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☆ Planned Parenthood to resume abortions in Wisconsin for first time since 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Julia Harte | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A sign is pictured at the entrance to a Planned Parenthood building in New York August 31, 2015./File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 14 (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood will resume abortion care at two facilities in Wisconsin for the first time in more than a year, it said on Thursday following a county court ruling that an 1849 state law did not apply to most consensual abortions. In the wake of that ruling, abortion care will again be available starting on Monday at Planned Parenthood centers in Milwaukee and Madison, according to Tanya Atkinson, the president of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. The people of Wisconsin have been without this essential and necessary care for over a year," said Atkinson in a video statement. Planned Parenthood, the state's biggest abortion provider, is the first to make the announcement. "Planned Parenthood is more concerned about their bottom line and keeping abortion dollars in Wisconsin than finding a way to help women in unplanned pregnancies," said Heather Weininger, the head of Wisconsin Right to Life, in a statement.

Persons: Wade, Tanya Atkinson, Atkinson, Roe, Janet Protasiewicz's, Heather Weininger, Tony Evers, Evers, Julia Harte, Colleen Jenkins, Aurora Ellis Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Circuit, Democratic, Thomson Locations: New York, Wisconsin, Wisconsin's Dane, Milwaukee, Madison, United States

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate was set to vote Thursday on firing the battleground state's top elections official — a move that was denounced by Democrats as illegitimate and is expected to draw a legal battle. Nonpartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe has been the subject of conspiracy theories and threats from election skeptics who falsely claim she was part of a plan to rig the 2020 vote in Wisconsin. The bipartisan elections commission deadlocked in June on a vote to nominate Wolfe for a second four-year term. In addition to carrying out the decisions of the elections commission, Wolfe helps guide Wisconsin’s more than 1,800 local clerks who actually run elections. Since the 2020 election, some Republicans have floated the idea of abolishing or overhauling the elections commission.

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☆ Trump faces another 14th Amendment candidacy challenge, this time in Minnesota
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The new Minnesota lawsuit was filed in state court by Free Speech For People, one week after another group initiated a similar challenge in Colorado. The Republican primary in Minnesota is on March 5, which is Super Tuesday. The new lawsuit seeks to block Trump’s name from the primary ballot as well as the general election if he wins the nomination. Last year, the bipartisan House committee that investigated the January 6 attack recommended that Trump be barred from holding future office under the 14th Amendment. Since then, Trump has been indicted on separate federal and state charges stemming from his schemes to overturn the 2020 election.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have enjoyed outsize control of the Legislature in one of the most closely divided states for a dozen years. Maintaining that power is now at the heart of a drama involving the state Supreme Court that has national political implications. “Impeachment is an act of pure power politics,” said Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. In 2020, the state Supreme Court, then controlled 4-3 by conservatives, came within one vote of overturning Democrat Joe Biden's nearly 21,000 vote victory over then-President Donald Trump. The Supreme Court has yet to decide whether it will take either case.

Persons: ”, Ben Wikler, “ It’s, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Greta Neubauer, Mark Pocan, Robin Vos, “, ” Vos, Wisconsin Legislature “, Nick Seabrook, Janet Protasiewicz, Protasiewicz, Vos, Tyler August, ” ___ Lieb Organizations: — Wisconsin Republicans, Republicans, Democratic, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Wisconsin Supreme, Donald Trump . Wisconsin Republicans, Republican, Michigan House, Democrat, U.S . Senate, Associated, Democratic U.S . Rep, U.S, Supreme, Wisconsin Legislature, University of North, Wisconsin Democrats, GOP, Legislative Republicans, Democratic Party, GOP . Wisconsin Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, Neighboring Michigan, Unlike Wisconsin , Michigan, Wisconsin’s, West Virginia, ” Wisconsin, University of North Florida, Jefferson City , Missouri

They claim the Florida Constitution's privacy clause for more than 40 years has explicitly protected a right to abortion in the state. Florida officials contend the Supreme Court has in the past erroneously concluded the privacy clause covers abortion rights when it was actually intended more as a guard for “informational privacy, like the disclosure of private facts." The six-week ban DeSantis signed into law earlier this year would take effect 30 days after a Supreme Court decision to affirm the current ban. The privacy clause was put into the Florida Constitution by a voter referendum in 1980 and later affirmed as including abortion rights by the state Supreme Court. An appeals court overturned the injunction, bringing the case before the state Supreme Court.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, —, Dobbs, Roe, Wade, ”, Jennifer Canady, Charles Canady Organizations: Republican Gov, GOP, Planned, American Civil Liberties Union, Voters, Supreme, Republican, American College of Obstetricians, American Medical Association Locations: Florida, Tallahassee, “, U.S, Leon

