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- 1Supreme Court vote shadows Collins in Maine Senate race▼Supreme Court vote shadows Maine Sen. Susan Collins in her first race after abortion rights decision
Maine Senator Susan Collins is running her first re-election campaign since voting to confirm Supreme Court justices who later helped overturn federal abortion rights. Her 2022 vote for Brett Kavanaugh has become a central issue, with opponents and voters revisiting her assurances that Roe v. Wade would remain settled law. Coverage from Spectrum News and PBS highlights how the abortion decision continues to shape her race.
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US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has spoken publicly about the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, addressing his role in the ruling and questions about whether he has considered retiring from the bench. The comments are drawing attention amid ongoing debate over the court's conservative majority and its landmark abortion ruling.
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Justice Samuel Alito says he lost friends after authoring the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion. His comments renew attention on the 2022 ruling, which shifted abortion law back to the states and continues to shape US politics, court battles and debate over the Supreme Court's legitimacy.
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A group of Republican-led states has filed a lawsuit targeting so-called shield laws, the state-level protections that allow doctors in states like New York and Massachusetts to prescribe abortion pills by telemedicine to patients in states where abortion is restricted. The suits test whether one state's laws can shield providers from enforcement actions by another, escalating the legal battle over medication abortion after the Dobbs decision.
- 5Justice Alito says he knows who leaked Roe draft opinion▼Alito says he knows who leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he knows the identity of the person who leaked the 2022 draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, though he has not named them publicly. The leak of the Dobbs decision draft sparked an unprecedented breach of court confidentiality and an internal investigation that failed to identify a culprit. Commenters are questioning whether Alito will reveal what he knows and what it means for the court's credibility.