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Iowa high court rules abortion is not a fundamental right under state constitution

JURIST

The decision overturns a 2018 ruling which held there is a fundamental right to abortion in Iowa. Planned Parenthood sued to challenge a 2020 law which requires a 24 hour waiting period before an abortion. After a lower court ruled the law was unconstitutional, Iowa appealed to the state supreme court.

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Two death penalty cases and free speech at animal facilities

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In June 2020, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal – meaning it decided the case without merits briefing or oral argument – in Andrus v. On remand, the Texas court ruled that the inadequate counsel had not prejudiced Andrus. Ineffective assistance of counsel. Washington. Filing a new petition in a second Andrus v.

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In a historic term, momentum to move the law often came from the five justices to the chief’s right

SCOTUSBlog

The conventional wisdom was that although there may have been four votes to take up the case, the court’s more conservative justices were not convinced that Roberts would provide the fifth vote needed to strike down the laws. And when the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case on June 23, Roberts was on board.

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Roe v. Wade hangs in balance as reshaped court prepares to hear biggest abortion case in decades

SCOTUSBlog

Mississippi acknowledges that it must overcome the principle of “stare decisis” – the idea that courts should normally follow their prior precedent. But here, the state insists, the “stare decisis case for overruling Roe and Casey is overwhelming.” Stare decisis and the Kavanaugh test.

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Roe Redux: Is The Viability Test Still Viable as a Constitutional Doctrine?

JonathanTurley

To uphold Roe , the court likely will require more than the usual arguments of stare decisis , the doctrine that the court should generally stand by its precedents. This term the court was presented with two pre-viability challenges. The court ruled 5-4 to allow the Texas law to be enforced.

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Stephen Breyer, pragmatic liberal, will retire at end of term

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Although Breyer is apparently in good health and by all accounts enjoys his job, Democrats began calling for him to retire shortly after the 2020 election so that President Joe Biden could nominate a younger judge to take his place. In 2020, with Kennedy now retired, the Supreme Court in June Medical Services v.

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