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On Tuesday, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito acknowledged a constitutional right to privacy and distanced himself from a memo he wrote two decades ago against the right to abortion.

It depends on who you ask.

Rita Mae Brown, author of Rubyfruit Jungle and several mystery series, first read Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars in college. It's hardly a staid Latin history book — in fact, it's Brown's favorite guilty pleasure. An academic-looking cover hides a raunchy, violent, thrilling book, she says, full of "around-the-clock degradation."

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: For the Culture, The People Who Report More Stress, Dreaming Whilst Black and Little Fires Everywhere.

As the late night TV genre crumbles under sagging viewership and the decline of traditional media, O'Brien's renaissance provides an example for the future.

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Open Ears Project, R.F Kuang's The Poppy War trilogy and a Dungeons & Dragons show called DesiQuest.

The champions of U.S. Supreme Court reform should first consider the record of nations that wound up packing and purging their judiciaries.

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state.

Ten states considered adding language guaranteeing abortion rights in their state constitutions during this year’s elections. Voters in seven of the states approved the ballot questions. Three rejected them.

Abortion is on the ballot in 10 states. The vote results will have consequences beyond women's reproductive rights.