☆ New York says Trump inflated net worth by up to $3.6 billion; Trump seeks dismissal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs from Trump Tower to give a deposition to New York Attorney General Letitia James who sued Trump and his Trump Organization, in New York City, U.S., April 13, 2023. In a filing with a New York state court in Manhattan, Attorney General Letitia James said her valuation and accounting experts believe Trump falsely boosted his net worth by between $1.9 billion and $3.6 billion a year over a decade. The attorney general wants a $250 million fine, and to bar Trump and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump from leading their family business, the New York City-based Trump Organization. Citing her experts, James said Trump may have inflated his net worth by $3.5 billion to $3.6 billion every year from 2014 to 2019, the last three while Trump was in the White House. The New York civil case is New York v Trump et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No.

Persons: Donald Trump, Letitia James, Trump, Mike Segar, James, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Arthur Engoron, Democrat Joe Biden, Engoron, Jonathan Stempel Organizations: U.S, Trump Tower, New York, Trump Organization, REUTERS, Trump, New, Lawyers, libeled, Democrat, TRUMP, Court, Thomson Locations: New, New York City, U.S, New York, Manhattan, Lago, Florida, midtown Manhattan, Court , New York County

☆ Opinion | States Can Be Laboratories of Autocracy, Too
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But removal would allow Governor Evers to appoint another liberal jurist, which is why Republicans don’t plan to convict and remove Protasiewicz. If, instead, the Republican-led State Senate chooses not to act on impeachment, Justice Protasiewicz is suspended but not removed. If successful, Wisconsin Republicans will have created, in effect, an unbreakable hold on state government. Wisconsin Republicans might, for the first time, show an ounce of restraint and refrain from taking this radical step against self-government. Wisconsin Republicans might then face an angry and mobilized electorate in a presidential year.

Persons: Justice Protasiewicz, Evers, Republicans don’t, Protasiewicz, ” Organizations: Senate, Republicans, Republican, Wisconsin Republicans, State Legislature, supermajorities, Supreme Court, Wisconsin Republican Party Locations: Wisconsin

The state Democratic Party has given liberal Justice Jill Karofsky's campaign more than $1.3 million. In Wisconsin, there is no requirement that justices step down from hearing cases involving campaign donors. Those threats were denounced by Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler as “political extortion." She also cited Democratic Party campaign donations and the campaign comments. The Democratic Party did not bring either of the pending redistricting cases, even though Democrats would benefit from new maps being drawn.

Persons: she's, Ann Walsh Bradley —, Brian Hagedorn, Rebecca Bradley, Jill Karofsky's, ”, Jay Heck, “, Heck, Brennan, Janet Protasiewicz, Dan Kelly, Joe Biden, Tony Evers, Protasiewicz, Robin Vos, Protasiewicz doesn't, Vos, Ben Wikler, Annette Ziegler, Ziegler, Michael Gableman, recusing, Bradley, ” Protasiewicz Organizations: —, — Wisconsin Republicans, Democratic Party, Wisconsin Democracy, Republican Party, Wisconsin Supreme, Brennan Center for Justice, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Republican, Republicans, Gov, Democratic, GOP, Wisconsin Judicial Commission, Wisconsin Democratic, Wisconsin Manufacturers, Commerce, Conservative, United, Constitution Locations: MADISON, Wis, — Wisconsin, Wisconsin, In Wisconsin

☆ Wisconsin Republicans float the impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice because the court could toss GOP-friendly legislative maps
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Wisconsin Republicans are floating the potential impeachment of state Supreme Court judge Janet Protasiewicz. Republicans are arguing that Protasiewicz must recuse herself from redistricting cases over her comments. Earlier this year, the possibility of Protasiewicz sitting on the court and turning a conservative-leaning court into one with a liberal majority animated Republicans. Republicans now enjoy a 64-35 majority in the state Assembly and a 22-11 supermajority in the state Senate, despite Wisconsin being a perennial battleground state. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe court has not said whether or not it would take up the redistricting cases.

