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Roe v Wade rubbed out: US Supreme Court overturns abortion rights landmark

The court, in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative majority, upheld a Republican-backed Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.

US Senate passes bipartisan gun-safety legislation by a wide margin

The vote came the same day the Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required people to show a special need to carry a handgun in public

US Supreme Court strikes down New York's limits on concealed guns

The decision represents the court's most important statement on gun rights in more than a decade

Americans have a right to carry firearms: Supreme Court; expands gun rights

The decision, the high court's first major gun decision in more than a decade, was 6-3 with the court's conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent

US apex court seeks President Joe Biden's views over Pegasus dispute

The justices are considering NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the lawsuit to move forward

US Supreme Court blocks Texas law targeting social media firms' rules

The US Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law that would ban large social media companies from removing posts based on the views they express

Abortion ruling could increase extremist violence, says US govt report

The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down the constitutional right to abortion has unleashed a wave of threats against officials and others, an internal government report says.

Senate passes bill to boost security for US Supreme Court justices

Sens. John Cornyn said threats to Supreme Court justices and their families are disgraceful and attempts to intimidate the independence of the judiciary branch shouldn't be tolerated

Abortion protesters rally in cities around US to ensure it remain legal

In the nation's capital, abortion rights protesters stood outside the Supreme Court, holding signs that said abortion is a human right, or Abort the Court

Rights of Americans are at risk: Kamala Harris on SC draft leak

She drew sharp contrasts with Republicans, who she said sought to limit the freedom of women and other Americans

As US gets ready to restrict abortion rights, other nations ease access

When the U.S. Supreme Court's final decision is handed down, expected in late June or early July, the world will be watching

US apex court to strike down law legalising abortion, says report

Politico said it obtained the initial draft majority opinion, which was signed by Justice Samuel Alito

US President Joe Biden blasts Supreme Court's abortion draft ruling

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. Wade case that legalised abortion nationwide. In a statement Tuesday, Biden said he would work to codify the right to abortion into federal law. Politico released a draft opinion that suggested the court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case. A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year's elections. It's unclear if the draft represents the court's final word on the matter opinions often change in the drafting process. ___ OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: Washington: The Supreme Court is known for keeping secrets. Year after year, in major case after major case, there's little beyond what the justices say during oral arguments that suggests how they will rule. That's what makes the leak of an apparent draft of an opinion in a major abortio

Florida governor DeSantis expected to sign abortion restriction bill

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was expected to sign a abortion ban into law as the state moves to join a growing conservative push ahead of a US Supreme Court decision that could limit access nationwide.

Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black women to Supreme Court

The United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to sit in the country's highest court.

Biden's Supreme Court nominee sent to Senate for floor debate, votes

US senators have voted to send the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve in the Supreme Court for floor debate and votes.

Ketanji Brown Jackson wins GOP vote, nearly assuring Supreme Court seat

Senate Democratic leaders are pushing toward a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination Monday and a final Senate vote to confirm Jackson late next week

US Senate committee begins hearings for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has started a series of hearings for the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black US Supreme Court judge

Biden called Jackson a proven consensus builder who has "a pragmatic understanding that the law must work for the American people.

US President Joe Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries