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A conservative justice’s draft treats pregnancy as a simple matter: Either a uterus is occupied by a fetus or it is not.

The letter highlights the potential far-reaching impacts of the Supreme Court's anticipated decision reversing Roe v. Wade.

Conservative judicial activists are showing scant respect for precedent or the prerogatives of other parts of the government. Expect the elected branches to fight back.

The debate over abortion is an important part of the story of polarization in American politics, but it is not its genesis.

Laurence Tribe discusses the leaked Alito draft, the inherent politics of the judicial branch, and how to behave on Twitter.

Caution and epistemic humility can guide our approach.

If the Supreme Court nullifies federal reproductive rights, where will conservatives take the fight against abortion? Jia Tolentino, Margaret Talbot, and Peter Slevin weigh in.

“What is a person?” How people answer this question shapes how they think about a developing human being.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said a draft decision leaked earlier this month has changed the court forever, potentially eroding citizens' trust in the institution.

Justice Clarence Thomas says that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month.

If the Supreme Court nullifies federal reproductive rights, where will conservatives take the fight against abortion? Plus, a conversation with the Internet comedy darling Megan Stalter.

The justice who authored the leaked document striking down abortion rights reportedly said it was “a subject I told myself I wasn’t going to talk about today."

The theocratic dystopia I invented for The Handmaid’s Tale is taking on a hideous reality with the leaked Alito opinion.

New interview with SCOTUS judge Samuel Alito reveals tensions seem to be bubbling between members of the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Abortion Pens for protesters are set up before anti-scaling fencing that blocks off the stairs to the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Washington. Chief Justice John Roberts last week confirmed the authenticity of the opinion, revealed by Politico, in ordering the court's marshal to undertake an investigation. Roberts stressed that the draft, written by Justice Samuel Alito and circulated in February, may not be the court's final word. Supreme Court decisions are not final until they are formally issued and the outcomes in some cases changed between the justices’ initial votes shortly after arguments and the official announcement of the decisions. But no dissent, separate opinion from Roberts, or even a revised draft majority opinion has been circulated among the justices, Politico reported.

When Roe was decided, there was little difference between how the parties voted in the Senate. A vote to save it this week was almost completely divided along partisan lines.

Fairfax County officials have rebuffed a request from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish a security perimeter around the neighborhoods of Supreme Court justices living in the county who have faced protests outside their homes.

Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape by Ken Armstrong When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito,...

Supreme Court Abortion Pens for protesters are set up before anti-scaling fencing that blocks off the stairs to the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Washington. The meeting in the justices' private, wood-paneled conference room could be a tense affair in a setting noted for its decorum. No one aside from the justices attends and the most junior among them, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, is responsible for taking notes. Roberts stressed that the draft, written by Justice Samuel Alito and circulated in February, may not be the court's final word. But no dissent, separate opinion from Roberts, or even a revised draft majority opinion has been circulated among the justices, Politico reported.

Garland's order came after the leak of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade stoked fierce outrage from abortion-rights supporters.

Senate Republicans block a bill that would have protected the right to abortion under federal law if Roe v. Wade is overturned. President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris has urged its passage. CBS News political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins "Red and Blue" from Capitol Hill where she watched events unfold, and discusses what this means.

The Supreme Court’s nine justices met in private for the first time since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v.

Overturning Roe v. Wade could threaten birth control and other care, experts say.

Supreme Court leaks and abortion protests outside homes are signs of an institution that is losing its distinctive place in the American political ecology.

Supreme Court justices have long prized confidentiality.

Justice Alito’s draft opinion signals a willingness to subject women and girls to second-class citizenship.     

A rumor that Justice Samuel Alito was moved to an "undisclosed location" was pushed on Fox News. The source can't recall where he heard it.

Liberty requires restraints on government power.

Twitter users called out the "snowflake" host for his dramatic overreaction.

The bill follows a leak last week of a draft Supreme Court opinion that, if unchanged, would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that federally legalized abortions.

CBS News has obtained multiple state law enforcement bulletins and analysis reflecting increased vigilance since the leak.

The claim made its way through the conservative media and into the tweets of GOP senators.

The White House issued a statement saying that President Biden believes in the right to protest while condemning “violence, threats or vandalism” after abortion-rights demonstrators marched outside the homes of Supreme Court justices over the weekend.

On Saturday, pro-choice demonstrators gathered outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in Chevy Chase, Md., expressing anger and frustration regarding Kavanaugh's apparent vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Kavanaugh was one of three justices appointed to the nation's highest court by former President Donald Trump, all of whom are expected to vote to strike down abortion rights when the final ruling is made public in the next few months.

A clerk for a conservative justice is the “leading theory” amid intense speculation about who released a draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito showing the court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg of NPR. Totenberg said on ABC’s “This Week” that the prevailing theory is that…

Last night’s cold open delivered a barrage of punch lines about how principles from the middle ages are serving as the legal precedent for contemporary life.

The border between Missouri (where abortion is difficult to access) and Illinois (where abortion rights are codified) marks one of the great divisions in America today – and will become more so if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

After the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade abortion case opinion leak, companies face political pressure and a focus on health benefits may be the best response.

Roe v. Wade has serious analytical weaknesses. So does Justice Samuel Alito’s attack on it. No constitutional theory is sturdy enough to persuade both sides.

From the archive: a selection of pieces about abortion rights and the courts.

What's “more traumatic?” McKinnon asked. “Ending an early pregnancy or giving full birth to a baby you can never see again because you put it on a Ferris wheel?”

In one form or another, every Supreme Court nominee is asked during Senate hearings about his or her views of the landmark abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century.

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the very definition of what it means to be American will change for women and girls in the United States.