Persons: Janet Protasiewicz, Protasiewicz, Scott Walker, Walker, Tony Evers, Daniel Kelly, Protasiewicz's, Robin Vos, Vos, I'm, Republican Sen, Ron Johnson Organizations: Wisconsin Republicans, Service, Wisconsin Supreme, Republicans, Democratic Gov, Democratic, GOP, Wisconsin, Democratic Party, Assembly, Republican, New York Times, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Associated Press Locations: Wisconsin, Wall, Silicon

☆ Trump keeps asking to move his March hush-money trial date because he's overbooked with criminal trials
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump has repeatedly asked the judge in his NYC hush-money case to move the March 25 trial date. He invited Trump's lawyer to raise the matter of scheduling again in February. An excerpt from a letter from Trump's Manhattan hush-money judge, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, to defense attorney Todd Blanche. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn asking, without luck, to at least talk about a new hush-money trial date, Blanche, too, sounded overbooked. "Thus, the trial in that case will necessarily conflict with the scheduled trial in this case," Blanche noted.

Persons: Trump, Trump's Jan, Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Daniels, Merchan, Todd Blanche, Arthur Engoron, Blanche, Trump's, –, Tanya S Organizations: Service, New, Super, New York, Manhattan, US Locations: Wall, Silicon, Washington ,, Florida

☆ New York AG asks judge to sanction Trump for rehashing failed legal arguments
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge Tuesday to sanction Donald Trump, other defendants and their lawyers for rehashing the same failed legal arguments in James' big civil fraud lawsuit against the former president. James asked that all the defendants be fined $10,000 collectively, and that another fine of $10,000 be imposed on their lawyers collectively. James' request came four weeks before trial in the lawsuit is set to begin in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan. In addition to Trump, defendants in the case include his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, and various business entities. In her filing Tuesday, James said that since last October, the defendants have made the same legal arguments against her lawsuit five separate times.

Persons: Letitia James, Donald Trump, James, Trump, Donald Jr, Eric Trump Organizations: New, Court, Trump Locations: New York, Manhattan

MADISON, Wis. (AP) —A state judiciary disciplinary panel has rejected several complaints lodged against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz that alleged she violated the judicial code of ethics for comments she made during the campaign. Protasiewicz on Tuesday released a letter from the Wisconsin Judicial Commission informing her that “several complaints” regarding comments she had made during the campaign had been dismissed without action. Protasiewicz’s win in April flipped majority control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court from conservative to liberal for the first time in 15 years. That case is expected to eventually reach the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Its members include two lawyers and two judges appointed by the Supreme Court and five non-lawyers appointed by the governor to three-year terms.

Persons: Janet Protasiewicz, It's, Protasiewicz, ” Protasiewicz, Randall Cook, Jeremiah Van Hecke, Dan Kelly, Van Hecke, Robin Vos, impeaches, Tony Evers, Todd Richmond Organizations: Wisconsin Supreme, Commission, Associated Press, Protasiewicz’s, Republican, Democratic, The Wisconsin Republican Party, Protasiewicz, Judicial, Supreme, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Senate, Democratic Gov Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, U.S

☆ A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( David Gelles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

The City Council bought about 17,000 acres of farmland 60 miles to the north, near Fort Collins, along with the associated water rights. Today, almost 40 years later, the water Mr. Ethredge secured for his city remains out of reach. The city purchased 17,000 acres of farmland 60 miles north, near Fort Collins, decades ago. The Thornton water treatment plant. ; Thornton Water Project By Leanne AbrahamBack when Mr. Ethredge secured the water rights up north, Thornton planners figured they would need that water by 2000.

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☆ Amazon is reportedly getting into legal fights with landlords as 'zombie' Amazon Fresh stores pile up
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon is facing lawsuits from some landlords over its proposed Amazon Fresh grocery stores. Amazon canceled or paused some Fresh stores over the last year as it rethinks its grocery strategy. Amazon opened its first Fresh store in 2020 and has about 44 stores three years later, according to its website. This summer, it laid off hundreds of Amazon Fresh store workers, too. AdvertisementAdvertisementAmazon has also tried to get out of leases for Fresh stores in other parts of the country.

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☆ One year out, here’s what we know about how the presidential race will look on Labor Day 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Much remains unknown of course about the presidential general election whose traditional kick-off will come one year from today on Labor Day, 2024. Twenty states have likewise voted for the GOP presidential nominee in all four of those contests. That means 40 of the 50 states, or 80%, have voted the same way in four consecutive presidential elections. In the presidential elections of 2012, 2016 and 2020, though, the states where the margin of victory landed within four points of the national vote total dwindled. Eventually a Democratic choice to write off Florida and Ohio could provide a tactical benefit for the GOP presidential nominee.

