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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

“What ‘leave it to the states’ really means for abortion; Just look at Arkansas”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Special Counsel Revises Trump Election Indictment to Address Immunity Ruling; Jack Smith’s filing, in the case charging the former president with plotting to overturn the 2020 election, came in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling giving former presidents broad immunity”: Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein of The Washington Post report that “New Trump indictment tries to salvage case after Supreme Court ruling; Special counsel Jack Smith stripped out parts of the Jan. 6 indictment that could conflict with the high court’s immunity decision.”

And Sadie Gurman and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal report that “Special Counsel Unveils New Trump Indictment in Jan. 6 Case; Jack Smith sticks with same charges against former president, says new indictment conforms with Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.”

You can access the revised indictment at this link.

Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tom Girardi found guilty of wire fraud: ‘It wasn’t a hard decision,’ juror says.” Brittny Mejia of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion Rights, on Winning Streak, Face Biggest Test in November; Ten states have ballot measures to establish a right to abortion in their state constitutions; The pushback has already begun”: Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 12:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court is sowing confusion over how it will handle election disputes this fall”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

Posted at 8:38 AM by Howard Bashman