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VIDEO: Supreme Court Fast Tracks Texas Abortion Case with Advocates on Both Sides Watching

VIDEO: Supreme Court Fast Tracks Texas Abortion Case with Advocates on Both Sides Watching

by Annie Klingenberg | Nov 1, 2021 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a Texas law that effectively bans abortion after six weeks. This is the first of two major abortion cases on the Court’s docket this term. This case was focused on the enforcement mechanism in Texas SB8...
Climate Risks Should Shape National Security Policy at All Levels, Experts Say

Climate Risks Should Shape National Security Policy at All Levels, Experts Say

by Annie Klingenberg | Oct 19, 2021 | Environment, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — Viewing climate change as a traditional threat dangerously misjudges how it affects the United States’s national security, experts told the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology during a public meeting on Tuesday. “Climate change is...
Offshore Oil Companies Dodge Cleanup Costs Leaving Taxpayers to Drown, Experts Warn

Offshore Oil Companies Dodge Cleanup Costs Leaving Taxpayers to Drown, Experts Warn

by Annie Klingenberg | Oct 14, 2021 | Environment

WASHINGTON — Some oil companies have evaded paying for their inactive offshore infrastructures, and American taxpayers could find themselves in hot water if they wind up with the clean-up costs, some lawmakers and experts agreed on Thursday. “Without stronger...
VIDEO: Recent Abortion Rights Battles Will Culminate at the Supreme Court

VIDEO: Recent Abortion Rights Battles Will Culminate at the Supreme Court

by Annie Klingenberg | Oct 7, 2021 | Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — After a month of highly politicized legislative measures from both sides of the aisle to either dismantle or further secure abortion rights, all eyes are now on the Supreme Court as it is set to hear a major abortion rights case this fall.  Abortion...
Shadow Docket Debate Overshadowed by Texas Abortion Law

Shadow Docket Debate Overshadowed by Texas Abortion Law

by Annie Klingenberg | Sep 29, 2021 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON—Senators on the Judiciary Committee could not reach consensus during Wednesday’s hearing on whether the Supreme Court’s use of the shadow docket in a Texas abortion rights case was either vastly unprecedented or just an ordinary procedure.“Constitutional...
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