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  Mark Roderick Aungst , 47, of South Williamsport, died on Wednesday. Lycoming County coroner  Charles E. Kiessling, Jr. , confirmed Aungst’s death to Law & Crime. Court filings show that Aungst had  pleaded guilty  in June to one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail and a $5,000 fine. He had come to Washington on a chartered bus from Pennsylvania to the Capitol in order to attend  Donald Trump’s  so-called “Stop the Steal” rally. Aungst and his co-defendant,  Tammy Bronsburg , admitted to entering the building at around 2:45 p.m., some 30 minutes after the initial breach, and leaving 30 seconds later. They re-entered the building at around 3:05 p.m. and spent about 10 minutes inside, taking pictures and video. They encountered law enforcement and were told to leave. Neither had been accused of assault or property destruction. Aungst, a gas field well service technician, is survived by his mother,

  Ketanji Brown Jackson Brown Jackson joins US Supreme Court as first Black woman on the bench K etanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice, replacing Stephen Breyer Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was officially sworn in as the first black woman on the Supreme Court Thursday, just minutes after Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the bench took effect. Jackson, 51, was sworn in shortly after noon, two hours after the high court issued  its final two   opinions of a   momentous term . Her husband Patrick, the chief of general surgery at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, and their two daughters joined her for the ceremony.  the members of Ketanji Brown Jackson's family Johnny and Ellery Brown parents Patrick Jackson, husband of Supreme Court Leila and Talia Jackson daughters

  A.O.C. Wants Justices Impeached for ‘Lying Under Oath’ on Roe Views The New York Times,  June 27, 2022 The representative called for a House investigation into whether the justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh, were dishonest when discussing Roe v. Wade during confirmation hearings.

First trimester abortion facts: Common Question In-Clinic Abortion Medication Abortion How does it work? A doctor or nurse uses medical instruments and gentle suction to remove the pregnancy from your uterus. You take pills that end your pregnancy and make your uterus expel the pregnancy tissue (like an early miscarriage). How well does it work? It works more than 99% of the time. 8 weeks of pregnancy or less: it works about 94-98% of the time. 8-9 weeks: it works about 94-96% of the time. 9-10 weeks: it works about 91-93% of the time. If you're given an extra dose of medicine, it works about 99% of the time. 10-11 weeks: it works about 87% of the time. If you're given an extra dose of medicine, it works about 98% of the time. How long does the abortion take? The procedure usually takes about 10 minutes, but the full visit usually takes a few hours. In some cases, state law requires you to come to the health center for a separate visit before the abortion. Abortions later in pr

Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. The conservative Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of trust. Crowds Gather in 400 Cities Across the Country to Protest Abortion Bans, Kicking Off 'Summer of Rage'  

  The Pentagon Papers leaker explains why the Supreme Court draft leak is a good thing At 91, Daniel Ellsberg is certain of many things. One of them is that unofficial leaks of government documents are fundamental to keeping a check on the most powerful operators of our society. “Unauthorized disclosures are the lifeline of a republic,” he told NPR during a phone interview from his home in Northern California. And anyone who chooses to take on the burden of sharing such information in the public interest, “is doing this republic a very great service and helping it to remain a republic.” Ellsberg would know. He was the person who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon Papers to  The New York Times  (until they were blocked by the courts from publishing the documents) then sneaked them to  The Washington Post . The study – officially called the Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force – chronicled decades of failed U.S. policy in Vietnam, and laid bare the ways in which t