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Posted @withregram • @democracynow Among other disastrous Supreme Court rulings this week, the conservative justices have also weakened the “right to remain silent” for people under arrest.

The court says people not told of their Miranda rights cannot subsequently sue police for violating their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination — even if statements they give are ultimately used against them at trial.

It’s not just about abortion. The Supreme Court is gutting the 14th amendment right before our eyes. Eventually they will get around to an issue you care about.

Posted @withregram • @nprpolitics Via @nprpolitics: The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman’s right to obtain an abortion.

“The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority,” the court’s conservatives wrote in their majority opinion. “The Court overrules those decisions and returns that authority to the people and their elected representatives.”

The decision, most of which was leaked in early May, means that abortion rights will be rolled back in nearly half of the states immediately, with more restrictions likely to follow.

For all practical purposes, abortion will not be available in large swaths of the country.

The decision may well mean too that the court itself, as well as the abortion question, will become a focal point in the upcoming fall elections and in the fall and thereafter.