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Roe v. Wade Overturned, Tennessee Abortion Ban Activated

Roe v. Wade Overturned, Tennessee Abortion Ban Activated

Kailee Shores June 24, 2022

Story by News Editor Matthew Giffin and Assistant News Editor Kailee Shores In a 6-3 decision on Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the landmark decisions...

How celebrity endorsement and youth activism could translate to Gen Z votes

How celebrity endorsement and youth activism could translate to Gen Z votes

CIM Digital November 2, 2020

Photo Courtesy of The New Daily Story by Ashley Barrientos/Contributing Writer “We are Gen-Z—born into tragedy and movements and protests,” said the director for March for Our Lives, a movement...

AP: Kavanaugh is confirmed: Senate Oks Supreme Court nominee

AP: Kavanaugh is confirmed: Senate Oks Supreme Court nominee

Sidelines October 6, 2018

Photo courtesy of Win McNamee / Getty Images By Alan Fram and Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to...

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AP: Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79

CIM Digital February 13, 2016

Story by Mark Sherman // Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the Supreme Court, has died, leaving the high court without its...

Tenn. Secretary of State Tre Hargett speaks to MTSU students on Constitution Day.

Photo by Andre Rowlett.

Constitution Countdown: Eighth Amendment

CIM Digital September 10, 2015

Constitution Day, September 17, is the anniversary of the day in 1787 when the United States Constitution was signed. Though the Bill of Rights was not ratified until 1791, Sidelines will be breaking...

Tennessee Lawmakers Create "Pastor Protection Act" in Light of Supreme Court Ruling

Tennessee Lawmakers Create “Pastor Protection Act” in Light of Supreme Court Ruling

CIM Digital June 27, 2015

Two Tennessee lawmakers say they are working on a bill designed to protect clergy and houses of worship that refuse to perform or host same-sex marriages. The announcement comes in response to the ruling...

Same-Sex Marriage Ruled Legal by Supreme Court in all 50 States

Same-Sex Marriage Ruled Legal by Supreme Court in all 50 States

CIM Digital June 26, 2015

The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States, a historic ruling resultant of decades of litigation over gay rights. Prior to the ruling,...

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