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GOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’

Published: May. 04, 2024, 1:23 p.m.

The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban child marriage in the state and raise the minimum age of marriage to 18.

The measure passed the Senate unanimously in March. On Thursday, it passed the House, 192-174. The bill now goes to Gov. Chris Sununu for signing into law.

One of those voting against was Representative Jess Edwards, whose comments sparked immediate gasps from colleagues.

“… If we continually restrict the freedom of marriage as a legitimate social option, when we do this to people who are a ripe, fertile age and may have a pregnancy and a baby involved, are we not, in fact, making abortion a much more desirable alternative, when marriage might be the right solution for some freedom-loving couples?” he said.

https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/05/gop ... rtile.html

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'Taylor Swift bill' signed into Minnesota law

Wednesday 8 May 2024 16:41, UK

Legislation dubbed the "Taylor Swift bill" has passed in Minnesota in an effort to help people buy concert tickets.

The bill, officially called House File 1989 in reference to Taylor Swift's hit album and the year she was born, was signed into Minnesota law on Tuesday.

It will require sellers offering tickets to people in the state or tickets for concerts being held there to disclose all fees up front and prohibit resellers from selling more than one copy of a ticket, among other measures.

Minnesota State Representative Kelly Moller, chief author of the bill, pushed for the legislation after she tried to get tickets to one of Swift's concerts in 2022.

Ms Moller said she was among thousands of people who became stuck in ticket sales company Ticketmaster's system after it crashed amid the huge demand for Swift concert tickets and attacks from bots, which tried to buy tickets for resale at inflated prices.

https://news.sky.com/story/taylor-swift ... w-13131646

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Advocates ask Supreme Court to back Louisiana's new, mostly Black House district

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/ad ... r-BB1m2FFd

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Judge uses Brett Kavanaugh's own words to shut down Alabama abortion prosecution

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics ... r-BB1m6iLu

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Yes, I know Joe is just another capitalist giving us scraps when he could uplift humanity by implementing socialism, but it's much, much better relative to Trump. So if Biden's horrible, imagine Trump

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The Supreme Court decides not to trigger a second Great Depression
Vox
https://www.vox.com/scotus/24158216/sup ... -financial

The Supreme Court delivered a firm and unambiguous rebuke to some of America’s most reckless judges on Thursday, ruling those judges were wrong to declare an entire federal agency unconstitutional in a decision that threatened to trigger a second Great Depression.

In a sensible world, no judge would have taken the plaintiffs arguments in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association seriously. Briefly, they claimed that the Constitution limits Congress’s ability to enact “perpetual funding,” meaning that the legislation funding a particular federal program does not sunset after a certain period of time.

The implications of this entirely made-up theory of the Constitution are breathtaking. As Justice Elena Kagan points out in a concurring opinion in the CFPB case, “spending that does not require periodic appropriations (whether annual or longer) accounted for nearly two-thirds of the federal budget” — and that includes popular programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Nevertheless, a panel of three Trump judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit — a court dominated by reactionaries who often hand down decisions that offend even the current, very conservative Supreme Court — bought the CFPB plaintiffs’ novel theory and used it to declare the entire Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unconstitutional.

In fairness, the Fifth Circuit’s decision would not have invalidated Social Security or Medicare, but that’s because the Fifth Circuit made up some novel limits to contain its unprecedented interpretation of the Constitution. And the Fifth Circuit’s attack on the CFPB still would have had catastrophic consequences for the global economy had it actually been affirmed by the justices

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Dobbs Had the Opposite Effect Conservatives Intended
by Julianne McShane
May 17, 2024

Introduction:

(Mother Jones) Something curious has happened since the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision in June 2022: More people have obtained abortions, despite increasing barriers to access.

That’s one of the central findings of a new report released Tuesday, which found that there were nearly 86,000 average abortions per month in 2023, compared to about 82,000 a month in 2022. The rise is due, in part, to the increasing popularity of telehealth abortions, in which providers in blue states virtually prescribe and mail abortion pills—including to patients in red states—thanks to so-called shield laws that protect them from prosecution. According to the report, telehealth abortions accounted for nearly 1 in 5 abortions nationwide—about 19 percent—from October to December of last year.

Conclusion:

Clinics are essential options for people who only learn about their pregnancy at, or after, 10 to 12 weeks at which point they are no longer eligible for medication abortions. Telemedicine is also not an option for those who learn something about their pregnancy after the first trimester that makes them need or want to terminate it. Teens and low-income people, in particular, also face major barriers to traveling for in-person care if they reside in states that no longer have operating clinics.

“Our biggest concern is that with the rising numbers, people will interpret this as, ‘everybody’s getting their abortion,'” Upadhyay says. “It’s so important to highlight that there’s a lot of unmet need…there are people who are just not getting the abortions and continue to be forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term.

Read more here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2 ... ntended/

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Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/te ... i-BB1mAr1f

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https://x.com/thehill/status/1792542313035502065

Federal judge in Texas blocks Biden rule expanding gun background checks.

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Second flag carried by Jan. 6 rioters displayed outside house owned by Justice Alito, report says

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/se ... r-BB1mSovV

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Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill that would make abortion pills controlled substances — a first in the U.S. The governor is expected to sign it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/p ... 175be38b67
Thursday, May 23, 2024 1:47 PM ET

The legislation would make possession of the drugs without a prescription a crime in the state, punishable with jail time.

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North Carolina wants to tighten mask restrictions. Disabled residents are concerned.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/north ... r-BB1mWchC

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Bad News From Poll

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-BB1mZo6D

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Texas Is Letting a Maternal-Mortality Skeptic Investigate Maternal Mortality

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... mortality/

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Clarence Thomas attacks Brown v. Education ruling amid 70th anniversary

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/clare ... r-BB1mW4TL