In the final 11 days of the 2024 election, a new conservative Super PAC launched a $20 million campaign to boost Donald Trump and aggressively troll liberals. The group, called RBG PAC, ran ads claiming that Trump would not support a federal abortion ban — and that he actually has …
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday over Tennessee’s ban on teenagers’ access to hormone treatments and puberty blockers supporting their transition. In April of last year, the Justice Department sued Tennessee, arguing that SB1 — a law banning access to hormone therapy for adolescents in the state — …
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I am cruising across the San Carlos Apache Reservation with Wendsler Nosie Sr., an Apache man asking the Supreme Court to save his place of worship, known as Chi’chil Bildagoteel, or Oak Flat, from what may soon be the largest copper mine in North America. For Nosie and his allies, …
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The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold Tennessee’s ban on access to gender-affirming medical treatments for adolescents after hearing oral arguments on Wednesday, and right-wing activists are celebrating by vowing to completely stamp out America’s transgender community. Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, became the first …
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WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was on a roll, seeming to thoroughly enjoy himself as he commanded the stage at the annual black-tie dinner gala hosted by the Federalist Society in Washington, D.C. The Nov. 14 dinner came midway through the organization’s three-day National Lawyers Convention, a gathering …
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Dear women and girls of America, These last two years have been incredibly hard. Practically overnight, women lost a right we had counted on for nearly 50 years — and an entire generation lost the freedom to make their own decisions about their lives and futures. If hearing the news …
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People often ask me why I do what I do. Why go undercover to expose extremist Republicans like Senator Ron Johnson, Trump coup attorney John Eastman, or Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito? Can’t you just ask them for an interview? To give you a fuller context for my motivation requires …
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For months now, Leonard Leo — a conservative legal activist with a billion-dollar slush fund and an influential hand in the workings of the Supreme Court — has been refusing to comply with a Senate subpoena regarding his financial relationship with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Senate Democrats sent …
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This summer, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill unveiled a series of sample posters that teachers could put up in order to fulfill the state’s new requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all classrooms — calling the posters “plainly constitutional.” Her office has asked a federal judge to throw …
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In late August, Colorado’s top election official, Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold, was admitted to the hospital for her scheduled C-section, as she and her husband were, naturally, thrilled about the imminent birth of Griswold’s first child. They had gone through unsuccessful IVF treatments, but were able to conceive …
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