#u.s. supreme court

[kp777]

By Jessica Corbett

Common Dreams

April 24, 2024

"At its core, this Supreme Court decision will reflect who we are becoming as a society."

Less than a month after a key abortion pill hearing, the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments for another major reproductive rights case—one out of Idaho that could impact healthcare for pregnant women and people across the country.

Idaho is among the over 20 states that have tightened restrictions on abortion since the high court's right-wing majority reversed Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago with Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Since August 2022, abortions have been banned in the state except for reported cases of rape or incest or when "necessary to prevent the death" of the pregnant person.

"If the court does not uphold emergency abortion care protections, this ruling will have devastating consequences for pregnant people."

Before Idaho's near-total ban on abortion took effect, U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill barred enforcement of it to the extent that it conflicts with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a 1986 federal law requiring emergency departments that accept Medicare to provide "necessary stabilizing treatment" to any patient with an emergency medical condition.

The Biden administration argues that such care includes abortion; Idaho's Republican policymakers—backed by the far-right Christian Alliance Defending Freedom—disagree. The U.S. Supreme Court in January paused Winmill's order and agreed to hear arguments in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States.

As The New York Times reported Wednesday:

In a lively argument, questions by the justices suggested a divide along ideological lines, as well as a possible split by gender on the court. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative, appeared skeptical that Idaho's law, which bars doctors from providing abortions unless a woman's life is in danger or in specific nonviable pregnancies, superseded the federal law. The argument also raised a broader question about whether some of the conservative justices, particularly Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., may be prepared to embrace language of fetal personhood, that is, the notion that a fetus would have the same rights as a pregnant woman.

Also noting Barrett's apparent alignment with the three liberal women on the court, Law Dork's Chris Geidner predicted "it comes down to" Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow right-winger Brett Kavanaugh.

"Already, we see women miscarrying and giving birth to stillborn infants in restrooms and in their cars after hospitals have turned them away, and medical professionals put in impossible positions by extremist lawmakers," said MomsRising executive director and CEO Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, citing Associated Pressreporting from last week.

"Of all the horrors SCOTUS unleashed with its appalling, dangerous, massively unpopular ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the threat that pregnant people—most of whom are moms—will be denied emergency medical care is among the worst," she asserted. "An adverse ruling in this case will mean emergency rooms can deny urgently needed care to people experiencing serious pregnancy complications that can destroy their health, end their fertility, and take their lives."

Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, similarly stressed that under a decision that favors the Idaho GOP, "pregnant people will suffer severe, life-altering health consequences, and even death."

"We're already seeing the devastating impact of this case play out in Idaho, where medical evacuations to transport patients to other states for the care they need have dramatically spiked since the Supreme Court allowed state politicians to block emergency abortion care," she noted.

The has also been an exodus of healthcare providers. Pointing out that those who violate Idaho's ban face five years in prison, The Guardian reported Wednesday that "between 2022, when Roe was overturned, and 2023, about 50 OB-GYNs moved out of the state."

As Republican lawmakers in various states have ramped up attacks on reproductive freedom since Dobbs, states that still allow abortions have seen an influx of "healthcare refugees." A Planned Parenthood spokesperson confirmed in January that about 30% of its abortion patients in Nevada—which borders Idaho—are from other states.

"With several of Nevada's bordering states enforcing abortion bans, pushing many people seeking care to our state, we've seen firsthand the devastation that anti-abortion policies are already wreaking," Reproductive Freedom for All director of Nevada campaigns Denise Lopez said Tuesday. "The Supreme Court must not allow us to spiral further into this healthcare crisis."

If the high court rules in favor of Idaho's Republican lawmakers, she warned, "all states will be impacted, even in places like Nevada with more than 4 in 5 voters supporting reproductive freedom."

Destiny Lopez, acting co-CEO of the Guttmacher Institute, declared that "at its core, this Supreme Court decision will reflect who we are becoming as a society: Are we okay with requiring pregnant individuals who face severe complications to suffer life-threatening health consequences rather than granting them access to abortion? Are we okay with forcing doctors to choose between violating federal law by not providing emergency abortion care or violating state law if they do?"