One way to illustrate the reach of the leaked draft by the Supreme Court Justice is to look at what the options for defending reproductive rights would be in its wake.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts noted that Alito's draft opinion overturning Roe and Casey's abortion rights doesn't represent a final decision in the case.

Anti-abortion lobbying groups backed by corporate leaders have raised over $40 million since Donald Trump became president.

Some of the justices have canceled public appearances and barricades are up around the Supreme Court.

Some of the justices have canceled public appearances and barricades are up around the Supreme Court.

A draft decision by Samuel Alito suggests that a majority of Justices might reconsider other personal rights after overturning Roe v. Wade.

"Republicans can run but they can't hide. They have two choices: They own it now, or miracle of miracles, try to begin to undo the damage," Schumer said.

The draft Supreme Court opinion says it is limited to abortion, but advocates say same-sex marriage and birth control cases could be at risk.

John Roberts is heading a Supreme Court in crisis.

If abortion ceases to be a right for Americans, voters will know exactly who to hold accountable.

Banning abortion nationwide and narrowing the scope of women’s and gay rights are popular among Republicans, but they don’t have the votes or legal ammunition.

Abortion isn’t going to be banned nationally, and major Supreme Court precedents on contraception and gay rights are safe.

Activists overseas have lessons for post-Roe America.

Little doubt remains about what the Supreme Court plans to do with Roe v.

The traditionally insular Supreme Court is about to face the full force of public pressure and abortion politics.

Politico boosted security and warned its staff members to take extra care online following the news organization's major scoop in publishing a Supreme Court draft decision that would strike down the Roe v.

People on both sides of the abortion divide have been anticipating that the Supreme Court this summer would reverse the landmark 1973 Roe v.

The stunning leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v.

President Joe Biden is blasting what he calls a “radical” leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v.

The Supreme Court is known for keeping secrets.

President Joe Biden says the “basic fairness and the stability of our law demand” that the U.S. Supreme Court not overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v.

The fertile mind of Justice Stephen Breyer has conjured a stream of hypothetical questions through the years that have, in the words of a colleague, “befuddled” lawyers and justices alike.

The Supreme Court has turned away a plea from parents to block a new admissions policy at a prestigious high school in northern Virginia that a lower court had found discriminates against Asian American students.

A former Washington state football coach who lost his job for praying on the field after games is making his case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will join a Supreme Court that is both more diverse than ever and more conservative than it’s been since the 1930s.

The Supreme Court has removed a barrier for those seeking to bring lawsuits against law enforcement for malicious prosecution.

The Supreme Court is casting doubt on Texas’ claim that it can’t be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

The Supreme Court is giving the Navy a freer hand determining what job assignments it gives to 35 sailors who sued after refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Supreme Court says it won’t review the case of a Seattle-based Christian organization that was sued after declining to hire a bisexual lawyer who applied for a job.

A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples, who were among those to whom she wouldn’t issue marriage licenses.

When presidents nominate a candidate to serve on the Supreme Court, they often ask an experienced Washington hand to help shepherd that candidate through the Senate confirmation process.

The Supreme Court has sided unanimously with the Biden administration and reversed a lower court decision that had allowed a lawsuit to go forward by Muslim men claiming FBI religious bias.

President Joe Biden knows better than anyone the unexpected turns a Supreme Court nomination can take after it lands on Capitol Hill.

A bed-and-breakfast on the U.S.-Canada border that officials say is a magnet for illegal border crossings, was the setting of a case heard Wednesday at the Supreme Court.

In a case stemming from the opioid addiction crisis, the Supreme Court appears ready to side with two imprisoned doctors who wrote thousands of prescriptions for pain medication in short periods.

In good times or bad, American presidents come to Congress with a diagnosis that hardly differs over the decades.

The Supreme Court is wading into a political clash between the Biden administration and Republican-led states seeking to defend a signature Trump-era immigration rule that the new administration has abandoned.

If President Joe Biden’s search for a nominee to the Supreme Court could be summed up by a Help Wanted ad it might read: “Seeking a well-respected liberal jurist.

The Supreme Court’s decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election has sparked fresh warnings that the court is eroding the Voting Rights Act and reviving the need for Congress to intervene.

Leondra Kruger was once a clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and she's often thought of his advice to "always work hard and do your best.”.

For years the Supreme Court moved to the left or right only as far as Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy allowed.

Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham say it'd be good if the person named to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn’t have an Ivy League degree.

In the nearly 30 years that Justice Stephen Breyer has spent on the Supreme Court, it's been conservative, then more conservative and now much more conservative.

Multiple sources say Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to retire.

Opponents of abortion rights insist their work won't end even if the Supreme Court decides to dismantle the Roe v.

In a story published January 24, 2022, about the Supreme Court deciding to take up an important Clean Water Act case, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Supreme Court justices seem to have little doubt that Boston was wrong to refuse to fly a banner described as a Christian flag outside City Hall.

The Supreme Court says all nine justices have received COVID-19 booster shots.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts says the federal judiciary needs to do more to ensure judges don’t participate in cases where they have financial conflicts of interest.

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block lower court orders that are keeping President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers from going into effect in about half of the states.

The Supreme Court has refused to halt a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that does not offer an exemption for religious reasons.

If the Supreme Court decides to overturn or gut the decision that legalized abortion, some fear that it could undermine other precedent-setting cases, including civil rights and LGBTQ protections.

As the Supreme Court weighs the future of the landmark Roe v.

The Supreme Court has been asked in arguments to overturn a nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.

Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there’s no middle ground in Wednesday’s showdown over abortion.

The Supreme Court seems ready to strike down a restrictive New York gun permitting law.