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    03 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News   FOCUS | NYT: The Supreme Court Isn't Listening, and It's No Secret Why The New York Times Editorial Board Excerpt: "All they have is their black robes and the public trust. A court that does not keep that trust cannot perform its critical role in American government." T he Supreme Court’s authority within the American political system is both immense and fragile. Somebody has to provide the last word in interpreting the Constitution, and — this is the key — to do so in a way that is seen as fair and legitimate by the people at large. What happens when a majority of Americans don’t see it that way? A common response to this question is to say the justices shouldn’t care. They aren’t there to satisfy the majority or to be swayed by the shifting winds of public opinion. That is partly true: The court’s most important obligations include safeguarding the constitutional rights of vulnerable minorities who ...

02 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News   FOCUS: Sam Biddle | How Amazon, Google, and Facebook Helped Fund the Campaign to Overturn Roe Sam Biddle, The Intercept Biddle writes: ;"When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the country’s top internet companies quickly responded with commitments to help employees in states that moved to ban abortion." The Independent Women’s Forum isn’t explicitly an anti-abortion group, but it worked to create the conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court. W hen the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the country’s top internet companies quickly responded with commitments to help employees in states that moved to ban abortion. In an implicit signal of support for abortion rights, the companies said they would help those employees seek abortions in states where the procedure remains legal. In the years leading up to the seismic reproductive rights decision, however, the tech giants sponsored a controversial grou...