"If the court does not uphold emergency abortion care protections, this ruling will have devastating consequences for pregnant people—particularly Black and Brown folks, immigrants, people with lower incomes, those without health insurance, and LGBTQ+ communities—while further emboldening extremists," she emphasized.

Arguments in the case have sparked multiple demonstrations, from a weekend rally in Boise, Idaho to a Wednesday gathering outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., where Women's March organized a die-in to highlight the potential consequences of the forthcoming ruling.

"It's a horrifying time to be someone who needs critical abortion care in America right now," said Women's March executive director Rachel O'Leary Carmona. "The GOP is chipping away at women's bodily autonomy and livelihoods one illegitimate court case at a time—from fast-tracking a case on the authorization of a medication that's been safely administered for decades last month, to now bringing the fate of emergency abortion care to a Supreme Court captured by their radical, anti-choice agenda."

"We know what these cases really are: They're part of a series of efforts by Christian nationalist politicians to do anything they can to control women's bodies and cut back women's decisions about their healthcare, their family planning, and their lives," she added.

Similar warnings about far-right Christian nationalist attacks on a range of rights have dominated political contests this cycle—including the race for the White House. In November, Democratic President Joe Biden, who supports access to abortion care, is set to face former Republican President Donald Trump, who brags about appointing three of the six justices who reversed Roe.

The case has renewed arguments for considering changes to the country's top court, which over the past few years has not only seen plummeting levels of public trust but also been rocked by repeated ethics scandals.

"Idaho's abortion ban is a direct consequence of the court's radical decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow partisan state legislatures to determine Americans' access to abortion care," said Stand Up America managing director of policy and political affairs Brett Edkins. "If the Supreme Court once again sides with anti-abortion extremists, it will be further proof that this court is radically out of touch with the American people and must be reformed."

#u.s. supreme court #abortion rights #maternal health #idaho #roe vs. wade

[filosofablogger]

A Brief Update

Earlier today I wrote about Kate Cox and her struggle to obtain an abortion despite the fact that the fetus she carries is not viable and her very life is in danger.  I wrote that late last night, and when I woke this morning, it was to this headline in the New York Times … Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Court-Approved Abortion   The court, responding to an appeal from Attorney General Ken…

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#Kate Cox #Roe v Wade #Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton #Texas Supreme Court #U.S. Supreme Court #women&039;s rights

[alwaysbewoke]

#racism #white racial hatred #white supremacy #white evil #dred scott v. sandford #u.s. supreme court #citizenship rights #racial discrimination #legal precedent #civil rights history #slavery #judicial activism #constitutional interpretation

[vaguely-problematic]

hey y'all- i just wanted to remind everyone Friday Nov 25th is Native American Heritage Day in the united states, and that

**there is a case in the u.s. supreme court (brackeen-v-haaland) which directly affects the rights of native americans and their tribal sovereignty. **

The Indian Child Welfare Act pushes for Native children to be adopted by Native families. .... When it was passed in 1978, ICWA was landmark legislation, setting unprecedented protections to address the assimilationist policies that led to state child welfare and private adoption agencies systematically removing almost a third of all American Indian and Alaska Native children from their homes. (Yes, almost a third; you read that correctly.) Eighty-five percent of those children were placed in non-Indian homes. ICWA’s constitutionality is now being challenged in a lawsuit [Brackeen v. Haaland] brought by Texas, Indiana, Louisiana and various individual plaintiffs. It is the first time a state has sued the federal government over ICWA’s constitutionality. X

for more information and to learn what action you can take: https://linktr.ee/ProtectICWA

updates on the case: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/brackeen-v-haaland/

november 2022

#icwa #indian child welfare act #brackeen v. haaland #brackeen v haaland #living in the u.s.a. #u.s. politics #this dystopian nightmare of a country #listen to indigenous people #tribal sovereignty #native american heritage day #november 2022 #u.s. supreme court

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Attorney Samuel Leibowitz shows the Statue of Liberty to the four freed Scottsboro boys visiting New York from Alabama, July 26, 1937. Eugene Williams sits at left; the defendants clustered at right are Willie Roberson, Roy Wright, and Olen Montgomery.

