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COURT

Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 26, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives assert power with abortion and gun rulings
The increasingly unrestrained court has become ever more willing to take up and decisively rule on contentious issues.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2022
The man most responsible for ending Roe worries that it could hurt his party
As former President Donald Trump prepares for a likely 2024 presidential campaign, he has privately told friends and advisers the ruling will be 'bad for Republicans.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2022
Clarence Thomas opinion signals same-sex marriage and contraception at risk after abortion ruling
Thomas's opinion is a rallying cry for conservatives to start challenging same-sex marriages almost immediately, according to some experts.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 25, 2022
Abortion pills over the counter? Experts see big hurdles in widening U.S. access.
A pill used to terminate early pregnancies is unlikely to become available in the U.S. without a prescription for years, if ever, experts say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling
The court voted along ideological lines, 6-3, to uphold Mississippi's ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and 5-4 to go further and explicitly overturn Roe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 15, 2022
U.S. abortion rights advocates fuming over Biden's response to looming threat
Galvanized by the prospect of losing abortion rights, protesters marched across the country on Saturday in the start of what organizers said would be a 'summer of rage.'
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2022
One voting group holds key to U.S. midterms after abortion leak: suburban women
A large majority of key U.S. voting blocs support abortion rights, but the matter has not been a top issue for voters in the past.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2022
Don’t jump to conclusions on politics of ending Roe v. Wade
Americans favor abortion rights, but most aren't intense pro-life or pro-choice partisans. A definitive Supreme Court ruling might alter the current landscape.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
May 4, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court in disarray after an extraordinary breach
The court's reputation was already in decline before the leak, with much of the U.S. persuaded that it is little different from the political branches of the government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2022
What would the end of Roe v. Wade mean? Key questions and answers.
A leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade legal precedent describes a United States not seen in half a century.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 3, 2022
Leaked draft abortion ruling a major blow to U.S. Supreme Court, experts say
While the substance of the draft sparked praise from anti-abortion conservatives and condemnation from abortion rights advocates, many court watchers blasted on the leak itself.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 6, 2022
Football Union of Russia withdraws appeal over FIFA ban
Russia's hopes of competing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were effectively ended after CAS rejected a request to freeze FIFA's suspension while the country's appeal was being heard.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 4, 2022
Russia to appeal FIFA and UEFA bans
The Russian Football Union (RFU) will lodge an appeal against the decisions by FIFA and UEFA to bar Russian teams from international competitions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), it said on Thursday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2022
Kamila Valieva cleared to compete but doping shadow remains
There will be no medal ceremony for the women's singles figure skating if Valieva finishes in the top three, the IOC said after the decision.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2022
Biden aims for Supreme Court pick who isn’t ‘ideological choice’
Following through on a promise made in 2020, Biden has committed to nominate the first Black woman to the high court.
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2022
Kirin says Myanmar unit blocked liquidation in Yangon court
Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company Ltd. had filed a petition to liquidate the venture in November, months after Kirin said it was cutting ties there following a military coup.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2021
Roe v. Wade in jeopardy if current arguments before top court are anything to go by
The court could hold that, properly interpreted, Roe allows states to restrict abortion at some point — so long as they allow women 'enough time” to end their pregnancies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 2, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court justices suggest sweeping pullback on abortion
All six Republican-appointed justices indicated they would let states start banning abortion far earlier than the court's precedents now allow.

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