“Decisions about healthcare belong to patients, their doctors, and their families—not politicians,” said Rep. Mark Pocan. As LGBTQ+ rights advocates prepare for oral arguments in a U.S. Supreme Court case about bans on gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth, 164 members of Congress on Tuesday urged the justices to strike down Tennessee’s 2023 law. Tennessee is one […]
“I ended up losing half of my fertility and if I was made to wait any longer, it’s very likely I would have died,” said one Texas patient. Monday reporting from The Associated Press and newly filed federal complaints highlight how abortion restrictions enacted in U.S. states since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade endanger the health and lives of pregnant people nationwide. Building on a […]
“The evidence assembled thus far plainly suggests that Justice Thomas has committed numerous willful violations of federal ethics.” Stepping up efforts to hold U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accountable for alleged ethics violations, two Democratic senators on Tuesday announced they’d requested that the Biden administration appoint a special counsel to investigate the right-wing judge. Sen. Sheldon […]
“The TERM Act is necessary because lifetime tenure on the United States Supreme Court leads to a court that is insulated from, and unaccountable to, the American people,” said Rep. Hank Johnson, the bill’s sponsor. As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to weigh in on presidential immunity and other major issues in the months ahead, […]