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U.S. Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett arrive for the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 20, 2021. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

'Alarm Bells Are Ringing Loudly': Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Reverse Roe v. Wade

"Let's be explicit: Anti-abortion extremists made it clear that this was the goal all along. It's why they couldn't wait to rush Amy Coney Barrett onto the Supreme Court before the November election."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Reproductive rights activists hold placards and chant outside of the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of a ruling on abortion clinic restrictions on June 27, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Looming Texas Law Would Allow Anti-Choice 'Vigilantes' to Sue Anyone Who 'Aids or Abets' an Abortion

"There's no low these legislators won't sink to in their efforts to gut Roe v. Wade and push abortion care as far out of reach as possible," said one rights advocate.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Tom Barrack, a real estate investor and founder of Colony Capital, delivers a speech on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)

Corporate America Has Been Shoving Fascism Down Our Throats for Decades

America does have a serious fascism problem, but it goes way beyond the kinds of authoritarianism displayed by people like Donald Trump, Rick Scott, Ted Cruz, or Tom Cotton.

Thom Hartmann ·

Want Fewer Police Shootings? Get Armed Cops Out of Traffic Enforcement

Removing armed police officers from traffic enforcement and turning it over to civilians should be a major goal of the racial justice movement.

Miles Mogulescu ·

Supporters and opponents of then-nominee Amy Coney Barrett gathered outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as the Senate is expected to confirm her on October 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

Targeting Roe v. Wade, GOP Has Launched 'Unprecedented' Attack on Abortion Rights in 2021

Warning that a reversal of the 1973 ruling is the ultimate target, experts note that 2021 is on track to be "the most damaging anti-abortion state legislative session in a decade—and perhaps ever."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

City politicians, community activists, and developers attend a ceremony to mark the tearing down of the Spofford Juvenile Center on November 2, 2018 in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx, New York City. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier to Sentence Children to Life in Prison

Progressives must challenge this cruel ruling, but relying on rehabilitative discourse to challenge juvenile life-without-parole sentencing could be a risky strategy.

Anthony Grasso ·

The message to these judges could not be clearer: go ahead and impose those parole-less life sentences without digging too deep into the rehabilitative promise of teenagers and don’t worry about having us later tell you that you’ve gone too far. (Photo: Getty/powerofforeve)

Supreme Court: Let's Make It Easier for Judges to Send Teenagers to Die in Prison

The judicial counterrevolution to juvenile sentencing reform is here, arriving in a regressive decision about a teenager condemned to life without parole.

Andrew Cohen ·

Reproductive rights activists protest then-President Donald Trump' Supreme Court nomination of anti-choice advocate Brett Kavanaugh outside the nation's high court in Washington, D.C. on July 9, 2018. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)

GOP Oklahoma Governor Signs Trio of 'Cruel and Unnecessary' Anti-Choice Bills Into Law

"These extreme bills are designed to cut off abortion access for people in Oklahoma—a state that already has more abortion restrictions than almost any other."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (2nd L), Democrat of Massachusetts, speaks alongside fellow members of Congress and Supreme Court advocates as they introduce a bill in Congress to expand the number of seats on the court from nine to 13, in Washington, D.C., April 15, 2021. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

As SCOTUS Takes Up NRA-Backed Gun Case, Calls Grow for Dems to 'Expand the Court'

"The choice has never been so clear. And the stakes can be measured in human lives."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

The Americans for Prosperity Foundation and another nonprofit argue in the case pending before the Supreme Court that California has no interest in knowing who their major donors are — which is consistent with a type of argument has been made in other campaign finance cases throughout the years involving donor disclosure. (Photo: Getty Images)

Much Depends on Supreme Court's Review of Dark Money Case

The ruling could give a boost to untraceable campaign donations.

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy ·