Social media companies Facebook and Instagram, as well as other companies like Amazon and CVS, have begun limiting access to abortion pills and emergency contraceptive pills in the days following last week’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Facebook and Instagram removed posts offering abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them…

The Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, has led to accusations that justices lied during their confirmation hearings and calls for those justices’ impeachment. Pro-choice advocates and lawmakers care calling for “consequences” for members of the nation’s high court. New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria…

Abortion rights activists in Louisiana received a win in court just days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A judge in New Orleans temporarily blocked enforcement of the state’s newly enacted abortion ban. The ban was one of 13 trigger laws that were set to take effect if Roe was overturned. There is…

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority and decisions that fall along those ideological lines receive most of the attention from the media and the public. But is the high court more ideologically diverse than it appears? During the 2020 term, 43% of the cases were decided unanimously, and 15%, were decided with just one justice…

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former high school football coach who lost his job after saying post-game prayers both on his own and with players. The court determined the prayer was protected free speech. In the case of Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the justices ruled 6-3. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in…

Some are raising concerns about the future of in vitro fertilization (IVF), as well as certain types of birth control, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Vice President Kamala Harris expressed those concerns ahead of the ruling. “States with abortion bans could potentially restrict IVF (In vitro fertilization)…

There was both celebration and protest at the Supreme Court in the hours after the justices released their Dobbs decision. Both pro-life and pro-choice activists gathered by the hundreds to make their voices heard. Pro-choice protestors chanted in unison, “Rise up for abortion rights, for abortion rights rise up.” The group blamed Republicans for appointing…

Two lawyers representing the plaintiff in the recent concealed carry Supreme Court case wrote an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal. In the piece, former Solicitor General Paul Clement and Erin Murphy, a regular Supreme Court litigator, said they had left their law firm. “After we prevail before the high court, we generally receive…

The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, reversing 50 years of precedent and sending the issue of abortion back to the states. In a (6-3) decision, the justices ruled in favor of a Mississippi law that banned elective abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.  “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe…

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that New York state’s law requiring unrestricted concealed carry license applicants show a need for self-defense is unconstitutional. The high court voted 6-3 in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen in favor of gun owners to overturn the Empire State’s restrictions. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the…