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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”. Four years later, her case reached the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court ruled in Olmstead v. Beyond her Supreme Court advocacy, Marcus was an influential lawyer in other ways. Walter Dellinger (May 15, 1941 – Feb.

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Justices decline to reinstate GOP-backed congressional voting maps in North Carolina, Pennsylvania

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block orders by courts in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that threw out the congressional maps enacted by the states’ Republican legislatures and replaced them with maps drawn by the trial courts. Constitution. The Pennsylvania case.

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Beware of Plan Bs: The White House Push to ‘Codify Roe’ Goes Far Beyond the Status Quo

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When the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it would not enjoin the Texas abortion law, the White House immediately called for the Senate to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) to secure the rights currently guaranteed under the Constitution. So, why the push for Plan B before the Court rules?

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Misfire: Williamson Adds New Disinformation on the History Behind the Second Amendment

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That included most famously the Pennsylvania long rifle that was the bane of the existence of the British. They have pushed ill-considered legislation and litigation that only served to create precedent against gun control. Moreover, the earlier ban was imposed in 1994 — before the Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v.