Abortion politics' extraterritorial character

The leaked draught majority decision of the US Supreme Court in Dobbs versus Jackson Women's Health Organisation has increased the politicisation of abortion in the United States in the run-up to November's mid-term elections, signalling the likely reversal of Roe vs Wade.

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US SUPREME COURT HANDS GOOGLE A VICTORY IN THE SUIT AGAINST ORACLE

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• Overturning a lower court’s ruling, the US Supreme Court handed the Alphabet-owned company a victory saying that it did not violate federal copyright law

• The Sundar Pichai-led company was sued by Oracle Corp. in the year 2010 over copyright infri...

U.S. SUPREME COURT ENDS LEGAL BATTLE BETWEEN TRUMP & TWITTER

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• The court found the dispute was debatable, throwing out the decision made by a lower court which had said that the US President had violated constitutional free speech rights

• Thomas wrote “We will soon have no choice but to address how our legal ...

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT ISSUES 1ST OPINION

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• Supreme Court Justice on Thursday delivered her first opinion against an environmental group that sought access to government records

• Barrett wrote for a 7-2 court stating that certain draft documents do not have to be disclosed under the federal Freee...

NO BOMB THREAT AT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, IT IS ALL-CLEAR: AUTHORITIES

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• According to the reports, the United States Supreme Court was given an all-clear immediately following a bomb threat that alerted the authorities

• Though the court is closed at present in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, initially it was reported that the...

U.S. SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO HEAR BID TO REVIVE KANSAS VOTING RESTRICTION

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• This ruling was championed by ex Secretary of Kansas State Kris Kobach, who happens to be an ally of the incumbent US President Donald Trump

• This Republican-backed law required people seeking to register to vote in Kansas to present a U.S. passport, bi...

U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN BIDEN'S ELECTION VICTORY

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• The order issued by the country’s top court was second in this week as on Tuesday, as the justices had rejected an appeal from Pennsylvania Republicans on Tuesday

• President Donald Trump and his team are trying relentlessly to overturn the electio...

US SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS ON VIRUS RESTRICTIONS

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• New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had recently order that a maximum of only 10 people are permitted to gather at the sites of worship in high-risk designated “red zones”

• The measures violated the First Amendment's protection of the free ex...

U.S. SUPREME COURT TURNS DOWN AN APPEAL BY OFFICIAL WHO HELD BACK GAY-MARRIAGE LICENSES

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• Two Supreme Court judges have rebuffed an appeal from Kim Davis, who had garnered national attention by holding back all marriage licenses in Rowan County post the Supreme Court's iconic Obergefell vs. Hodges decision

• The reason cited by Kim Davis ...

TRUMP FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SUBPOENA SERVED BY MANHATTAN ATTORNEY GENERAL CYRUS VANCE

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•     Reports say that Trump’s lawyer had paid porn actress to keep quiet about her time with Trump in 2016

•     An investigation has been initiated that now needs Trump to give out his  tax details abou...