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Security fencing surrounds the U.S. Supreme Court on June 6, 2022. The potential leaks of Justice Samuel Alito’s Hobby Lobby opinion and his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade this year have created a crisis of confidence in the Court. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

BY RAKIM H. D. BROOKS | In 2014, Justice Samuel Alito allegedly leaked the impending decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby to anti-choice lobbyists weeks before the Court publicly issued it. This revelation suggests something more sinister: Some of the justices are acting in concert with conservative movement leaders, leaking opinions, signaling outcomes, and backchanneling. This is disturbing and devastating. The rule of law cannot survive if the judiciary ceases to be independent.

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“The right to get an abortion, and make personal decisions about how to live, was certainly a big motivator for people showing up, and how they cast their ballots,” said Maya Wiley about the 2022 midterms. (Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images)

BY ROXY SZAL | U.S. voters have faced significant changes in the voting rights landscape over the years—but when it comes to restrictions, the last two years take the cake. Since the beginning of 2021, lawmakers have passed at least 42 restrictive voting laws in 21 states, making last year the worst on record for voting access. Many of the same trends continued into 2022, affecting both midterm turnout and race outcomes, and putting U.S. democracy through the ultimate stress test.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights has been fighting laws like these for over seven decades. Today, it’s led by Maya Wiley. In a conversation with Ms., Wiley gave her frank take on the 2022 midterms and the upcoming Georgia Senate race; discussed the role of voter suppression in key races this year; and shared her vision for the future of U.S. civil rights.

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For decades, the Catholic Church has sought to keep its record of abuse hidden by transferring abusive priests from one parish to another, refusing to collaborate with civil authorities during abuse investigations, and opposing national legal reform that would help survivors to seek justice. (Oliver Weiken via Getty Images)

BY MARCI A. HAMILTON | For the first time in history, the United Nations General Assembly has designated a new annual World Day for the prevention of child sexual exploitation—and it couldn’t come soon enough.

One in five women and one in 13 men worldwide have been sexually abused as children, and 120 million girls and young women under 20 years old have been victims of forced sexual contact. Countless victims around the globe are silenced by bad laws and some countries’ legal agreements with the Roman Catholic Church that weaken, and at times completely dismantle, their opportunity for justice.

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