June 24

SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade 5-4 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women Health eliminating federal right

The Supreme Court rules 5-4 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion. Justice Samuel Alito writes for the majority, holding that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion and that the issue is returned to elected representatives. Justice Clarence Thomas writes separately urging the Court to revisit Griswold (contraception), Lawrence (same-sex intimacy), and Obergefell (same-sex marriage). Thirteen states had trigger laws that immediately banned abortion. The draft opinion had been leaked in May 2022.

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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs ends 50 years of federal abortion rights

The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the Constitution does not protect a right to abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). Justice Samuel Alito writes the majority, joined by Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. The ruling returns abortion regulation entirely to the states. Trigger laws in 13 states immediately ban abortion. Justice Thomas's concurrence calls for reconsidering the cases protecting contraception access and same-sex marriage. Biden calls the ruling "a tragic error" and "a realisation of an extreme ideology and a tragic mistake." The Dobbs decision energizes Democratic voters. In the November 2022 midterms, Dobbs is credited as a primary driver of Democrats outperforming historical trends by 20+ points.

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Dobbs v. Jackson Overturns Roe v. Wade by 5-4 Federalist Society Majority

The Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the Constitution does not protect a right to abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion; he was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett — all five vetted by the Federalist Society pipeline run by Leonard Leo. Trigger laws took effect in 13 states within weeks.

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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson decision

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women''s Health Organization that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). Justice Alito wrote the majority opinion, joined by Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. The decision returned abortion regulation to state legislatures, triggering immediate bans in states with trigger laws.

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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs decision

The Supreme Court rules in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The 6-3 decision returns abortion regulation authority to the states, triggering abortion bans in multiple states. The decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito, represents a major shift in constitutional law on reproductive rights.

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson decision

The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in a 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion after nearly 50 years. The ruling returns abortion regulation authority to individual states, triggering immediate abortion bans in 13 states with trigger laws. President Biden condemns the decision as "a tragic error" and calls on Congress to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. Justice Samuel Alito writes the majority opinion, joined by Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Chief Justice Roberts. Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissent.

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson, triggering state-level mifepristone restrictions

The Supreme Court''s 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women''s Health Organization overturns Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion. The ruling immediately triggers abortion bans and gestational limits in over a dozen states, many of which include restrictions on medication abortion and mail dispensing of mifepristone. The decision does not directly affect FDA approval of mifepristone — a federal matter — but it empowers state attorneys general to challenge the drug''s dispensing under state law and opens the door to federal court challenges arguing the FDA exceeded its authority when it approved and later expanded access to mifepristone.

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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson decision

The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in a 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion after nearly 50 years. The ruling returns abortion regulation authority to individual states, triggering immediate abortion bans in 13 states with trigger laws. President Biden condemns the decision as "a tragic error" and calls on Congress to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. Justice Samuel Alito writes the majority opinion, joined by Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Chief Justice Roberts. Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissent.

Trump sanctions Supreme Leader Khamenei and senior IRGC commanders

Trump signed Executive Order 13876 imposing targeted sanctions on Ayatollah Khamenei, his office, and senior IRGC commanders including the naval, aerospace, and ground force chiefs. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said this would block "literally billions" in assets. Foreign Minister Zarif was sanctioned July 31. This was the most direct personal targeting of Iranian leadership to date.

Supreme Court sends Texas affirmative-action plan back for stricter review

The Supreme Court decides Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin on June 24, 2013. Abigail Fisher challenges the university's limited consideration of race in admissions after most seats are filled through Texas's Top Ten Percent Plan. The Court does not end affirmative action, but it tells the lower court to apply stricter review to whether the policy is narrowly tailored. The case keeps race-conscious admissions under close constitutional pressure. The decision begins a new round of Supreme Court scrutiny over how universities may use race to address exclusion and promote diversity.

House defeats both the Libya war authorization and the funding cutoff, failing to enforce the War Powers Resolution

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 123-295 to reject H.J.Res.68, which would have authorized limited U.S. military operations supporting the NATO mission in Libya. The same day, the House also defeated H.R.2278, which would have cut off funding for offensive operations, by a vote of 180-238. The twin defeats marked the first time since the War Powers Resolution that the House formally voted on an ongoing unauthorized military operation — and failed to use either the authorization or the purse-string mechanism to assert control.