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Month: January 2023

Activists preparing for ‘an absolutely crazy year’ in first full statehouse sessions since Supreme Court overturned Roe

By Jessica Schneider and Devan Cole, CNN Restricting abortion is at the top of the to-do list for many Republicans around the country as state legislatures gavel in for their first full session since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “We’re definitely preparing for an absolutely crazy year,” said Ingrid Duran, the director of

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Supreme Court embarrassed by the opinion leak is embarrassed again

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst The Supreme Court’s stunning report Thursday on its failure to discover who leaked a draft decision reversing abortion rights last year laid bare shortfalls at the nation’s highest court, in its technology, protocols for confidentiality and overall institutional safeguards. Further, the lack of success in discovering who

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Alabama police identify remains of ‘Baby Jane Doe’ found in 2012 and charge her father with murder

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Police in Opelika, Alabama, have arrested and charged the father of a young girl who investigators have affectionately known as “Baby Jane Doe” since her unidentified remains were found in 2012, authorities announced Thursday. Lamar Vickerstaff, Jr., 50, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in the death of his daughter,

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