Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016 By Laura Clawson Here’s how Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general responded to the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013. Jeff Sessions said, basically, sure, voting rights oversight was needed in the past, but the decision “was good news, I think, for[Read More…]
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Supreme Court Refuses to Block Trump Campaign’s Voter Intimidation Plan in Ohio
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2016 By Joan McCarter Ohio, you might have an interesting Election Day. Racing against the clock, the Supreme Court on Monday denied a last-minute request to restore a sweeping court order that might have kept the Donald Trump campaign from mobilizing poll-watching efforts in Ohio. Democrats argued[Read More…]
Supreme Court Will Hear ACLU Case About School Policy Forcing Transgender Students to Use Separate Restrooms
U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, DC Fourth Circuit Ruled Schools Can’t Bar Transgender Students From Using Restrooms Consistent With Their Gender Identity WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2016. The Supreme Court today announced it will review a decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that found that federal anti-discrimination law protects the[Read More…]
Illinois Will Now Comply with 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Decision Requiring Due Process for Parole Revocations
State agrees to provide attorneys to poor people facing re-imprisonment as part of class action settlement CHICAGO, IL–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 –The state of Illinois will provide attorneys to eligible parolees who are accused of violating their parole, and will overhaul the parole revocation process to ensure that the hearing process[Read More…]
Texas Facing $4.5 Million Legal Bill in U.S. Supreme Court Fight Over Unconstitutional Clinic Shutdown Law
Center for Reproductive Rights entitled to costs after high court strikes down sham abortion restrictions Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. The Center for Reproductive Rights today filed a request for more than $4.5 million in legal fees accrued during its court battle with the state of Texas over abortion restrictions that were struck[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: It’s Time to Fill the Vacancy on the Supreme Court, July 30, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2016. Remarks of Vice President Joe Biden and Retired Federal Judge Timothy Lewis as Prepared for Delivery: THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi, folks. Joe Biden here and I’m sitting with Tim Lewis, a retired federal judge who was nominated to the bench by a Republican President and confirmed[Read More…]
NARAL Responds to Trump’s Comments on Landmark Supreme Court Ruling
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2016. Three days after a landmark Supreme Court decision upholding Americans’ right to access abortion, Donald Trump finally broke his silence by objecting to the ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. While incorrectly stating that if “Scalia was living or Scalia was replaced by me, you wouldn’t have[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Supreme Court Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement on today’s ruling by the U. S. Supreme Court in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt which challenged a Texas law severely limiting women’s access to reproductive health services: “For more than four decades, politicians have consistently tried[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky Statement On Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion Access
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a woman’s right to choose: “Today’s decision is an important victory for women, and I am relieved that one of the most harmful attacks on women’s health has been overturned. The decision today[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after the Supreme Court, in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, struck down a Texas law restricting access to abortion: “Today the Supreme Court reaffirmed that access to a safe and legal abortion is a woman’s constitutional right,[Read More…]
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