Drew Angerer/Getty Images If Clarence Thomas thought that promising to do better with disclosing whenever a billionaire pal/GOP mega-donor wines and dines him with private jet rides and superyacht vacations would quell the calls for his impeachment… oops! Less than a month after ProPublica published an explosive report about the millions of dollars of “hospitality” …
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Clarence Thomas Revealed His Secret Prince Fandom In The Middle Of SCOTUS Hearing (As One Does)
Getty Image A landmark Supreme Court case had an interesting aside on Wednesday as Clarence Thomas marked the occasion by revealing his love of Prince. The hearing revolved around a photographer who’s suing Andy Warhol’s estate over licensing fees for a photo of the “Purple Rain” singer. Despite the consequential nature of the copyright case, …
Trevor Noah Can’t Quite Wrap His Head Around The SCOTUS Ruling On The EPA: ‘So… What Is Their Job Now?’
The Supreme Court has been busy over the past few weeks. In addition to relegating child-bearing individuals to second-class citizens who should not be allowed to make decisions regarding their own bodies or health care, they’re also signaled that tearing down the laws protecting gay couples, contraception, and general rights to privacy could be next …
SCOTUS Opinion Leak Caused Spike in Search for Abortion Drugs
July 1, 2022 – Word that the U.S. Supreme Court was on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade led to a dramatic spike in web searches for abortion medications, a new study shows. On May 2, 2022, Politico leaked a draft majority opinion that revealed the court intended to reverse the guaranteed right to …
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The one question we all need to ask in the wake of the SCOTUS Dobbs decision on abortion
The Supreme Court has issued its ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson, a decision that we knew was coming and which overturns 50 years of precedent in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Roe v. Wade is widely known for upholding the right to an abortion, but it also upheld an individual’s fundamental “right to privacy” …