive health care through the ACA will get to keep their insurance.
Supreme Court Backs Catholic Foster Care Agency in LGBTQ Discrimination Case
Although the new ruling is not as devastating as some feared, it exposes a loophole in anti-discrimination protections.
McConnell Says He’ll Block SCOTUS Nominations If GOP Regains the Senate in 2022
The senator said blocking Obama’s nominee in 2016 was the “most consequential thing” he did as Senate majority leader.
Supreme Court Case Could Set Back Fight for LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Laws
The court's decision is expected to paint a clearer picture for the future of LGBTQ+ issues at the federal level.
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could Upend “Roe v. Wade”
A lower court's ruling in 2019 found that Mississippi's abortion restrictions were incongruent with federal precedent.
Trump Extradition Orders Could Be Blocked or Delayed by DeSantis
If Ron DeSantis blocks potential extradition orders for Trump to another state, the Supreme Court would likely step in.
Upcoming Supreme Court Case Could Lead to Weakening of Gun Control Nationwide
The case could result in a broad expansion of an individual's right to carry a firearm in public.