Kathryn Hackett News Today

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— State supreme court elections are often ignored by the public and the media, but they can have a dramatic impact on public policy, especially in the post-Roe v. Wade era, when abortion policy is being sent back to the states.— Numerically, 2024 is a very big year for such elections: They will be held in 33 states. And in several of those states, ideological control of the court could shift depending on the results.— This year, Michigan, Ohio, Montana, North Ca...

Two Arizona Supreme Court justices are in the crosshairs of progressives this election season after they ruled to reinstate a territorial-era near total abortion ban in the state. Clint Bolick and Kathryn H. King are up for judicial retention votes this November — and now, the nonprofit Progress Arizona is mounting an organized campaign against them, hoping to do the

A progressive nonprofit is working to unseat two Arizona Supreme Court justices who voted to uphold a near-total abortion ban in state law.Justices Kathryn Hackett King and Clint Bolick will be up for retention on the November ballot. On April 9, they were in the majority of the 4-2 opinion that upheld an 1864 law criminalizing most abortions, with no exceptions for rape or