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by Jennifer Shutt, Nevada Current WASHINGTON — Efforts to secure the nationwide right to an abortion stalled for a second time Wednesday when U.S. Senate Democrats failed to get enough votes to overcome the legislative filibuster. Republicans, including Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, voted uniformly against
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By Kristen Hackbarth and Bob Conrad | Video by Bob Conrad and Ty O’Neil RENO — A late Monday leak to Politico of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would strike down federal abortion rights rocked northern Nevadans. Many said they have spent decades working to support access to the medical
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by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current October 26, 2021 WASHINGTON–A federal law to protect Native families from being separated is on a likely path to the Supreme Court where the 41-year-old law could be upended, threatening tribal sovereignty. And while child welfare is the specific issue at the heart of
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Supreme Court affirms tribal police authority over non-Indians Kirsten Carlson, Wayne State University DETROIT–The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the sovereign power of American Indian tribes on June 1, 2021, ruling that tribal police officers have the power to temporarily detain and search non-Indians on public rights-of-way through American Indian
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Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, the Supreme Court announced. Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement that “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature.” Even before her appointment, she had reshaped American law. When he nominated Ginsburg to the