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Donate to an Abortion Fund Right Now The Senate just confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. It is just one month after she was nominated by Donald Trump. The presidential election is in one week. By now, you’ve likely heard Democrats and reproductive-rights activists sound the alarm on Barrett’s  views on abortion . Her record certainly indicates that  Roe  v.  Wade  could be imperiled with her confirmation to the court: She is supported by anti-choice fundraising organization the Susan B. Anthony List; she has given talks to multiple right-to-life groups at Notre Dame; she has signed a letter calling  Roe  “barbaric.” (During her confirmation hearing, she refused to comment directly on the ruling, demurring, “I can’t express views on cases. I can’t pre-commit.”) If  Roe  is overturned, lawmakers in 22 states could ban abortion outright, immediately. People in 11 more states are at risk of losing their right to abortion because it ...

Clerks ask court for guidance on ballots with printing error APPLETON (WLUK) -- The clerks for Outagamie and Calumet counties have filed suit with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, seeking guidance on what to do about misprinted ballots. Last week, Outagamie County Clerk Lori O’Bright revealed about 13,500 ballots  were printed and mailed with a nicking in one of the "timing marks,"  which allow the ballots to be counted by voting machines. Because of the error, the machines reject the ballot. The remedy announced was rejected ballots will be hand-duplicated by election inspectors. But because that can’t happen until election day, she warned the county would be delayed in getting results tabulated. Voters do not have to take any action. According to the  22-page filing  by O’Bright and Calumet County Clerk Beth Hauser, state law calls making a "true duplicate" of the ballot so it can be counted as the mandatory remedy. However, the clerks note that the  Wisconsin Ele...

Supreme Court’s Vague Election Orders Are a 2020 Wild Card In the unbelievably complicated run-up to the 2020 elections, a variable we really aren’t used to seeing is frequent interventions in election law disputes by the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s largely a product of the  vast wave of litigation  by competing voting-rights and voting-suppression interest groups, mostly generated by adjustments in election procedures attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s made more frustrating by the fact that the Supreme Court’s involvement is via largely unexplained “orders” in response to “emergency” requests for rulings, which can make life difficult for lower courts and the contending parties. As Adam Liptak of the New York  Times   observes , we are in uncharted territory here: At least nine times since April, the Supreme Court has issued rulings in election disputes. Or perhaps “rulings” is too generous a word for those unsigned orders, which addressed matters as conse...

Tesla's back-to-back price cuts bring sticker on U.S. Model S below $70,000 FILE PHOTO: Tesla Model S drives during electric car E-Rallye Baltica 2019 near Iecava, Latvia July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo (Reuters) - Tesla Inc  TSLA.O  will further cut the price of its Model S "Long Range" sedan in the United States to $69,420, the electric carmaker's chief executive, Elon Musk, announced in a tweet  bit.ly/2H0JCP0  on Wednesday. The anticipated drop marks the second time this week Tesla has cut the price for the high-end sedan, following a 4% cut of the Model S’s price in the United States on Tuesday to $71,990. Tesla shares closed 3.3% higher at $461.30 on Wednesday and were little changed after hours. The company also on Tuesday reduced by 3% the price of its Model S in China, where it had previously cut the starting price of its Model 3 sedan. “The gauntlet has been thrown down! The prophecy will be fulfilled. Model S price changes to $69,420 tonight...