205 GOP congressmembers ask Supreme Court to stop punting and overturn Roe v. Wade already

Supreme Court Roe V Wade.
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More than 200 Republicans in Congress want the Supreme Court's next session to get here already.

A total of 39 senators, all Republicans, and 207 House members, all Republican but two, signed on to an amicus brief sent to the Supreme Court on Thursday asking it to reconsider some landmark abortion cases.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.