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30 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
49-year-old Amy Coney Barrett, the youngest member of the Supreme Court, was six days short of her first birthday when Roe v. Wade was decided on January 22, 1973
(and Barrett wasn't born when Roe was first argued in December 1971. The court then reargued the case in October 1972 before issuing the ruling)
Barrett in 2006 signed on to an advertisement in an Indiana newspaper calling for Roe v. Wade to be overturned
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
At her Senate confirmation hearing, Barrett declined to say that Roe was a "super-precedent" that could not be overturned
reuters.com/article/usa-co…

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1 Dec
Today, the conservative-majority Supreme Court will consider gutting abortion rights:
reuters.com/world/us/us-su…
Here’s background on the case before the justices, on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, which clearly falls foul of Roe v Wade’s core finding that women have a right to abortion before viability (generally starting around 24 weeks)
The key issue:
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29 Nov
Roe v Wade is on the line as the Supreme Court this week hears a huge abortion case from Mississippi.

At the state’s only abortion clinic, an apprehensive mood has descended, while anti-abortion activists are emboldened:

reuters.com/world/us/lone-…
“It makes me want to cry. It makes me feel defeated and horrified that people in this country hate women so much they don't want them to be able to access a full range of pregnancy care,” said a doctor who flies down from Massachusetts to work at the clinic
Outside the clinic, anti-abortion protester Beverly Anderson said she would "praise God" if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade
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28 Nov
I’d be ok with the Editor’s Cut of anything directed by Peter Jackson
Ringo is so checked out
An hour of Beatles bickering in and there’s finally some nice footage of an early version of Get Back
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9 Nov
Today, Supreme Court weighs whether it's unlawful to exclude Puerto Rico from a benefits program that all Americans on the mainland are eligible for:
reuters.com/world/us/us-su…
This is a case that the Biden administration continued despite criticism while also asking Congress to extend the SSI benefit to Puerto Rico, which it might do if the Build Back Better plan ever passes
One question is whether any of the justices will delve into the toxic legacy of the so-called "Insular Cases" from over a century ago that helped establish second-class status for Puerto Ricans. More here:
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29 Oct
BREAKING: Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether to limit EPA's authority to regulate carbon emissions from power plants
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In both these cases the Supreme Court is hearing cases involving federal regulations issued by the previous administration that were thrown out by lower courts and that the current administration has no intention of pursuing. The court in the past would generally avoid such cases
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18 Oct
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of two different police requests seeking "qualified immunity" legal defense in excessive force cases
Supreme Court issues two summary rulings in favor of cops in cases where the lower courts had denied qualified immunity. No dissents
In one case, cop in California was accused of using excessive force while handcuffing a suspect while in the other, cops in Oklahoma fatally shot a man wielding a hammer
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