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‘It’s An Issue of Freedom’: Women Share Their Abortion Stories

One of the saddest days of the past 5 years has fallen today, June 24th, 2022. The conservative majority of the Supreme Court of the United States removed the power of precedent. The court in a 6-3 decision struck down a woman’s right to safely access an abortion before 15 weeks, overturning the landmark Roe…

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was nominated by President Biden to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court

A win to Biden/Harris voters across the nation as it was on the campaign promises many thought would never see the light of justice but luckily enough we have sound minded judges. Stephen Breyer purposely waited to see who his President would be before announcing the move. We owe him and his SCOTUS legacy a…

The Rock and the Hard Place: Between Church and State

I’m a man. I’m Roman Catholic. I’m a heterosexual. And yet the Senate’s impending confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court worries me. ‘But why should it’ someone might ask; after all, aren’t these conservative values more inline with my personal beliefs? Do I not believe that marriage should be between a…

Zealot or Professional: Who is Amy Coney Barrett?

The name on everybody’s lips lately has been Amy Coney Barrett. Everyone wants to know who she is- what she’s done- who her friends and enemies are and (most importantly) what she is going to do if/when she is confirmed to the Supreme Court. In the last 24 hours, the media has been filled…

Ruth Bader Gingburg, First Woman To Lie In State Capitol

Ginsburg will be the first woman and first Jewish person to ever lie in state at the Capitol, according to historical records. The civil rights activist Rosa Parks was the first woman to lie in honor, which is the designation for non-office-holding citizens and former office holders. Former Vice President Joe Biden plans to pay…

Wow. RIP To The Notorious RBG

Wow wow wow. As if the stakes in our election year needed to get any higher. Here we are. The Supreme Court Justice who has been the benchmark for legal decency since she was appointed by former President Bill Clinton has died at the age of 87. Less than 50 days left before America votes…

Tribes in Oklahoma Victorious in Supreme Court Ruling

Indian reservations are triumphant in a Supreme Court ruling that establishes a big portion of eastern Oklahoma to be their land. Multiple American Indian tribes have headquarters stationed in Oklahoma, and now, with the protection of this SCOTUS decision, the state of Oklahoma legally has no jurisdiction over this area and is unable to prosecute…

In A Stunning Blow To Women’s Rights In the Work Place, SCOTUS Has Sided With The Trump Admin On Birth Control Opt-Out Case, Sotomayor and Ginsburg Write Harsh Dissenting Opinions

As women struggle and face equity issues regarding pay gaps, this only sets the feminist movement back generations. Birth control and abortion legislative has been a top priority of the GOP and White House attempting to roll back the Affordable Care Act.