U.S. Senate Stops Bill Protecting Abortion Rights
The U.S. Senate has fallen short in a vote toward putting Roe v. Wade abortion access into federal law.
The U.S. Senate has fallen short in a vote toward putting Roe v. Wade abortion access into federal law.
President Joe Biden has blasted what he calls a “radical” leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.
If the U.S. Supreme Court follows through on overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, it would split the country into states with abortion access and those that outlaw it.
A draft published by Politico says that a majority of the court is prepared to overrule the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide.
The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) says he will vote “no” on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) says he has met with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, but will oppose her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The White House says President Joe Biden will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama has sparked fresh warnings that the court is eroding the Voting Rights Act.
CBS News reports that former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama has been selected to guide President Biden’s yet-to-be-named U.S. Supreme Court nominee through the confirmation process.