PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeA Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of ‘Childbearing Age.’ She Just Sued the HospitalTara Rule says her doctor in upstate New York was “determined to protect a hypothetical fetus" instead of helping…ByKylie CheungPublishedOctober 5, 2023Comments (174)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeThe Crushing ‘Double-Whammy’ of Surviving Assault Only to Face Student LoansA new bill aims to give campus survivors a 3-year grace period to help them try to heal before the debt piles up.ByKylie CheungPublishedOctober 2, 2023Comments (5)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeThe Supreme Court Could Hear Not One, But Two, Abortion Cases This TermThe nine unelected Justices are back in action. Here's what fresh hell awaits us.BySusan RinkunasPublishedOctober 2, 2023Comments (16)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeMan Bringing Gun Rights Case to SCOTUS Shot at a Woman Multiple Times, Per PoliceZackey Rahimi already has a record of violence against women. The Supreme Court will soon rule on his and other…ByKylie CheungPublishedSeptember 13, 2023Comments (39)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeAlabama Supreme Court Rips State Map That Gerrymandered Black Votes in Scathing RulingThe Republican-led state “did not even nurture the ambition” to fix the original map, which screwed over Black…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedSeptember 6, 2023Comments (16)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeTexas Woman Called Judge in Trump Case a 'Slave,' Threatened to Kill HerThe Trump supporter, whose father says she's an alcoholic, left a threatening, racist voicemail for Tanya Chutkan,…BySusan RinkunasPublishedAugust 18, 2023Comments (58)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeNew Jersey Supreme Court Rules That Catholic Schools Can Fire Teachers for Premarital SexAn unmarried and pregnant 2nd grade art teacher sued her school for discrimination after she was fired for having…ByAudra HeinrichsPublishedAugust 16, 2023Comments (28)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeFamily of 13-Year-Old Mississippi Mother Is Moving to Be Further From Her RapistThe teen, referred to as Ashley (a pseudonym), became pregnant from the rape and was unable to get an abortion due…ByKylie CheungPublishedAugust 16, 2023Comments (25)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeA California Judge Shot His Wife Dead at Close Range in Front of Their Son“I just shot my wife," Judge Jeffrey Ferguson texted the court clerk minutes after the shooting. "I won’t be in…ByAudra HeinrichsUpdatedAugust 15, 2023Comments (165)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeTory Lanez Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Shooting Megan Thee Stallion“Mr. Peterson’s alcohol-use disorder, although not amounting to a defense, reduced his culpability," his attorney…ByAudra HeinrichsPublishedAugust 7, 2023Comments (10)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeSan Francisco’s Catholic Archdiocese Says It’s Going Bankrupt Due to Child Sexual Abuse LawsuitsSurvivors' rights advocates say the Archbishop's recent statement that they’re “very likely” to file for bankruptcy…ByKylie CheungPublishedAugust 7, 2023Comments (37)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeWoman Sues Detroit for Arresting Her Based on Wrong Facial Recognition MatchProsecutors still say that "facts" supported the case against Porcha Woodruff—who was eight months pregnant when…ByKylie CheungPublishedAugust 7, 2023Comments (5)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeLeah Remini's Lawsuit Against Scientology Says It's a 'High Crime' to Criticize Tom CruiseIn a 60-page filing, the actress claims she was “stalked, surveilled, harassed, threatened, intimidated” for…ByAudra HeinrichsPublishedAugust 3, 2023Comments (2)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeTrump Just Got Assigned the Worst Possible Judge for HimJudge Tanya Chutkan, an Obama appointee, has thrown the book at January 6 rioters, been critical of Trump himself,…BySusan RinkunasPublishedAugust 2, 2023Comments (39)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeJudge Clarifies That By Most Definitions—Besides the Legal One—Trump Raped E. Jean CarrollTrump "deliberately and forcibly penetrated Ms. Carroll’s vagina with his fingers," Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrote,…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedJuly 19, 2023Comments (9)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeWesleyan Ends Legacy Admissions in Response to Supreme Court Killing Affirmative ActionThe move brilliantly highlights how wealthy white people have historically gotten a leg up in college admissions.BySusan RinkunasPublishedJuly 19, 2023Comments (3)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeIs This All You've Got on Justice Sonia Sotomayor?Yes, the Supreme Court needs a code of ethics. No, Sotomayor's "scandal" is nowhere near the grift of Clarence…BySusan RinkunasPublishedJuly 13, 2023Comments (21)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeLA Sheriff’s Office Releases Video of Deputy Punching Black Woman While She Holds Her BabyThe woman was in a car that got pulled over in 2022. She told officers, who said they smelled alcohol, "You’ll have…ByKylie CheungPublishedJuly 13, 2023Comments (8)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeJudge Uses Supreme Court’s Gay Wedding Website Ruling for Her Own Anti-LGBTQ LawsuitDianne Hensley of Texas is seeking to expand the Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis so she doesn't…BySusan RinkunasPublishedJuly 13, 2023Comments (18)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeMother Charged With Murder After Home Birth in California Is 'Harbinger' of Post-Roe RealityKelsey Carpenter lost her newborn after going into early labor in what a medical examiner characterized as a…ByKylie CheungPublishedJuly 13, 2023Comments (82)