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Today the Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning these cases. After all, why stick with a constitutionally unjustified ruling? The answer proposed by supporters of Roe and Casey is that precedent (stare decisis) requires it. It’s true that in our legal system precedent sometimes provides a reason for courts—even the Supreme Court—to stick with a decision that is incorrect. But the operative word here is “sometimes.” Often, the Supreme Court’s constitutional duty requires that the Justices correct their predecessors’ errors by reversing wrongly decided cases—even when those cases have stood for decades and been reaffirmed in the interim....

Nashville announced a pro-rated contract to secure the return of its former captain ahead of Monday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline. Fisher retired last summer but shocked some at the end of January when he announced his intentions to return to the NHL. MORE: Subban, Predators excited about Fisher’s return The 37-year-old center has been skating and working out in preparation of his return to Nashville. Last season, Fisher recorded 42 points across 72 games with the Preds....

Nystrom injured his left leg when he smashed into the boards. Nashville coach Peter Laviolette did not provide specifics about the injury when speaking with repoters Friday, but he did say the forward would be sidelined for an extended period. MORE: Forsberg making like Peter the Great | Byfuglien injury further depletes Jets | MacKinnon’s broken foot hurts Avs “Certainly (Nystrom’s) role (on the fourth line and the penalty-kill unit) is important and he’s handled it really well,” Laviolette said, via The Tennessean....

Even a member of the team studying the more than 30 bones found in Hualong Cave in Anhui Province in eastern China points out the difficulties of proving the claim with 100 percent certainty. University of Southern California Professor Kristian Carlson said in an interview that the “most useful line of evidence to achieve this would be to directly date one of the human fossils.” “This would be a destructive process though, so it is clearly not advisable,” he said....

Mom-of-four Chloe Connolly, 25, gave birth to twins Esmaè and Averly McGuinness on September 7. The twins were born nine weeks early at their parents’ home in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. Chloe delivered the girls herself with partner Darren McGuinness before the babies were rushed to the University Hospital Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. She felt sudden pains and phoned an ambulance with paramedics arriving 28 minutes later to find the babies already born....

Leicester City spoiled Lampard’s return to Stamford Bridge last week, holding Chelsea to a 1-1 draw after Mason Mount had put the Blues ahead. Coupled with the 4-0 thrashing suffered against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the opening day of the season, the result leaves Chelsea with just one point after two games. Against Leicester, the Blues showed encouraging progress in spells and there were signs the high-pressing game Lampard has been trying to implement is reaping dividends....

All 20 teams met in London midweek to discuss TV rights, with the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham reportedly determined to receive a greater share of income. Man U 11/4 for PL title A new deal would see a percentage of the global revenue divided based on league position but no vote was taken due to a lack of support. A Premier League spokesman told Omnisport: “Premier League clubs today met and discussed the future development of the League....

The 27-year-old former Chelsea man was filmed attacking a Bengal cat with his brother Yoan present. The video, originally shared by English tabloid The Sun, shows Zouma picking up the cat from another room and bringing it into the kitchen before drop-kicking the cat across the floor. He then throws shoes at the animal before later slapping it in the face. The video appears to have originated on social media platform Snapchat, and the individual filming can be heard laughing throughout the series of short videos....

When the COVID-19 pandemic started, I lost my security job and took a job at a dog daycare which paid me only two-thirds of what I’d been making. I told myself that something was better than nothing. Now, as of April, I’ve graduated an entire year early. I knew that finishing my degree in three years would mean adding to my already full workload—all to save on tuition. And yet, despite graduating early, in April, I crossed the stage with a shadow of $40,000 in debt trailing after me....

Not since Reagan has a president so clearly laid out the core values that make America free—and stood defiantly in defense of those values despite the ridicule and hostility of the elites, news media, academics and his political opponents. President Reagan was focused on defending freedom from foreign threats—the Soviet Union and international Communism. Reagan had a conversation in the late 1940s over drinks with a Screen Actors Guild member who proclaimed himself a Stalinist....

