During his four years as president, Democrat Joe Biden experienced a sustained series of defeats at the U.S. Supreme Court, whose ascendant conservative majority blew holes in his agenda and dashed precedents long cherished by American liberals.
The move has no immediate legal force but will likely spark lawsuits that advocates hope will restore abortion rights.
During his presidency, Joe Biden faced significant setbacks at the U.S. Supreme Court, whose 6-3 conservative majority overturned key policies central to his agenda. Landmark rulings included the 2022 overturning of Roe
Biden’s record of promises kept, promises broken and compromises is roughly equally split between the three categories, according to PolitiFact.
With just days left in office, President Biden has said the Equal Rights Amendment is now the law of the land.
WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden assured Americans throughout ... into the party just months after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a lackluster field of Republican Senate candidates, and the ...
President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday ... in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Biden has taken some executive actions to protect abortion ...
On Jan. 22, 1973, in its historic Roe vs. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state bans and made abortion legal.
This article was originally published as part of our 2023 project Roe, 50 Years Later, a collection of stories marking what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. After the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion in Dobbs v.
Among the executive orders issued by President Trump on January 20, 2025, was one titled Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (the “Order”).
All Biden has done with this announcement is throw constitutional experts and ERA supporters into a state of confusion, writes opinion columnist Robin Epley.