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Colorado voters to decide fate of blocked marriage amendment at the ballot box

Among the ballot measures voters will consider in November, Colorado voters will decide whether to keep a provision in their state constitution banning same-sex marriage that was rendered moot by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 decision legalizing such unions nationwide.
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Biden calls for sweeping changes to high court, including term limits and enforceable ethics code

President Joe Biden July 29 called for legislation and a constitutional amendment that would result in massive changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits for justices and an enforceable ethics code.
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US Supreme Court to hear challenge to state law banning transgender interventions for minors

The Supreme Court on June 24 agreed to hear a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender, the high court's first major step toward weighing in on the controversial issue.
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Supreme Court dismisses challenge to abortion drug mifepristone in unanimous ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court June 13 unanimously dismissed a challenge to mifepristone, a pill commonly used for abortion, finding that the challengers lacked standing to bring the case.
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Supreme Court’s Trump ballot ruling shows agreement amid differences over scope, prof says

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled March 4 that the 14th Amendment does not permit Colorado to bar former President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot, as doing so would be a matter for Congress, not the states. While the justices offered some differences of opinion on the scope of the overall ruling, their decision was unanimous.
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March for Life

I was blessed recently to be on a pilgrimage with about 40 young Catholics and chaperones from the archdiocese. The destination was the March for Life in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade about a year and a half ago, but our youth understand that the fight to protect life, especially in Minnesota, is far from over.
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High court allows Border Patrol to remove razor wire Texas placed at the border

The U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 22 allowed Border Patrol agents to cut through or remove razor wire that Texas installed on a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the state's effort to prevent illegal border crossings.
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Supreme Court agrees to review legal challenge to abortion pill

The U.S. Supreme Court said Dec. 13 it would take up a case concerning the abortion pill, the first major case involving abortion on its docket since the high court overturned its previous abortion precedent last year.
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Pregnant mother at heart of Texas abortion case flees state after high court’s stay

Days after the Texas Supreme Court temporarily stayed a district judge's Dec. 7 ruling allowing a pregnant mother to obtain an abortion under an exemption to its ban, the woman's attorneys report she has left Texas arguing her health and future fertility were at stake.
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Supreme Court rejects Biden student loan forgiveness for millions of Americans

The U.S. Supreme Court June 30 rejected President Joe Biden's $400 billion plan to cancel or significantly reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans.
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Catholic pro-life sidewalk counselor asks U.S. Supreme Court to review NY prohibitions

A Catholic sidewalk counselor plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling upholding a New York county law prohibiting pro-life protesters from approaching people outside abortion clinics, the law firm representing her said June 22.
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House Republican chair: Dobbs anniversary is ‘opportunity to continue to strengthen culture of life’

The first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is an "opportunity to continue to strengthen the culture of life," Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, chair of the House Republican Conference, said June 20 at an event hosted by a pro-life group in the nation's capital to mark the occasion.
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