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ACLU sues Idaho over legal opinion expanding abortion restrictions

JURIST

The opinion, authored by Idaho Attorney General (AG) Raúl Labrador, concerns § 18-622(2) of the Idaho Criminal Code. The statute in its plain language states, criminal penalties will apply to “every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion.” Idaho defines life as beginning at fertilization.

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US Supreme Court to rule on South Carolina bid to defund abortion service provider

JURIST

They argued that the provision did not use affirmative language within the statute’s text to create a right for consumers, nor was the provision within a larger Bill of Rights, which would have indicated the intent to confer a right. An Idaho court issued a preliminary injunction on an abortion ban.

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Idaho abortion ban case

JURIST

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the case concerning whether a 1986 federal law preempts Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. The Idaho statute criminalizes performing or attempting to perform an abortion unless not doing so would result in the mother’s death.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account. Attorney General of Vermont , No. Resolute Forest Products, Inc. Jacobson v.

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

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Trinity Legal Center and Catholic Medical Association, National Association of Catholic Nurses-USA, Idaho Chooses Life and Texas Alliance for Life make similar arguments. To the contrary, in the year it was ratified (1868), thirty of thirty-seven states explicitly criminalized abortion by statute.” Against stare decisis.

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Supreme Court divided over federal-state conflict on emergency abortion ban

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over whether a federal law requiring hospitals that participate in Medicare to provide “necessary stabilizing treatment” in an emergency overrides an Idaho law that bars most abortions. EMTALA, Kagan stressed, would require the hospital to perform an abortion, but Idaho would not permit it.

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Court Grants Immunity To DA Who Shared Nude Photos From A Searched Phone With Local Law Enforcement

Above The Law

Sad trombone]: But the district attorney involved wont face legal consequences under a federal appeals court ruling released Monday. She was pulled over in Idaho (where recreation use/possession isnt legal) and charged with possession. But Idaho law enforcement still had a copy of Olsons phone data. Folks, please never do this.)

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