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Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists gather outside the US Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments in the fiercest challenge to abortion in a generation, as a Supreme Court dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump hears a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights. The nine justices -- among them six conservatives -- are examining a 2018 law in the southern state of Mississippi that prohibits most terminations after 15 weeks of pregnancy. IMAGES
Abortion in America will face its fiercest challenge in a generation when the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump, will hear opening arguments in a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights. The nine justices -- among them six conservatives -- will sit from 10:00 am (1500 GMT) to examine a 2018 law in the southern state of Mississippi that prohibits most terminations after 15 weeks of pregnancy. IMAGES
Article II of the US Constitution specifically gives the states the right to administer their own presidential elections. Specifically, it says 'Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct' its presidential electors. President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that 'we'll be going to the US Supreme Court,' and 'we want all voting to stop.' But according to CNN commentator Elie Honig, Trump's statements oversimplify and misconceive how elections work and how the courts function. The United States of America has 51 separate and different systems for elections: one for each of its 50 states, and one for the District of Columbia. Furthermore, the federally mandated 'safe harbor' period gives states time to complete vote-counting and certification processes. In 2020, the period goes until December 8th. Congress must accept any state results certified by that date.
US Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris visits the Supreme Court this morning to pay tribute to liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to ever serve on the Court. Justice Ginsburg died on Friday age 87-years-old after a fight with pancreatic cancer. IMAGES
The U.S. president extends his condolences and will face a stiff battle to win confirmation of a nominee to replace the conservative Justice. Diane Hodges reports.
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