Supreme Court leak confirms Ruth Bader Ginsburg's prescient warning about Roe v. Wade
The unprecedented leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion in a key case striking down Roe v. Wade (1973) has sparked a heated debate, perhaps drawing new attention to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's opinion on the key abortion precedent.
news.yahoo.comJustice Samuel Alito twice quoted the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a fierce advocate of abortion rights, in his leaked draft opinion poised to overturn Roe v. Wade
In the opinion, Alito quoted the late Justice Ginsburg, who was a famously strong defender of women's rights during her 27-year tenure on the court.
news.yahoo.com3 lawyers readying arguments in high court abortion case
Supreme Court justices considering a major abortion case Wednesday will hear from just three lawyers: one representing the state of Mississippi, another representing Mississippi’s only abortion clinic and the last representing the Biden administration.
‘RBG’ filmmakers find a rich vein: Feminist love stories
The label “date movie” hasn’t traditionally been applied much to documentaries but filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen have twice now made non-fiction films of trailblazing female icons that also happen to be portraits of loving, supportive marriages.
Supreme Court to hear case on New York's gun permit law
The Supreme Court is preparing to hear a gun rights case that could lead to more guns on the streets of New York and Los Angeles and threaten restrictions on guns in subways, airports, bars, churches, schools and other places where people gather.
Katie Couric’s RGB Coverup Shows How We Ended Up With Trump
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos GettyThe mainstream media’s credibility took another big hit this week. Katie Couric, the former co-host of NBC’s Today show, revealed in a new memoir that she chose not to air some controversial comments made to her five years ago by the sainted Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, involving RBG’s criticism of NFL players like Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem.Couric says she was “conflicted” because she was a “big RBG fan,
news.yahoo.comKatie Couric admits she edited out controversial Ginsburg comments on athletes kneeling
Former Today anchor Katie Couric admits that she purposefully edited out comments that the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader […] The post Katie Couric admits she edited out controversial Ginsburg comments on athletes kneeling appeared first on TheGrio.
news.yahoo.comRuth Bader Ginsburg tribute required innovative donations
The upcoming world premiere at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra of a new classical music piece inspired by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would probably not have been possible if it wasn’t for a bunch of lawyers in the Chicago area, a Long Island fine arts foundation and an award-winning pianist and composer who put the whole deal together.
Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution. Justices must be “hyper vigilant to make sure they’re not letting personal biases creep into their decisions, since judges are people, too,” Barrett said at a lecture hosted by the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center. Introduced by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who founded the center and played a key role in pushing through her confirmation in the last days of the Trump administration, Barrett spoke at length about her desire for others to see the Supreme Court as nonpartisan.
news.yahoo.comSCOTUS Watchers Freak Out Over Breyer’s ‘Selfish’ and ‘Dangerous’ Decision to Stay Put
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos GettyFor years, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg batted away pleas for her to retire from the nation’s highest court while Democrats controlled the White House and the Senate, saying that concerns about her health and age were much ado about nothing.“Tell me who the president could have nominated this spring,” she told a reporter in 2014, “that you would rather see on the court than me?”Court-watchers know what happened next: Democrats lost the
news.yahoo.comAgreeable Supreme Court term ends with conservative wins
An unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ended with conservative-driven decisions on voting rights and charitable-donor disclosures that offered a glimpse of what the coming years of the right's dominance could look like for the nation's highest court. But ideological divisions were not often on display through much of the year.
news.yahoo.comSupreme Court prepares final push to release hot-button rulings, amid retirement talk
June is typically the busiest time for the nine-member bench, as they work to release rulings from their docket, including issues dealing with religious liberty and LGBTQ rights, healthcare, college sports, and state voting laws.
news.yahoo.comSUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justice Thomas remembers 'rapid' RBG
In her last years on the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. In a new, short remembrance for The Supreme Court Historical Society, Thomas says Ginsburg’s “efficiency became a source of humorous banter as well as a thing of legend" among her colleagues. Ginsburg described herself as “Rapid Ruth” when it came to opinion writing.
news.yahoo.comThe potential effects of the Supreme Court's abortion case are 'really disturbing,' especially for low-income women and women of color, a lawyer on the case says
The case concerns a 2018 Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Lower courts so far blocked the law from taking effect.
