Tag: Supreme Court

In a broad 5-3 ruling Monday that stunned and deflated abortion opponents, the justices wiped out years of work by groups who carefully crafted abortion provider regulations, prompted dozens of Republican-led states to pass them and then watched their strategy blossom as dozens of clinics shuttered around the country. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Pro-lifers regroup after SCOTUS abortion decision

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 28, 2016 4:01 am

By significantly weakening or eliminating these requirements with its ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a five-justice majority of the Supreme Court effectively declared on Monday that abortionists are not really healthcare providers, but some other, more special, even sacred species. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Justices play the regulatory power game

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2016 4:01 am

MSNBC lets Wendy Davis take abortion victory lap

Becket Adams · June 28, 2016 2:19 am

Sen. Ben Sasse took exception to a Washington Post Wonkblog headline that seemed to say women face no physical dangers when getting an abortion. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

GOP senator slams Washington Post’s ‘bizarre’ abortion headline

Becket Adams · June 28, 2016 12:10 am

The Supreme Court struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Abortion ruling means states must prove laws necessary

Robert King · June 27, 2016 9:58 pm

The Supreme Court struck down Texas' sweeping anti-abortion law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court decision: Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt

Washington Examiner Staff · June 27, 2016 8:26 pm

Quoting lyrics from the the Tony-award winning musical "Hamilton," supporters created #Ham4StoptheSham on Twitter after the Court determined in a 5-3 ruling that regulations for Texas abortion clinics placed an undue burden on women seeking to end their pregnancies. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Supreme Court abortion ruling celebrated with Hamilton lyrics

Mariana Barillas · June 27, 2016 8:05 pm

Gun rights groups argued that the men should not lose their constitutional right to bear arms because of misdemeanor abuse convictions. (Bloomberg)

Supreme Court upholds the ban on guns for convicted domestic abusers

Associated Press · June 27, 2016 5:56 pm

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Washington Secrets

Justice Breyer: Laws don’t stop bad people

Paul Bedard · June 27, 2016 5:04 pm

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., said on Twitter Monday that he was glad to see the Supreme Court "uphold access to health care for women." (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Vulnerable GOP senator applauds Supreme Court abortion ruling

Robert King · June 27, 2016 4:56 pm

Bernie Sanders said in a statement that the ruling reaffirmed that access to a —œsafe and legal abortion is a woman’s constitutional right, a right that cannot be blocked by extreme Republican politicians.—£ (AP Photo)

Sanders applauds Supreme Court abortion ruling

Robert King · June 27, 2016 4:54 pm

Former Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis said she nearly cried after the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law she famously filibustered back in 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Joyful Wendy Davis says she’s ‘fighting back tears’ after abortion ruling

Robert King · June 27, 2016 4:21 pm