![The Supreme Incompetents](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1204098864.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.014281633818911%2C100%2C99.971436732362&w=2400)
The justices are awful at their jobs, and they don’t know that they are awful at their jobs.
![The Supreme Court handed down a hugely important First Amendment case today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2149436408.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.875%2C0%2C70.25%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court handed down a hugely important First Amendment case today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2149436408.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.5504151838671%2C100%2C94.899169632266&w=2400)
A few minutes before the Court held that Trump was allowed to do crimes, it did hand Republicans a meaningful loss.
![The Supreme Court’s disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1198669899.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.871282301316%2C0%2C72.257435397367%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court’s disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1198669899.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.8686459739091%2C100%2C92.262708052182&w=2400)
The Court's Trump immunity case is a blueprint for dictatorship.
![Why the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of over 300 January 6 insurrectionists](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159699954.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669504512174%2C0%2C66.660990975651%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of over 300 January 6 insurrectionists](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159699954.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0042567682615342%2C0%2C99.991486463477%2C100&w=2400)
The rules governing statutory construction often allow judges to choose how they want to read a law.
The latest in Supreme Court
![The Supreme Court just made a massive power grab it will come to regret](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-696327606.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.2%2C0%2C73.6%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court just made a massive power grab it will come to regret](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-696327606.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C4.7101449275362%2C100%2C90.579710144928&w=2400)
Welcome to hell, SCOTUS.
![What a big new Supreme Court decision could mean for homeless Americans](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_3458-rotated.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C12.5%2C100%2C75&w=2400)
![What a big new Supreme Court decision could mean for homeless Americans](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_3458-rotated.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C25%2C100%2C50&w=2400)
The Grants Pass v. Johnson decision does not spell the end to fights over tent encampments in America.
![The Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agencies](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1198673347.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.736719478099%2C0%2C70.526561043802%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agencies](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1198673347.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.7364827662152%2C100%2C94.52703446757&w=2400)
SEC v. Jarkesy could render much of the federal government unable to function.
![The Supreme Court’s new abortion decision, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158500442.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court’s new abortion decision, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158500442.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The leaked decision is not a victory for abortion rights.
![The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1094199898.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=10.4875%2C0%2C79.025%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1094199898.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C7.8192555098598%2C100%2C84.36148898028&w=2400)
Snyder v. US is the Republican justices’ latest decision weakening anti-corruption laws.
![The Supreme Court hands an embarrassing defeat to America’s Trumpiest court](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1246876796.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669854628921%2C0%2C66.660290742158%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court hands an embarrassing defeat to America’s Trumpiest court](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1246876796.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0047819433817935%2C0%2C99.990436113236%2C100&w=2400)
No, MAGA judges don’t get to decide what the Biden administration is allowed to say.
![Louisiana wants the Ten Commandments in public schools. Will the Supreme Court let it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1682974375.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.671052631579%2C0%2C66.657894736842%2C100&w=2400)
![Louisiana wants the Ten Commandments in public schools. Will the Supreme Court let it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1682974375.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0065789473684248%2C0%2C99.986842105263%2C100&w=2400)
Probably.
![The Supreme Court will decide if the government can ban transgender health care](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25435560/1175341681.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.032825322392%2C0%2C71.934349355217%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court will decide if the government can ban transgender health care](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25435560/1175341681.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.6614515428075%2C100%2C92.677096914385&w=2400)
Given the Court’s Republican supermajority, this case is unlikely to end well for trans people.
![What two years without Roe looks like, in 8 charts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/FactsOnTheGround_Final_01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Americans are confronting a whole new reality of patchwork abortion access after the Dobbs decision.
![The Supreme Court refuses to accept blame for its worst guns decision](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158007684.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663667446464%2C0%2C66.672665107072%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court refuses to accept blame for its worst guns decision](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158007684.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0044984255510556%2C100%2C99.991003148898&w=2400)
US v. Rahimi is completely incoherent, and it faults lower courts for the justices' own incompetence.
![The Supreme Court’s new tax decision is great news for billionaires](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158243807.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court’s new tax decision is great news for billionaires](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158243807.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
Most of the justices voted not to blow up the US tax code, but the opinion has bad news for progressive proponents of wealth taxes.
![What can Democrats actually do about Thomas’s and Alito’s corruption?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1857877600_a4b668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670758654554%2C0%2C66.658482690891%2C100&w=2400)
![What can Democrats actually do about Thomas’s and Alito’s corruption?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1857877600_a4b668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0061379818315714%2C0%2C99.987724036337%2C100&w=2400)
Nothing, unless they win the election.
![The Supreme Court just effectively legalized machine guns](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-857945122.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.692830775209%2C0%2C54.614338449582%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court just effectively legalized machine guns](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-857945122.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.0392461628133%2C0%2C81.921507674373%2C100&w=2400)
On a party line vote, the Court legalized “bump stocks,” which convert semiautomatic guns into fully automatic ones.
![The Supreme Court’s abortion pill case is only a narrow and temporary victory for abortion](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2115237711.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669519082663%2C0%2C66.660961834674%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court’s abortion pill case is only a narrow and temporary victory for abortion](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2115237711.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0042786239945158%2C0%2C99.991442752011%2C100&w=2400)
The decision is unanimous, but it leaves open two routes Republicans could take to pull mifepristone from the market.
![Justices Sotomayor and Kagan must retire now](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-466730692.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Justices Sotomayor and Kagan must retire now](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-466730692.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
I am begging the justices to learn from Ruth Bader Ginsburg's historic mistake.
![Trump wants the Supreme Court to toss out his conviction. Will they?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1094227856.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Trump wants the Supreme Court to toss out his conviction. Will they?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1094227856.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
It’s hard to see how they’d do it legally, but this Court has a history of reading the law creatively.