news.yahoo.comFlorida Republicans unexpectedly pass "11th-hour" bill restricting trans athletes
The Florida Legislature unexpectedly passed a bill banning transgender student-athletes last night.Why it matters: The legislation — presumed dead last week — is the first "categorically discriminatory anti-LGBTQ bill" to pass in our state in 23 years, according to Equality Florida.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.How it happened: After her original bill stalled, Rep. Kaylee Tuck (R-Okeechobee) slid the proposed ban into a Senate bill dealing with charter schools that passed largely along party lines, per Florida Politics.If signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act" would keep transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports starting July 1.The big picture: Similar measures are being pushed by Republicans across the country — at least 50 bills in 28 states, as Axios' Jeff Tracy reported last month.The other side: Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando) tried to create pathways for transgender athletes to still compete despite what he termed an "11th-hour" amendment, but those attempts failed."The message that the bill sends is an ugly message of exclusion telling trans kids that who they are is not OK and that they need to change who they are and if they don't ... and something happens to them, it's their own fault," said Smith, per WUSF.Equality Florida spokesman Michael Womack told Axios that lawmakers passed the bill "when they thought people weren't watching.""This is not how the government is supposed to function; this is not how a bill is supposed to be passed."WomackThe bottom line: With this move, our state once again finds itself at the center of the post-Trump culture war raging across America.Like this article? Get more from Axios and subscribe to Axios Markets for free.
news.yahoo.comRuth Bader Ginsburg statue unveiled in Brooklyn to "ensure her legacy lives on for generations"
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has long been celebrated for her fight for equality. "Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and making our country a more equitable place," Adams tweeted. "Her powerful example has inspired New Yorkers of all generations, and this new statue will ensure her legacy lives on for generations." A proud daughter of Brooklyn, Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and making our country a more equitable place. Her powerful example has inspired New Yorkers of all generations, and this new statue will ensure her legacy lives on for generations.
cbsnews.comRuth Bader Ginsburg statue unveiled in Brooklyn to "ensure her legacy lives on for generations"
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has long been celebrated for her fight for equality. "Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and making our country a more equitable place," Adams tweeted. "Her powerful example has inspired New Yorkers of all generations, and this new statue will ensure her legacy lives on for generations." A proud daughter of Brooklyn, Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and making our country a more equitable place. Her powerful example has inspired New Yorkers of all generations, and this new statue will ensure her legacy lives on for generations.
cbsnews.comOp-ed: 'RBG' would certainly encourage women to take control of their finances
RBG taught the court that "a gender line … helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage." In finances, the gender line that puts men in the driver's seat leaves women at a disadvantage and dangerously ill-informed about their money. RBG's legal work and many victories led to remarkable changes in financial independence for women. According to a recent UBS study focusing on women's financial involvement in household finances, millennials exhibited less financial independence than baby boomer women. She fought tirelessly for women's equality and helped change laws so that women could open a bank account, credit card and mortgage in their name.
cnbc.comDemocrats in Congress propose monument to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Democratic lawmakers want to build a monument in the Capitol to honor the late civil rights icon and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Years before taking her seat on the high court, Ginsburg worked with the Women's Rights Project in the 1970s, arguing six landmark cases on gender equality before the high court. If the monument bill passes, Ginsburg would join only a handful of women depicted in the halls of the Capitol. This move by Democratic lawmakers comes almost six months after Ginsburg died of cancer at the age of 87 in September. A fierce champion of women's rights, Ginsburg was the longest-serving woman on the Supreme Court and a strong liberal voice.
cbsnews.comHail and farewell to those we lost in 2020
Lee Cowan reports:"Sometimes, in our lives,we all have pain,we all have sorrow..."Pain and sorrow – the calling cards of 2020. We lost those who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., too: Reverends C.T. In whatever genre, country or pop, the bourbon-smooth voice of Kenny Rogers brought us ballads about gamblers, and lost souls searching for love. ["Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Lovely Spam Spam"]. To all of them, we say thank you and offer a fond "hail and farewell."
cbsnews.comThe year in review: Top news stories of 2020 month-by-month
FebruaryFebruary was consumed with the impeachment of President Trump by the House. JunePresident Donald Trump holds a Bible as he stands outside St. John's Church, across Lafayette Park from the White House, on Monday, June 1, 2020. President Trump was diagnosed, hospitalized and released, all in the waning days of his campaign. NovemberPresident-elect Joe Biden (accompanied by his wife, Jill, and members of their family) after being projected the winner of the 2020 election, in Wilmington, Delaware, November 7, 2020. President Trump disagreed, and tried to overturn the result both in the courts and in certain state legislatures.
cbsnews.com