The 51-year-old Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the court’s 116th justice, replacing Justice Stephen Breyer, whose retirement was effective at noon Thursday.
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Justices limit 2020 ruling on tribal lands in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court says the state can prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal land when the victim is Native American.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Supreme Court sides with doctors convicted in pain pill schemes
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that prosecutors must prove that doctors knew they were illegally prescribing powerful pain drugs in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine prepares for increase in out-of-state abortion seekers
Within hours of Friday’s Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England had already fielded calls from three women living in a so-called ‘dark state’ in search of an abortion appointment in Maine, a spokeswoman says.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Court uses Maine to knock down church-state wall
In the name of religious freedom, the Supreme Court forces taxpayers to fund religious education for some.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Maine likely won’t see big impact from high court’s religious schools ruling
The state’s requirements for tuition vouchers, including prohibitions on discrimination, will make some institutions ineligible.
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Young people in Portland express fear, dismay over Roe ruling
For their entire lives, the right to an abortion has been federally protected. Now they face a world in which the procedure will become illegal in many states.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Here’s where each U.S. state stands on abortion
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that sets up the potential for legal fights between the states.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Justice Clarence Thomas suggests court reconsider contraception, same-sex marriage rulings
In a separate opinion, Thomas expressed his support for revisiting other Supreme Court rulings that he and other conservatives believe should be left to individual states.
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Supreme Court rules for death row inmate asking to die by firing squad
The decision came the same day as the court’s landmark ruling that a New York law was too restrictive of the Constitution’s right to bear arms.