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Is banning trans troops a legal tactic to reverse civil rights?
U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the discrimination of trans people, either by banning them from the military or firing them because of their sex, have much more at stake than is often perceived. Chase Strangio, an attorney at ACLU’s LGBT…
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Millions of Americans’ health care under a ‘possible cloud’ after federal court ruling
A coalition of states with Democratic leadership is promising to appeal a Texas federal court ruling on Friday that aimed to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act. The case was brought by a group of Republican state attorneys general and…
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Why Chief Justice Roberts’ response to Trump matters
In a rare move, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts responded to President Trump’s recent criticism of a judge who ruled against his new asylum rules. Roberts countered that “the U.S. does not have Obama judges or Trump…
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Have Supreme Court appointments always been partisan affairs?
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's response to allegations of sexual assault, along with Republicans’ refusal to withdraw his nomination, have raised questions over partisanship on the nation's highest court. Columbia University Law School professor Jamal Greene and National Public Radio’s…
The fight over President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee began today. Brett Kavanaugh started his climb toward confirmation by meeting with the Senate's top Republican and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Democrats are mostly united in opposition, fearing he would…
Will Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have an easy time being confirmed by the Senate? Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, says he hopes Democrats will be open to voting for him. Hatch joins Judy Woodruff to discuss whether the court with…
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., says she is opposed to the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, and that his appointment could essentially lead to the end of a woman’s ability to have an abortion even if Roe v. Wade…
How would Judge Brett Kavanaugh change the Supreme Court if confirmed, and what does the Senate need to consider in their confirmation hearings? Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Travis Lenkner, an attorney who clerked for both Justice Kennedy and the…
Reversing the landmark case would not automatically make abortion illegal across the country, but it would return the decision about abortion legality to the states.