In proceedings that lasted from 1933 to 1937 Liebowitz, serving without a fee, argued the case all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. It ruled that a Black person cannot be assured a fair trial in a community where they are systematically excluded from jury service. The Court ordered a retrial, with Black people included on the jury.

Charges (of raping two white women) were dropped against the men in the photo. The other five were convicted; three served prison sentences. The ones in prison all escaped, but two were caught, subsequently charged with other crimes, and convicted. The only one sentenced to death jumped parole and went into hiding for 30 years. He was found in 1976 and pardoned by Governor George Wallace.

Photo: Associated Press

#vintage New York #1930s #Scottsboro Boys #Samuel Leibowitz #racism #U.S. Supreme Court #U.S. constitutional law #Eugene Williams #Roy Wright #Willie Roberson #Olen Montgomery

[whenweallvote]

Today we honor Gordon Hirabayashi, born on this day in 1918. Dr. Hirabayashi was imprisoned after challenging the federal government’s internment of more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II. 

Justice was finally served when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction 45 years later. 🙌🏽

#gordon hirabayashi #world war ii #u.s. supreme court #japanese americans #japanese american history #american history

[pythiaswine]

"i dont want to vote trump or biden bc they both suck" VOTE THIRD PARTY THEN!! If we don't all do it, it reinforces the idea that our votes don't matter. if you vote for one over the other, they think they can get away w the two party system. if you don't vote at all, they won't even know the difference because they'll still have a winner and no third-party contenders. if you want the electoral college gone, VOTE THIRD PARTY! they won't listen until we make them. this is called political efficacy. stop believing it's hopeless bc that is how they have the power to keep making decisions that the people don't agree with.

#voting #u.s. house of representatives #u.s. politics #u.s. supreme court #u.s. senate #2024 elections #us elections #u.s. elections #fuck the elites #electoral college #political #politics #us politics #donald trump #joe biden #democrats #republicans #political efficacy

[gwydionmisha]

#Trans Woman #Deportation #U.S. Supreme Court #Refugees #News

[sbrown82]

We have the most corrupt Supreme Court I’ve ever seen!

#u.s. supreme court #corruption #jan. 6 #insurrection #obstruction #republicans #capitol riot #clarence thomas #bribes

[strawberrylemonz]

My fellow US Citizens, especially in red states like me, please:

Delete your period tracker apps

Buy pregnancy tests using cash

Don’t use your rewards numbers at stores for pregnancy tests

Don’t look up how to get an abortion without using protected browsers/VPNs (DuckDuckGo)

Don’t look up where/which states give abortions

Don’t go to the doctors for pregnancy related things if you’re planning on an abortion. Don’t let them know you came back no longer pregnant

Don’t arrange abortion rides on apps like Facebook

And for those who wish to protest:

Wear a mask

Turn off your phone and leave it at home

Turn off/leave behind all GPS items

Don’t test your burner phone by calling your personal phone

Buy your burner phone in cash

Please feel free to add any more advice I may have missed. I hate that we need to keep fighting this war, but we cannot stop. We can’t rest until every person, regardless of their gender identity, sexual identity, reproductive system, or race is treated with the respect and protections they deserve

#roe vs. wade #u.s. supreme court #protest #abortion #human rights

[kp777]

#u.s. supreme court #hillary clinton #code of ethics

[hopeymchope]

Yeah Republicans came up with this idea in response to the “stolen” election from 2020, You know — “The Big Lie” that has literally no evidence behind it and which ahs been laughed out of every court in the nation for not having a single basis in reality?

They claimed that this plan would help them “prevent another stolen election.” But of course, the election was never stolen. What they mean is that they will use this to prevent ever losing an election.

