Lawyers for the doctors appealed their convictions, arguing that a jury should have been able to consider whether they reasonably believed that they were acting within professional boundaries. The government had argued such a standard was not necessary. The court ruling for the doctors was unanimous, but the justices differed 6-3 on the legal rationale. … Read more
Placeholder while article actions load Three tropical waves are roaming the Atlantic, one of which is set to earn the name “Bonnie” and another of which could douse Southeast Texas with heavy flooding rains. The peak of hurricane season is still 2½ months away, but the Atlantic Basin has quickly roared to life. The most … Read more
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country Monday, as one side sought quickly to enact statewide bans and the other tried to block or at least delay such measures. The US Supreme Court’s decision Friday to end constitutional protection for abortion opened … Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — Shackled and looking wary, WNBA star Brittney Griner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4 1/2 months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team . The Phoenix Mercury center and two-time US Olympic gold medalist … Read more
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June 27 (Reuters) – A Louisiana clinic on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging laws banning abortion in the Republican-led state that took effect after the US Supreme Court’s blockbuster decision to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion nationwide. Louisiana is one of 13 states with “trigger laws” designed to ban or severely restrict abortions once … Read more
Washington— The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a former football coach for a high school in western Washington who lost his job after praying on the 50-yard-line after games. The court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the free exercise and free speech clauses of the First Amendment protect an individual engaging … Read more
Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the court’s refusal to take up the case. “I would grant certiorari in this case to revisit the ‘actual malice’ standard,” Thomas wrote. “This case is one of many showing how the New York Times and its progeny have allowed media organizations and interest groups ‘to cast false aspersions on … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a high school football coach had a constitutional right to pray at the 50-yard line after his team’s games. The vote was 6 to 3, with the court’s three liberal members in dissent. The case pitted the rights of government workers to free speech and the … Read more
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Just six weeks before the 2020 presidential election — game day for vote-counting bureaucrats — Tina Peters was so proud of her operation at the Mesa County clerk’s office that she invited a film crew in to show it off. There’s no chance of mishap here, she boasted. “The Russians can’t … Read more
The problem with figuring out the electoral effects of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is that it’s totally and thoroughly unprecedented. Or is it? Normally, the immediate effect of a Supreme Court decision — even an extremely important one — is negligible at best. The people who pay attention to such … Read more