Supreme Court takes up homelessness as record numbers of Americans lack permanent housing When a California-based appeals court ruled in 2018 that an anti-camping ordinance in Boise, Idaho, could not be enforced against homeless people if the city lacked sufficient shelters ... 04/21/2024 - 12:00 pm | View Link
Supreme Court The conservative majority's ruling to invalidate Roe v. Wade was noted as justification to uphold Uganda's death penalty law for some gay people. 04/19/2024 - 3:12 am | View Link
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Arizona Supreme Court rules state must adhere to century-old law banning nearly all abortions The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the state must adhere to a 160-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life – a ... 04/8/2024 - 10:24 pm | View Link
Florida Supreme Court clears the way for abortion ballot initiative while upholding 15-week abortion ban The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state constitutional amendment that would limit government intervention in abortion procedures across Florida meets the necessary requirements to ... 04/1/2024 - 11:49 am | View Link
President Biden put out a direct-to-camera video this morning:
“A year ago today, when we launched this campaign, I said we were in the fight for the soul of this nation. I told you nothing less than democracy and freedom were on the ballot. With every passing day, that has proven true.”
Politico: “According to interviews with two dozen people on both sides who were granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive subject, the relationship between Biden and the country’s newspaper of record — for years the epitome of a liberal press in the eyes of conservatives — remains remarkably tense, beset by misunderstandings, grudges and a general lack of trust.”
A new NBC News poll finds “26% of registered voters say there is a chance they could vote for a different presidential candidate come November, while 66% of those surveyed say they have made up their minds.”
“Almost the same share of voters currently backing Biden (81%) or Trump (78%) also say they do not plan to change their vote.
A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
“The Biden campaign is in talks with former President Obama about appearing with President Biden at a star-studded Los Angeles fundraiser in mid-June,“ Axios reports.
“A trio of recent polls shows that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent candidacy may be hurting former President Trump more than President Biden,” Axios reports.
“President Biden says his polling numbers are moving in the right direction. They look even better when the latest results for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are factored in.”