Week in Review: January 2-8, 2023

Episode Format:

1. Kevin McCarthy Wins Speaker of the House Bid (1:17)

2. Probable Cause Affidavit Unsealed in Idaho Murders Case (13:16)

3. West Virginia Judge Upholds Ban on Transgender Athletes Competing in Female School Sports (29:10)

4. South Carolina Supreme Court Blocks 6-Week Abortion Ban (32:21)

Sources linked below

Sources:

Kevin McCarthy Wins Speaker of the House Bid

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3792997-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-house-speaker-election/

https://www.npr.org/live-updates/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-house-vote-day-4#in-the-dog-house-a-lawmaker-brought-her-pup-to-vote-since-there-are-no-rules

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/06/1147470516/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-of-the-house-vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsJgqkx1hCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqomx_EyjOo

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3800979-gaetz-votes-for-trump-for-speaker-on-7th-ballot/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/01/07/kevin-mccarthys-concessions-heres-what-he-gave-up-to-win-house-speakership/?sh=4eac5a346031

Probable Cause Affidavit Unsealed in Idaho Murders Case

https://coi.isc.idaho.gov/docs/case/CR29-22-2805/122922%20Affidavit%20-%20Exhibit%20A%20-%20Statement%20of%20Brett%20Payne.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/us/key-takeaways-idaho-affidavit-bryan-kohberger/index.html

https://abc7.com/university-of-idaho-students-moscow-murders-arrest/12630744/

West Virginia Judge Upholds Ban on Transgender Athletes Competing in Female School Sports

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/05/judge-west-virginia-law-transgender-athletes-00076678

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/06/1147361439/west-virginia-transgender-sports-ban

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/federal-judge-upholds-west-virginia-save-womens-sports-law-barring-trans-athletes-girls-sports-teams

South Carolina Supreme Court Blocks 6-Week Abortion Ban

https://www.sccourts.org/opinions/HTMLFiles/SC/28127.pdf

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/south-carolinas-supreme-court-strikes-6-week-abortion/story?id=96250948