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☆ A Florida judge struck down a DeSantis-drawn congressional map because it diminished the voting power of Black residents
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Florida judge has tossed the North Florida redistricting plan engineered by Gov. Judge J. Lee Marsh ruled that DeSantis' congressional map violated the state constitution. Lawson, who ran for reelection in 2022 and lost to Republican Rep. Neal Dunn in the conservative 2nd congressional district, praised the judge's ruling. "I am pleased the Court struck down the DeSantis congressional map, finding that his office and the Legislature violated the Constitution. My only goal right now is to ensure that fair representation is returned to the people of North Florida," he added.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Judge J, Lee Marsh, Al Lawson, J, DeSantis, Al Lawson's, Cord Byrd, Jasmine Burney, Clark, Duval County —, Lawson, Neal Dunn Organizations: Gov, Democratic, Service, Republican Gov, Black, GOP, Congressional, Republican, Florida Supreme, Politico, League of Women Voters, Jacksonville — Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, North Florida, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Lawson's, Duval County, Gadsden County

☆ A founder of Big Gay Ice Cream is suing his partner, accusing him of mismanagement and collecting government pandemic loans
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Big Gay Ice Cream cofounder Doug Quint sued partner Jon Chapski, The New York Times reported. It claimed that Chapski refused to "roll out new ice cream flavors" that Quint had created, and ignored other suggestions related to the brand's expansion. Big Gay Ice Cream, which started out as an ice cream truck in 2009, had multiple locations across New York and Philadelphia at its height. Big Gay Ice Cream pints were even sold in major grocery chains and drugstores. The store is operated by neighborhood restaurateur, Jeremy Wladis, who was given permission to use the brand and recipes on Friday, according to the New York Times.

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☆ Pennsylvania Democrats won big in 2022, holding the governorship, winning a US Senate seat, and flipping the state House. Now, the state party is being called a 'disaster.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Several insiders told Politico that the Pennsylvania Democratic Party is in a state of in disarray. Many Democrats are concerned about the state party being unprepared for the 2024 races. AdvertisementAdvertisementA state Democratic committee member described the state party as "amateur hour." And one former state party staffer called the organization a "fucking disaster." As Democrats have increasingly expressed concerns about the party, many are looking to the party chair, state Sen. Sharif Street of Philadelphia, to provide answers.

Persons: Josh Shapiro, John Fetterman, Shapiro, Sen Organizations: Politico, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Service, Pennsylvania Democrats, Democratic, Republicans, Keystone State Locations: Wall, Silicon, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Keystone

☆ New York says Trump should be found liable for fraud, even before a trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

$250 MILLION SOUGHTJames filed her lawsuit last September, accusing Trump of lying about property values, including for his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and Trump Tower penthouse apartment in Manhattan, and his own net worth. The attorney general is seeking at least $250 million from Trump, his adult sons Donald Jr. and Eric, the Trump Organization and others, and to stop the Trumps from running businesses in New York. A trial before state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron is scheduled for Oct. 2. The New York civil case is New York v Trump et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No. Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Letitia James, Trump, James, Donald Jr, Eric, Arthur Engoron, Jonathan Stempel, Jonathan Oatis, Leslie Adler Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Wednesday, state's, Trump, Trump Organization, Republican, Democratic, New, New York, Court, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Manhattan, Lago, Florida, New York, New, Court , New York County

Protesters react as they gather inside the South Carolina House as members debate a new near-total ban on abortion with no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest at the state legislature in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. August 30, 2022. The South Carolina Supreme Court on a 4-1 vote rejected a request by Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers to reconsider its Aug. 23 ruling, which they said left unanswered what constitutes a "fetal heartbeat" under the Republican-backed law. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Republican, in a statement welcomed the decision. The U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had legalized abortion nationwide, prompting Republican-led states including South Carolina to ban or severely curtail the ability of women to obtain abortions. The new law came after the state Supreme Court in January struck down a similar abortion law, by a 3-2 vote.

Persons: Sam Wolfe, Alan Wilson, Roe, Wade, Kaye Hearn, Nate Raymond, Lincoln Organizations: Carolina House, REUTERS, South Carolina Supreme, Republican, Greenville Women's Clinic, Carolina, U.S, Supreme, Thomson Locations: Columbia , South Carolina, U.S, Greenville, South Carolina, Boston

☆ How Trump’s Election Lies Left the Michigan G.O.P. Broken and Battered
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Nick Corasaniti | More About Nick Corasaniti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Michigan Republican Party is starving for cash. This turmoil is one measure of the way Donald J. Trump’s lies about the 2020 election have rippled through his party. Mr. Trump’s election lies spread like wildfire in Michigan, breaking the state party into ardent believers and pragmatists wanting to move on. Bitter disputes, power struggles and contentious primaries followed, leaving the Michigan Republican Party a husk of itself. No Republican has won a statewide election there since Mr. Trump won the state in 2016.