![The NRA just won a big Supreme Court victory. Good.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1251933461.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
![The NRA just won a big Supreme Court victory. Good.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1251933461.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0050000000000026%2C0%2C99.99%2C100&w=2400)
Even truly repulsive speakers have First Amendment rights.
![Alito says the Supreme Court’s fake ethics code allows him to be unethical](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1163818439.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.660129437145%2C0%2C66.679741125711%2C100&w=2400)
![Alito says the Supreme Court’s fake ethics code allows him to be unethical](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1163818439.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0098039215686256%2C100%2C99.980392156863&w=2400)
The Supreme Court's new ethics code is worse than nothing — Alito just proved it.
![The Comstock Act, the long-dead law Trump could use to ban abortion, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1201704318_ff87f7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.389216130494%2C0%2C73.221567739012%2C100&w=2400)
![The Comstock Act, the long-dead law Trump could use to ban abortion, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1201704318_ff87f7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C4.4760726072607%2C100%2C91.047854785479&w=2400)
A defunct federal law is Republicans’ best hope of banning abortion throughout the United States.
![The Supreme Court's new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymandering](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1241557418.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.655555555556%2C0%2C66.688888888889%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court's new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymandering](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1241557418.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.016661112962346%2C100%2C99.966677774075&w=2400)
Thanks to an opinion by Sam Alito, rigged maps now enjoy the Supreme Court's unambiguous support.
![The Republican Party's man inside the Supreme Court](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-511882600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Republican Party's man inside the Supreme Court](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-511882600.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Justice Samuel Alito brings no vision and no unique insights to his job — other than unrelenting loyalty to the GOP.
![The Supreme Court decides not to trigger a second Great Depression](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25451025/73523183.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.916666666667%2C0%2C64.166666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court decides not to trigger a second Great Depression](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25451025/73523183.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.875%2C0%2C96.25%2C100&w=2400)
Two justices dissent.
![The messy SCOTUS drama about Black voters in Louisiana, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442328/1227675803.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.216666666667%2C0%2C67.566666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The messy SCOTUS drama about Black voters in Louisiana, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442328/1227675803.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.6660088801184%2C100%2C98.667982239763&w=2400)
Multiple federal courts are fighting over Louisiana's illegal racial gerrymander.
![The 9 worst court decisions since Trump remade the federal judiciary](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25437174/1163818439.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.660129437145%2C0%2C66.679741125711%2C100&w=2400)
![The 9 worst court decisions since Trump remade the federal judiciary](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25437174/1163818439.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0098039215686256%2C100%2C99.980392156863&w=2400)
This is what happens after four years under an insurrectionist president. It will get much worse if he gets eight.
![The Supreme Court: The most powerful, least busy people in Washington](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25427059/2059261051.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court: The most powerful, least busy people in Washington](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25427059/2059261051.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The justices are quietly quitting their day jobs as judges, even as they become more and more political.
![Donald Trump had a fantastic day in the Supreme Court today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25417897/1047780806.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.671428571429%2C0%2C66.657142857143%2C100&w=2400)
![Donald Trump had a fantastic day in the Supreme Court today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25417897/1047780806.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0071428571428598%2C0%2C99.985714285714%2C100&w=2400)
It’s unclear if the Court will explicitly hold that Trump could commit crimes with impunity, or if they’ll just delay his trial so long that it doesn’t matter.
![How the Supreme Court weaponizes its own calendar](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25408761/1204094281.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![How the Supreme Court weaponizes its own calendar](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25408761/1204094281.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The justices already effectively gave Trump what he wants in his Supreme Court immunity case.
![A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it much easier for criminals to buy guns](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25413906/1248621139.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it much easier for criminals to buy guns](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25413906/1248621139.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The fight over “ghost guns” is back before the justices.
![The Supreme Court’s likely to make it more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25415940/1356616290.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court’s likely to make it more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25415940/1356616290.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
But it’s not yet clear they’ve settled on a rationale for doing so.
![The Supreme Court doesn’t seem eager to get involved with homelessness policy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25412460/980993190.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court doesn’t seem eager to get involved with homelessness policy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25412460/980993190.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0050000000000026%2C0%2C99.99%2C100&w=2400)
Grants Pass v. Johnson is probably going to end badly for homeless people, but it’s not yet clear how broad the Court’s decision will be.
![Donald Trump already won the only Supreme Court fight that mattered](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25405339/1094227856.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Donald Trump already won the only Supreme Court fight that mattered](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25405339/1094227856.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
This case is about delaying his trial, and the GOP-controlled Supreme Court has given him everything he could reasonably hope for and more.
![What the Supreme Court case on tent encampments could mean for homeless people](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25407267/2044483710.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What the Supreme Court case on tent encampments could mean for homeless people](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25407267/2044483710.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
This week, the justices will hear the biggest case on homelessness in decades.
![The Supreme Court case that could turn homelessness into a crime, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25372021/2037175706.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.936455884173%2C0%2C66.662541764633%2C100&w=2400)
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Grants Pass v. Johnson could make the entire criminal justice system far crueler. It also tests the limits of judicial power.
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Most of the justices seem to want to make it harder to prosecute January 6 rioters.
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The Court mostly reinstates Idaho’s ban on transgender health care for children.
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It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
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A federal law requires hospitals to provide abortions when necessary to prevent serious health consequences. The justices could neutralize that law.
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Simmering tensions between traditionalist Republican judges and MAGA judges are starting to boil over.
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The lawsuit challenging mifepristone should have never been heard by any court.
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The Court’s decision could potentially undermine over 300 January 6 prosecutions, including Trump’s.