Supreme Court Why We Shouldn't Assume the Roe v. Wade Leak Came From a Liberal There’s very little information available about the identity of the leaker who supplied Politico with a draft of the Supreme Court majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. But some in Washington have wondered if that anonymous source might be a conservative. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains more on LX News.
Roe v. Wade What Does the Leaked Supreme Court Draft Opinion Actually Say? The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that could overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey is dozens of pages long. MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance reviews what the document actually says and what it means.
Roe v. Wade Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Create Training Gaps for a Generation of OB-GYNs, Doctor Says A Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will not just affect women seeking to terminate pregnancies, but it will also affect training for medical students across the country. Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, a physician and lecturer at Harvard Medical School, joined LX News Now to discuss the implications of ending Roe v. Wade for the medical profession.
Same-sex Marriage Roe v. Wade Relied on a ‘Right to Privacy.' Could Overturning it Affect Other Rights? In a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito argues that rights need to be “deeply rooted in the nation’s history and tradition” to be protected. “If that’s their approach, then the right to contraception might equally be seen as ‘not deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition,'” says Caroline Mala Corbin, a University of...
abortion These 13 States Have Abortion ‘Trigger Laws'—Here's What That Means A draft Supreme Court opinion leaked by Politico says Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 decision protecting the right to have an abortion, will be overturned. If that happens, the legality of abortion could be left up to the states, and many have laws restricting the procedure already on the books.
Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Is Set to Overturn Roe v. Wade, According to Leaked Draft Opinion A leaked document obtained by Politico showing a draft Supreme Court opinion suggests that the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade will be overturned. The final decision could come later this summer and is expected to lead to abortion bans in more than 20 states across the country.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Ketanji Brown Jackson Showed Grace Under Pressure Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court after navigating a “contentious and sometimes dishonest confirmation process,” says Ekow Yankah, professor at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law. “She kept not just cool, but real graciousness and grace under the wilting fire,” Yankah said. He joined LX News to talk more about Jackson’s historic confirmation...
Supreme Court How the Supreme Court Picks the Cases it Hears We hear a lot about some of the high-profile cases that go to the Supreme Court, but you might not know how the Justices decide to take on a case, or how the cases reach them. In this LXplains, we break it down.
Supreme Court Supreme Court Confirmations Weren't Always This Partisan Ketanji Brown Jackson is just the latest Supreme Court nominee to be confirmed by a party-line Senate vote after contentious nomination hearings. But it wasn’t always this way. We explain what the Supreme Court does and how it turned into a partisan battleground.
Ketanji Brown Jackson For Many Black Women, Ketanji Brown Jackson's Hearings Have Been Difficult to Watch During her confirmation hearings Ketanji Brown Jackson has weathered criticism from Republican senators, who have at times raised their voices, yelled or cut her off while speaking. “If she raised her voice, then it would be like ‘this angry Black woman’ trope that is always thrown at us,” said Judith Browne Dianis, of the Advancement Project, a nonprofit.