Persons: —, Donald J, Trump’s, Trump, G.O.P Organizations: Michigan Republican Party, Michigan Republican, Republican, Supreme Locations: Trump’s, Michigan

☆ Texas Appeals Ruling Aimed at Blocking Its Transgender Care Ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Mitch Smith | More About Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The NewsA district judge in Texas moved on Friday to temporarily block enforcement of a law banning transgender minors in the state from receiving gender transition care, including puberty blockers and hormone treatments. “The Act’s prohibitions on providing evidence-based treatment for adolescents with gender dysphoria stands directly at odds with parents’ fundamental right to make decisions concerning the care of their children,” the judge wrote. But the attorney general’s office defended the law when it appealed to the State Supreme Court. Even before the Texas legislation passed, officials in that state had taken steps to try to prevent transgender children from accessing medical transition care. Greg Abbott, a Republican, directed the state’s child protective agency to investigate parents for child abuse if their children received such treatment.

Persons: general’s, Judge Maria Cantú Hexsel, Greg Abbott Organizations: Texas Supreme, Texans, Court, Supreme, Texas, Gov, Republican Locations: Texas, Travis County, Alabama , Kentucky , Missouri , Nebraska, Tennessee

☆ GOP-led House committee launches probe into Trump Georgia election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into the work of the Atlanta prosecutor who has criminally charged Donald Trump and others with interfering in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump is due to surrender at an Atlanta jail on Thursday evening to be booked in the case. Eighteen other people, including lawyers who promoted false claims about the 2020 election, also were indicted in the case. Traditionally, the committee's jurisdiction is limited to oversight of federal courts and federal officials. The House Judiciary Committee earlier this year demanded similar information from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr., who is prosecuting Trump in another criminal case.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Trump, Jim Jordan, Willis, Jordan, Smith, Joe Biden, Mark Meadows, Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr, Bragg, Stormy Daniels, tweeting, CNBC's Christina Wilkie Organizations: Republican, Atlanta, White, Committee, Attorney, Staff, Pennsylvania, Representatives Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta , Georgia, Georgia, Ohio, Atlanta, Manhattan, New York

South Carolina Republican state senator Katrina Frye Shealy debates a six-week abortion ban at the state legislature in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. May 23, 2023. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 23 (Reuters) - South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday upheld a new state law banning abortion after fetal heart activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, months after it blocked a similar ban. "With this victory, we protect the lives of countless unborn children and reaffirm South Carolina's place as one of the most pro-life states in America," South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, a Republican, said in a statement. The new law came after the state Supreme Court in January struck down a previous abortion law, by a 3-2 vote. South Carolina's Republican legislature in February replaced Hearn, who was the sole woman on the five-member court, with Justice Garrison Hill, who voted to uphold the new law on Wednesday.

Persons: Katrina Frye, Sam Wolfe, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, Justice Kaye Hearn, Hearn, Justice Garrison Hill, John Few, Donald Beatty, Brendan Pierson, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: South, South Carolina Republican, REUTERS, South Carolina Supreme, South Carolina Governor, Republican, Democrat, South Carolina's Republican, Justice, Thomson Locations: South Carolina, Columbia , South Carolina, U.S, America, South Carolina's, New York

An Erie County, N.Y., judge on Wednesday set aside the convictions of two men who, despite their protests of innocence, were found guilty in the grisly 1993 murder of a young mother outside Buffalo. Justice Wojtaszek ordered that the two men, Brian Scott Lorenz and James Pugh, be granted new trials in the slaying of the young mother, Deborah Meindl, who was killed in her home in Tonawanda, N.Y. The judge rejected the men’s assertions of innocence. But he ruled that new trials were warranted because of new evidence, and because the original prosecutors had violated rules governing the sharing of evidence. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office said it would be appealing the judge’s decision.

Persons: Justice Paul B, Richard Matt, New York jailbreak, Justice Wojtaszek, Brian Scott Lorenz, James Pugh, Deborah Meindl Organizations: Court, Attorney’s Locations: Erie County, N.Y, Buffalo, New York, Tonawanda

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