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Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wins reelection in Washington’s closely watched 3rd District

First-term Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has won reelection in Washington state’s closely watched 3rd Congressional District. Her victory Saturday means she survived a rematch with Republican Joe Kent.

Health care worker gets 2 years for accessing Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s medical records

Trump’s election could assure a conservative Supreme Court majority for decades

AP Race Call: Maryland voters approve constitutional amendment enshrining abortion

Republicans ask US Supreme Court to block counting of some provisional ballots in battleground Pennsylvania

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Virginia asks US Supreme Court to reinstate removals of 1,600 voter registrations

Virginia has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to allow the state to remove roughly 1,600 voters from its rolls that it believes are noncitizens.

Virginia appeals order to restore 1,600 purged voter registrations to US Supreme Court

Virginia appeals order to restore 1,600 purged voter registrations to US Supreme Court.

A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign

When he was president, Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court with three nominees, and in the process shifted the court’s ideological balance to the conservative right.

Harris will campaign in Texas to highlight state’s abortion ban in a pitch to battleground voters

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to head to reliably Republican Texas just 10 days before Election Day to try to refocus her campaign against former President Donald Trump on reproductive care.

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says

A new report finds that women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

3 states renew their effort to reduce access to the abortion drug mifepristone

Three states are asking a judge to let them try a new approach with a lawsuit to force the federal government to reduce access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The request from Idaho, Kansas and Missouri comes months after the U.S.

Supreme Court seems open to upholding regulations on ghost guns, hard to trace weapons used in crime

The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to uphold a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons found at crime scenes in increasing numbers.

Funds are cutting aid for women seeking abortions as costs rise

Some groups that have been helping women pay for abortions and associated travel are cutting back their aid as travel costs rise.

‘She should be alive today’ — Harris spotlights woman’s death to blast abortion bans and Trump

For the first time since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris has given a speech focused squarely on abortion rights.

Republicans are trying a new approach to abortion in the race for Congress

In the most contested races for control of the U.S. House, many Republican candidates are speaking up about women’s rights to abortion access and reproductive care in new and surprising ways.

Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

An Associated Press analysis has found that hospitals are rarely fined for violating a federal law that is supposed to guarantee that patients with medical emergencies get the treatment they need.

Abortions are down under Florida’s 6-week ban but not by as much as in other states, study says

The number of abortions in Florida dropped after the state’s ban on them after sixth week of pregnancy took effect in May.

Supreme Court Justice Alito reports German princess gave him $900 concert tickets

Justice Samuel Alito has reported that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people.

What’s at stake in Mexico’s judicial system under sweeping overhaul pushed by the president

Mexico’s governing party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and it wants to push through a unusual proposal to make the country’s entire judicial branch — some 7,000 judges —stand for election.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘Lovely One,’ at Apollo Theater

In one of her first public appearances on behalf of her memoir, “Lovely One,” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson avoided naming names or pointing fingers.

Supreme Court won’t allow Oklahoma to reclaim federal money in dispute over abortion referrals

The Supreme Court has rejected Oklahoma’s emergency appeal seeking to restore a $4.5 million grant for family planning services in an ongoing dispute over the state’s refusal to refer pregnant women to a nationwide hotline that provides information about abortion and other options.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is hitting the road to promote her new memoir, ‘Lovely One’

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is embarking on a high-profile, nationwide tour to promote her new memoir, “Lovely One.”

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump wouldn’t support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk.

Trial date set for man accused of trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh

A trial is scheduled to start in June 2025 for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C. U.S.

Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed 2010 trip with GOP megadonor, Democratic senator finds

The Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow’s private jet.

Americans are ‘getting whacked’ by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new book

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is out with a new book in which he says ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations.

Biden proposed enforceable ethics code and term limits for Supreme Court. How might they work?

President Joe Biden went public Monday with major changes he’s proposing for the U.S. Supreme Court: an enforceable code of ethics, term limits for justices and a constitutional amendment that would limit the justices’ recent decision on presidential immunity.

Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court’s new ethics code

Justice Elena Kagan says the U.S. Supreme Court should bolster its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it. She is the first justice to publicly call for a way to enforce the rules.

More than 6 in 10 U.S. adults support protecting access to IVF, AP-NORC poll finds

According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, relatively few Americans fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman.

Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll finds that a solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban and that a rising number appear to support access to abortions for any reason.

Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion

The Republican National Committee’s platform committee is adopting a policy document that reflects former President Donald Trump’s position — opposing a federal abortion ban and ceding limits to the states.

Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett shows an independence from majority view in recent opinions

Amy Coney Barrett has been a firm member of the conservative Supreme Court supermajority she cemented four years ago on issues ranging from abortion to guns, but her latest opinions reflect an increasing willingness to occasionally step away from that bloc.

House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court’s immunity decision

A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling. Rep.

Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term

Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court have gotten most of what they wanted this term — from substantial help for Trump’s political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the administrative state they revile.

Supreme Court refuses to hear bite mark case

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of an Alabama man who has spent decades in prison for a murder conviction supported by recanted and discredited bite mark testimony.