This election saw seats up for grabs in Congress, state houses and state courts that could determine the future of U.S. reproductive freedom.
Seats are up for grabs in Congress, state houses and state courts that could determine the future of U.S. reproductive freedom.
Abortion rights protesters gather at The Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse on June 24, 2022, in Louisville, Ky., in dissent of the Supreme Court’s decision in. This election season, Kentucky votes on Constitutional Amendment 2, which would amend the state Bill of Rights to declare that there is no state constitutional right to abortion. , reproductive freedom is on the ballot across the country.
This election marks the first time party affiliation will be identified on the ballot for judicial candidates. To some, revealing the party affiliation of candidates for state supreme courts offers greater transparency. But others are rightly concerned about the risk of political influence in judicial elections, or that judges may be misperceived as politicians rather than neutral arbiters of the law. Ohio is a powerful case study.
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