We already know that most of the conservative justices on the court have spoken or written in favor of ISLT. The only one who hasn’t already established her opinion of this on the record is Amy Coney Barrett, and she’s more than extreme enough for most people to assume she’s in favor. In other words: This is basically a done deal. The decision of the court is plainly obvious, and it will signal the end of America as a democracy forever.

...unless someone can do something to stop them/change the makeup of the court before the decision comes down, of course.

Biden either needs to pack the court ASAP, or make certain multiple sitting judges are prosecuted/impeached.

#american #united states #important #u.s. supreme court #supreme court #scotus #supreme court of the united states #doom #well i guess it was semi-nice while it lasted #america

[deadpresidents]

Every single MAGA supporting conservative appointed to the courts should star in my new theater play: "Thick Clots Sit In the Pillory and Are Pelted with Rancid Tomatoes". Admission is free.

Sounds great, but do you know what the really awful thing is? They'd still have the power to do exactly what they are currently doing to the country when it comes to abortion, LGBTQ+ issues, race, guns, voting rights, climate change, corporate regulation, economic inequality, immigration, education, the freedom of speech, expression and religion (or the freedom to not believe), and so on.

So, while the idea of throwing tomatoes sounds like a nice way to blow off some steam and win a minor skirmish, they are winning the war. Because ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES and the worst possible person won the wrong election at the scariest possible time. And it resulted in a federal judiciary dominated by very conservative judges who have their jobs as long as they live.

Seeing a free play is always nice, but make no mistake, a lot of us are probably going to be paying for this right-wing federal judiciary for the rest of our lives. I'd rather pay to watch something else.

#ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES #Judicial Branch #Federal Judiciary #Supreme Court #U.S. Supreme Court #Law #Constitution #Politics #Elections #Right-wing judges #Federal Judges #Abortion Rights #LGBTQ+ #Gun Safety #Voting Rights #Climate Change #Corporate Regulation #Greed #Economic Inequality #Immigration #Freedom of Speech #Religious Freedom #Freeom of expression #Vote #Always Vote #And run for office too

[captainpirateface]

"GIMME! GIMMIE! GIMMIE! GIMMIE!"

U.S. Supreme Court Judge

Clarence Thomas

Fuck this guy hard. And not in a sexy way...

#clarence thomas #u.s. supreme court #us supreme court #supreme court #captainpirateface #bipolardepression #chemicalimbalance #wtf #captainpiratefacelovesyou #sighthsandsoundsofinstagram #sights and sounds of tumblr

[newyorkthegoldenage]

A crowd in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, February 18, 1935, just after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its long-awaited gold clause decision. Stocks rose after announcement.

As part of the New Deal program to conserve gold reserves during the Depression, Congress in 1933 abrogated clauses in contracts stipulating payment in gold dollars as valued at the time a contract was made. That meant that such obligations could be paid in now-devalued currency. The Court sustained the power of Congress to regulate the monetary system. Enforcement of the gold clauses would have affected the depressed national economy badly.

Photo: JF for the Associated Press via NYPL

#vintage New York #1920s #Wall St. #gold clause cases #gold clause #NY Stock Exchange #vintage Wall St. #U.S. Supreme Court #constitutional law #Congressional power #Great Depression #New Deal

[vaguely-problematic]

a u.s. supreme court case for 2023 may change the internet. legal eagle (above video) explains.

Gonzalez v. Google LLC is about whether youtube can be held liable for the content that its algorithm recommends to viewers. it involves a terrorist attack by isis and the fact that youtube was recommending isis videos to its users.

#u.s. supreme court #u.s. law #2023 u.s. supreme court cases #youtube algorithm #communications decency act #section 230 #social media content moderation #isis #youtube recommendations #online radicalization #this dystopian nightmare of a country #duty not to support terrorists (ATA) #Youtube #Gonzalez v. Google LLC #legaleagle #antiterrorism act (ATA) #3rd party content moderation #FOSTA #SESTA