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Hillary Clinton cautioned on Wednesday that access to abortion care could be further at risk after oral arguments in a Supreme Court case over an Idaho law limiting abortion. The court seemed uncertain if a federal law ensuring access to lifesaving care included access to abortion care when necessary, though the justices…

A divided Supreme Court seemed skeptical that Idaho’s strict abortion ban conflicts with a federal emergency care law, but there appeared to be a split by gender as well as ideology during the nearly two hours of argument.  The four female justices, including conservative Amy Coney Barrett, strongly opposed Idaho’s assertion that…

The Supreme Court is scheduled to have oral arguments Monday regarding a challenge to a law that allows cities to fine homeless individuals, potentially having a significant impact on the lives of the hundreds of thousands without homes. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that cities cannot ticket homeless individuals for camping in public when there were no alternative options…

Former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper said former military leaders should not get involved in the debate over presidential immunity as it relates to former President Trump Tuesday. “I would prefer to see retired admirals and generals not get involved in these issues,” Esper said on “CNN This Morning” with anchor Kasie Hunt.  Esper’s comments…

The highest court today supported the decision of the lower courts and affirmed the imprisonment of a 57-year-old woman for 12 years after she was determined to have taken…

The debate about abortion pills on Tuesday underscored the significance of the 2024 presidential election for the court.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) stated that it was very important for former President Trump’s case of interfering in the federal election to be tried before voters choose their next president in November. She urged the Supreme Court to see Trump’s appeal as a way to postpone the trial. “It must not be true that a president of the United States…

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Wednesday that the high court will likely experience a rise in abortion-related cases in the future. Breyer told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the “harmful” decision in 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade — ending the federal right to abortion access — would not reduce the number of abortion-related cases brought before…

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has chosen not to challenge the rulings clearing former leaders of the now extinct People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) of various accusations, such as provoking…

Abortion rights returned to the Supreme Court Tuesday for the first time since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The case examined whether federal regulators exceeded their authority by relaxing restrictions to make mifepristone, a widely available drug used in medication abortions, easier to obtain. A decision is expected later this summer and…