Anger as protests continue across US after supreme court overturns Roe
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Protests over a US supreme court decision that overturned abortion rights continued across the country this weekend. In New York, thousands marched to voice their anger at the ruling that came at the end of a dizzying...
Roe v Wade: legal experts see limited opportunities to challenge court ruling
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Joe Biden on Saturday renewed his criticism of the supreme court, a day after justices handed down a historic ruling that overturned a ruling that had guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion for almost half a ce...
‘A mockery of democracy’: US supreme court in question after abortion ruling
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Striding from the US supreme court to the nearby US Capitol, holding aloft a sign that said “My body my choice” and “Women’s right to choose”, Taylor Treacy was struggling to fathom how she had fewer constitutional ri...
The Observer view on Donald Trump’s influence on Roe v Wade ruling
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The baleful influence of Donald Trump continues to be felt in American life despite his decisive election defeat in 2020 and subsequent disgraceful behaviour. The supreme court’s regressive, dangerous and insulting de...
Infamy! Infamy! Carry on Boris – cartoon
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The prime minister channels his inner Julius Caesar. But the knives are out…
Roe v Wade: senators say Trump supreme court nominees misled them
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When the supreme court decided on Friday to overturn Roe v Wade, several senators who recently approved justices responsible for this decision said they felt deceived. These politicians pointed to prior statements fro...
Abortion ruling highlights the war against women in America. Time to fight back
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Wel, it finally happened. The fact that we all expected it, that we have spent the last few weeks waiting for this to happen, didn’t blunt the shock of it. On Friday the supreme court issued a decision in Dobbs v Jac...
It’s time to say it: the US supreme court has become an illegitimate institution
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As of 24 Junie 2022, the US supreme court should officially be understood as an illegitimate institution – a tool of minority rule over the majority, and as part of a far-right ideological and authoritarian takeover th...