Capitol Police arrest 181 abortion rights protesters outside Senate office building
The U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday arrested 181 abortion rights demonstrators who protested outside of a Senate office building less than a week after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. In a Twitter thread on Thursday, Capitol Police sent out a travel advisory, warning that activists were blocking the intersection of First Street and Constitution Avenue. Authorities said they gave activists a second and third warning before arrests began.
Read MoreRep. Judy Chu among those arrested at pro-abortion rights protest on Capitol grounds
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) was arrested on Thursday at a pro-abortion rights rally on Capitol grounds. The rally, which was organized by Planned Parenthood, came less than a week after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that made access to abortion a constitutional right. Chu said the decision to join the peaceful demonstration on Thursday was “easy,” after considering the individuals who would be affected by the reversal of Roe. “When I first heard Roe was overturned, I immediately thought of who would be most h
Read MoreState abortion bans create new governmental obligations for children
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, “trigger laws” and formerly stale abortion restrictions in numerous states are going into effect. This raises a new question: Do governments take on any legal obligations when, in the words of former Justice Blackmun in the 1992 Casey case, they “conscript[] women’s bodies” to act as surrogates for the state? In limited circumstances,
Read MoreStocks close out brutal June with losses as S&P suffers worst first half since 1970
The stock market closed out the final day of June with losses, capping off a tumultuous month for investors and the S&P 500 index’s worst first half since 1970. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a loss of 0.8 percent Thursday after falling 254 points. The Dow ended June down 7.2 percent on the month and 15.3 percent since the start of 2022. The Nasdaq closed with a loss of 1.3 percent Thursday, bringing its total monthly decline to 7.7 percent and its plunge since the start of the year to 29.5 percent. The S&P ended June with a loss of 0.9 pe
Read MoreJustice Department to investigate NYPD's sex crimes unit
The Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation into the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) sex crimes division on Thursday following complaints that it allegedly shamed and abused survivors and deprived them of thorough investigations. The DOJ said in a release that the department had received information about “deficiencies” within the NYPD’s Special Victims Division stretching back more than a decade, including allegations that the d
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