New York State

West Virginia State

The Hill

West Virginia will take its fight over whether its Medicaid program must cover gender-affirming surgeries to the Supreme Court, the state’s Republican attorney general announced Thursday. “Once again, the state of West Virginia is going to the U.S. Supreme Court,” Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said at a news conference...

West Virginia asks Supreme Court to allow Medicaid to deny coverage for gender-affirming surgery

Arkansas State

Reuters

(Reuters) - The issue of abortion rights will not appear on the Arkansas state ballot in November, the state Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, saying that activists pushing for the measure had failed to file necessary paperwork.

Arkansas supreme court blocks abortion question from state ballot over paperwork error

Montana State

(CN) — The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday found Montana’s law requiring parental consent for a minor's abortion violates the right to privacy when making medical decisions. The justices ruled the Parental Consent for Abortion Act of 2013 violates "the fundamental right of a minor to control her...

Montana Supreme Court finds parental consent law unconstitutional

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision denied the Biden administration’s emergency request to partially reinstate its new Title IX rule.  The sweeping changes to Title IX, which protects against sex discrimination in schools, cover sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time. Various Republican state attorneys general have persuaded judges to block implementation…

Supreme Court refuses DOJ request to partially reinstate new Title IX rule

South Carolina State

WashingtonExaminer

A total of 18 Republican states are asking a federal appeals court to overturn a decision that invalidates North Carolina’s law that limits the use of the abortion pill mifepristone.  On Monday, attorneys general from Iowa, Arkansas, and South Carolina headed the coalition of red states as they filed a brief to the U.S. 4th […]

Eighteen red states back North Carolina in lawsuit to reinstate abortion pill restrictions

The Guardian

VP nominee pushed baseless warning in 2022 that George Soros would pack planes of Black women to get abortions

JD Vance called for ‘federal response’ to block women from traveling for abortions

Salon

The behind-the-scenes machinations behind the Supreme Court’s sweeping presidential immunity decision reveals that Chief Justice John Roberts has “lost his authority” and ability to broker compromises on the thorniest and most impactful issues, a legal expert says. The Supreme Court this summer ruled 6-3 that presidents have...

“He is alone”: Experts say "extreme" ruling shows John Roberts has "lost his authority" over SCOTUS

TheDailyBeast

The Supreme Court has been hit by a new damaging leak over its abortion decisions in a fresh blow to its embattled reputation—and a hint of even more leaks to come.Intimate details of months of disagreement among the nine justices were reported at length by CNN Monday, just hours after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both backed major reforms to the court, with the president accusing justices of being “above the law.” CNN also said its report was the first of a series, suggesting more leaks ahead.The leak to CNN comes a little more than two years...

Supreme Court Rocked by New Leak of Bitter Abortion Split

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Michigan State

The Independent

 Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel discussed Kamala Harris’ record defending the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans — and channeled the movie star and gun rights activist Charlton Heston to deliver a message to Republicans who are trying to take away those rights.Nessel, the state’s first openly gay attorney general, took the stage at the third night of the DNC on Wednesday to tout Harris’ record protecting same sex marriage when she was attorney general in California.“In 2011, she refused to defend California’s ban on same sex marriage. She refused to argue that some families should have fewer rights than other...

Michigan AG delivers message to Supreme Court: ‘You can pry this wedding band from my cold, dead, gay hand!’

New York City, NY

Eva Longoria had fans on the fence when it came to her blazer minidress fashion choice two summers ago. In August 2022, the Desperate Housewives star rocked up to the Citi Taste Of Tennis New York in NYC, putting on a leggy display and seemingly having fans thinking it was a little too leggy.

Eva Longoria ‘Looks Ridiculous’ In Minidress That’s ‘Way Too Short’

Former President Trump says he has “no regrets” that his handpicked Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional right to an abortion.  “The federal government should have nothing to do with this issue. It’s being solved at the state level, and people are very happy about it,” Trump said in an interview…

Trump says he has ‘no regrets’ about Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade

Memphis, TN

Apple Valley News Now

(CNN) — A second former Memphis police officer charged in the violent arrest and beating death of Tyre Nichols intends to change his plea to guilty, according to federal court documents.

Second former Memphis police officer is changing his plea to guilty in Tyre Nichols’ death

Connecticut State

Bridgeport, CT

UPI News

A Connecticut woman earned two Guinness World Records by covering 99.98% of her body in tattoos and having 89 body modifications.

Watch: Connecticut woman's tattoos, body modifications break world records

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration cannot enforce its expanded federal protections for transgender students in the 26 states that have asked to block them while ongoing court challenges to the rules play out. The Biden administration unveiled its revisions to Title IX, the federal anti-discrimination measures...

SCOTUS Blocks Expanded Protections for Trans Students From Taking Effect in 26 States

New Jersey State

Newark, NJ

A New Jersey Transit bus driver has been taken into custody for reportedly attacking a passenger and putting him in a chokehold in a brutal confrontation that was captured on video. The incident occurred after the passenger allegedly spat on the driver during the bus ride. Toron Walker, the bus...

New Jersey Bus Driver Caught On Camera Brutally Assaulting And Choking Passenger Who Spat On Him: Video

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

NewsBreak

Trump-appointed judge temporarily blocks New York from targeting abortion ‘reversal’ treatment

(CN) — A federal judge on Thursday handed down a scathing ruling against New York Attorney General Letitia James, temporarily barring her from going after a...

Trump-appointed judge temporarily blocks New York from targeting abortion ‘reversal’ treatment

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