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President Donald Trump indicated he would consider a pardon request for Lindsay Clancy, but reiterated that pardons are a state matter, not federal, and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has no authority to grant one while the case is in state court; Clancy’s murder trial ended in a mistrial with a holdout juror, and a retrial could occur as a status hearing is set for later in September.
Blue states are increasingly defying federal vaccine guidelines set by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., leading to a patchwork of policies that could hinder effective public health responses and create confusion, as states pursue independent strategies for vaccine access and recommendations.
The Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America group criticized former President Donald Trump for his stance that abortion restrictions should be left up to individual states, not the federal government, calling it a "morally indefensible position for a self-proclaimed pro-life presidential candidate." Trump's campaign spokesperson had said that the Supreme Court got it right when they ruled that abortion is an issue that should be decided at the state level. The condemnation by one of the nation's largest anti-abortion groups amounted to a stunning rebuke of the former president, the leading contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Republican Senator Tim Scott, who is considering a run for the White House, told WMUR that he would sign a 20-week federal abortion ban into law if elected president. He believes that the country needs a federal limit on how far it can go with abortions and that the issue should be left to the states to solve. Scott criticized Democrats for wanting to make abortion a federal issue into the third trimester, which he believes puts the US in the company of China and North Korea. The US Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in June 2022 made abortion access a state-by-state issue.