DUBLIN, Ohio -- A brief look Saturday at the Presidents Cup matches at Muirfield Village Golf Club: THE SCORE: United States 11½, International 6½ MATCHES IN PROGRESS: Four foursomes matches did not finish. The Americans were up in one, the Internationals were up in two. One was tied. THE LEADERBOARD: Numbers from Muirfield via GolfDigest.com THE RAINFALL: There was a half-inch of rain Saturday, on top of 1.1 inches from the previous two days....

Colvin’s a great folk-pop songwriter. She sings immaculately conceived melodies and writes subtly about very tricky matters of the head and heart. Alas, she’s 41 at a time when record buyers either aren’t 41 or don’t want to be reminded. If you were a record executive, wouldn’t you rather market Jewel? Sure, her album’s a coffeehouse nightmare, but she’s got a great voice– plus, she’s 22 and she’ll show up at award shows in a see-through dress....

In the Britney era, can a man who looks like this, like Pigpen on a steroid diet, really hit it big? Sure. When your debut album rocks harder and louder than any CD in years, you can look however you want. “I Get Wet” is the kind of disc where you never get past track seven because you’re just too winded. Or, as the author himself puts it: “This is the sound of being alive....

The much-watched Republican primary for Arizona governor was too close to call on Wednesday morning as Trump-endorsed Kari Lake edged ahead of her GOP rival, Karrin Taylor Robson, with around 80 percent of votes counted. Kansas voters delivered a victory for pro-abortion rights activists in a statewide referendum that prevented Republican legislators from banning or restricting access to abortions. Here are the key results by state. Arizona The Republican gubernatorial primary was down to the wire on Wednesday morning as Lake took a slim lead over Robson....

Sam McAlister, the producer of Newsnight’s interview with Andrew, has revealed in her new book, Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews, about the months of work it took to secure the sit-down with the prince and how his staff reacted to it. The publication of McAlister’s account comes as Deadline revealed that it has already been optioned for a movie adaptation planning to begin filming in November....

The Duke of York was forced to step back from public life in disgrace after defending his friendship with the New York financier and denying having sex with a trafficking victim. Now the U.S. Department of Justice want him to answer questions in a U.K. court about his links to the pedophile, who died in jail in August. Out of 2,000 people surveyed online by Redfield & Wilton Strategies for Newsweek, 59 percent said Andrew should be extradited and face questioning in America....

The couple’s bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview in March was preceded by a leak to U.K. newspaper The Times of accusations Meghan “bullied two PAs out of the household.” Meghan Markle’s former press secretary Jason Knauf had said the Duchess of Sussex seemed “intent” on “always having someone in her sights” in an email to Prince William’s private secretary in October 2018. Buckingham Palace launched a review in March, inviting testimony from staff at Kensington Palace, including many who have since moved on....

The brothers had fallen out to the point the Duke of Sussex took the exceptionally rare step of discussing the rift publicly in October, admitting: “We’re certainly on different paths.” At the time, he told broadcaster Tom Bradby “We don’t see each other as much as we used to…. you have good days, you have bad days.” However, royal expert Katie Nicholl told ET Prince Charles catching the novel coronavirus has brought them together again....

The prince published his memoir on January 10 and has broken the Guinness World Record for fastest selling non-fiction book of all time. In it he discusses how he felt being questioned about his position in the royal family as Prince William and Kate Middleton had their three children, suggesting that journalists expected him to receive the joyous baby news as a “terminal diagnosis.” When Harry was born, he was third in the official line of succession to the British throne....

Lovehoney, a leading sexual wellness brand in the U.K, debuted its new ad featuring a ball gag with the slogan “Silence is golden, Harry” in the days after the prince undertook multiple interviews promoting his memoir, Spare, which was published on January 10. In the book, the prince recounted a number of intimate anecdotes including how he lost his virginity at the age of 17 in a field behind a pub, and how he got frostbite on his penis following a 2011 trek to the North Pole....