Lynn Shapiro 
A New York trial judge has illegally banned The New York Times from publishing its investigation of Project Veritas, a right-wing propaganda company dedicated to secretly infiltrating progressive organizations while operating under the guise of citizen journalism. However, a New York State appeals court temporarily lifted the judicial order requiring The New York Times to … Read more
Now that Arizona has resumed executions, Attorney General Mark Brnovich is eager to use his newly-renovated gas chamber or his killer drug, pentobarbital, on two death-row inmates whose attorneys admitted they botched both cases. The U.S Supreme Court heard the case on December 8, after two different 9th Circuit panels ruled that men deserve a … Read more
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, abortions in Arizona could become illegal overnight as its 1901 anti-abortion law goes into effect. The statute was written 11 years before Arizona gained statehood. It is hailed by Governor Doug Ducey, who says Roe v. Wade should be overturned. Under the statute, anyone who provides a woman … Read more
Above: Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, representing the Biden Administration, argued that “For a half-century, this Court has correctly recognized that the Constitution protects a woman’s fundamental right to decide whether to end a pregnancy before viability.” Conservative justices—including Chief Justice John Roberts, the swing vote—appeared ready to uphold Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks … Read more
Democrats are bracing for the US Supreme Court’s December 1 arguments on abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, expecting the draconian justices to issue a decision that eats into the heart of Roe v. Wade. Mississippi pro-lifers want to shorten Roe’s viability clause to 15 weeks and may succeed now that devout Catholic … Read more