Red States Are Rolling Back the Rights Revolution | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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Google-News-Wire
- September 10, 2023
- ban books
- civil liberties
- civil rights
- college professors
- coming years
- conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- constitutional right
- control of the federal government
- court’s six-member Republican-appointed majority
- emergency care
- enforcement of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
- Erwin Chemerinsky
- federal cases
- federal courts
- federal district judge
- federal judge
- federal Justice Department
- floor of civil rights
- free speech
- gender affirming care
- Justice Department
- key early federal rulings
- last year’s Dobbs decision
- late July
- legal abortion
- legislature’s laws
- me.This broad red-state push
- new restrictions
- President Joe Biden’s election
- public protest
- recent rulings
- red-state actions
- red-state agenda
- red-state drive
- Republican-controlled states
- school libraries
- state courts
- state laws
- state legislature
- state’s six-week abortion ban
- strong baseline of civil rights
- supreme court
- Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision
- supreme courts
- surprising number of decisions
- swarm of laws
- U.S. Supreme Court
- underlying conservative lean of their electorates.Opponents
- voting rights
- west virginia
The struggle over the sweeping red-state drive to roll back civil rights and liberties has primarily moved to the courts. Since 2021, Republican-controlled states have passed a swarm of laws to restrict voting rights, increase penalties for public protest, impose new restrictions on transgender youth, ban books, and limit what teachers, college professors, and employers […]
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Alabama redistricting on docket ahead as Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice | News | #elections | #alabama
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Google-News-Wire
- October 4, 2022
- climate and environment
- coronavirus
- courts
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- environment
- environmental concerns
- environmental conservation and preservation
- environmental laws and regulations
- Freedom of speech
- government and politics
- government regulations
- Health
- human rights and civil liberties
- Infectious diseases
- judiciary
- legislature
- Lung disease
- national courts
- national governments
- pollution
- pollution laws and regulations
- property rights
- social affairs
- social issues
- supreme court-opening day
- supreme courts
- water environment
- water quality
- wetlands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a new justice on the bench, the public back in the courtroom and a spirited debate in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights. This term’s significant cases include a struggle over whether Alabama must draw an additional Black majority congressional […]
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Peltola beats Palin, wins Alaska House special election | US Politics | #alaska | #politics
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- September 1, 2022
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- judiciary
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat on Wednesday, besting a field that included Republican Sarah Palin, who was seeking a political comeback in the state where she was once governor. Peltola, who is Yup’ik and turned 49 on Wednesday, will become the first Alaska […]
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Abortion draft puts unusual public pressure on Supreme Court | Politics | #alaska | #politics
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Google-News-Wire
- May 5, 2022
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WASHINGTON — The traditionally insular Supreme Court is about to face the full force of public pressure and abortion politics as justices make a final decision on whether to throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. The justices are entering a politically explosive new era, drafting what may well be the most consequential opinion […]
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