America’s Supreme Court faces its death
Trump has crushed the great institution into an impotent partisan mess
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On the edge of chaos
Liberal indignation at the Supreme Court decision to grant Donald Trump immunity is undermining democracy.
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The Supreme Court has made Trump “a king above the law”
With one decision, the court has created a “law-free zone” around the presidency – and changed the country.
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The fight for abortion pills
In the US, UK and around the world, the backlash against safe, at-home abortion medication is growing.
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Trump’s tax returns mark the beginning of his end
The former president is not just in danger of going to jail, but of becoming irrelevant.
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Will the right-wing Supreme Court hurt Republicans in the US midterm elections?
The majority of voters favour gun control and abortion rights – in opposition to recent Court decisions.
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Has Joe Biden saved abortion?
The US president can’t kid himself that his executive order is all it takes.
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Letter of the week: Land of theocracy
Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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My abortion showed me that women in Britain are far from free
We are told that the overturning of Roe vs Wade means nothing for liberal Britain, but the impulse to coerce…
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The US Supreme Court is aggressively asserting its right-wing politics
The Court’s latest decision, on religious liberty, exposes its desire to take America back to the time of its founding.
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Guns, abortion, climate: how a new US Supreme Court ruling threatens the planet
The court’s conservative majority has pressed its agenda by restricting executive power over climate change regulation.
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The message from the Supreme Court: do not get used to having rights
Overturning Roe vs Wade means some women’s bodily autonomy will cease at the moment of conception.
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Roe vs Wade has resonated widely – but the US is not the centre of the universe
It isn’t healthy to focus on American issues so obsessively that we ignore other countries.
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Roe vs Wade and the land of lost liberty
Fear and frustration grip the US as the ruling that guaranteed abortion rights is overturned. What comes next?
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The new era of American darkness
With the Supreme Court ruling, the US has taken a step closer to political ruin. Europe must now prepare for…
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Leader: The American berserk
Progress is not inevitable. Liberal gains can easily be overturned or lost, as in the case of Roe vs Wade.
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The end of Roe vs Wade: what is there left to write?
We have known this decision was coming for a long time, but still I don’t know what to say today.
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US abortion ruling will reverberate around the world
The likely reversal of Roe vs Wade has emboldened global anti-choice activists.
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The anti-abortion conservatives pretend that the change they long fought for won’t change much
Right-wing commentators and politicians are seeking to downplay the potential impact of overruling Roe vs Wade.
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Overturning Roe vs Wade blurs church and state
Religious liberty for only one religion is not religious liberty.
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