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Amend your state constitutions to fortify your rights and tie down the hands of activist judges now while you can.

This issue brief presents an overview of the legal challenges presented in state courts since the Dobbs ruling in June 2022 and highlights some of the novel strategies that are being used to defend access to abortion in states that have enacted abortion bans.

'Missouri will continue to lead the way in the fight to defend our most fundamental freedoms.'

Against filling those loopholes with these types of laws? >> well, that is a great question. it is getting increasingly hard, for the reason that judith said. that the courts, the u.s. supreme court in particular has been systematically cutting back on, eviscerating protections for voting rights in american law. there are two very important cases pending before the supreme court right now. one, which could really further threaten the remaining provisions of the federal voting rights act, the historic law which was passed in the wake of the attack in selma, alabama. and we are seeing an attempt...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawmakers in Nevada and California are advancing legislation to remove “involuntary servitude” from their states’ constitutions, The post 2 states move to get “slavery” provisions out of state constitutions appeared first on TheGrio.