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A world without legal abortion: How activists envision a ‘post-Roe’ nation
Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to Supreme Court, takes constitutional oath
Senate Republicans advance Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination
Following the cloture vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., proclaimed that “by tomorrow night, we’ll have a new member of the United States Supreme Court.”
How Amy Coney Barrett could be key to new lawsuit to block Pa.’s mail-in ballot extension
Amy Coney Barrett moves a step closer to confirmation after Judiciary Committee vote
The vote of 12 yeas and 10 abstentions followed a day of acrimony in which Democrats sought to deny Republicans a quorum to conduct the vote.
Democrats plan to boycott senate committee vote on Barrett nomination
Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham has told reporters he still plans to vote and that a majority of his committee can act on the nomination and send it to the floor.
Takeaways from Amy Coney Barrett’s judiciary confirmation hearings
‘I am not hostile to the ACA’: Barrett pushes back on Democrats’ claims
The original challenge to the ACA centered on whether the individual mandate, which required most Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty, was constitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority in 2012, ruled the penalty, which is collected by the IRS, constitutes a tax and therefore fell within Congress’ purview.