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Supreme Court Breach Is Not the First Involving Roe v. Wade

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Supreme Court. However, it is not the first time that a landmark abortion decision was made public before the Court announced its decision. What makes the current disclosure so monumental is that the entire draft opinion was leaked. Leak of Draft Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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Lengthier opinions and shrinking cohesion: Indications for the future of the Supreme Court

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Share When the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. The Dobbs majority opinion was the third-longest Supreme Court opinion since the beginning of the 1946-47 term, according to our analysis. Both trends could further diminish perceptions of a collegial and productive court.

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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions

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Share This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham University and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School. Bruen does mark a new low for the court.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Three Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently returned to the bench for its February sitting. The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. Below is a brief summary of the cases before the Court: Denezpi v. Litigation about the Rule ensued, and the Supreme Court granted review of the Second Circuit’s opinion.

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South Carolina Legislators Move to Criminalize Sharing Abortion Information

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In my view, the law violates the First Amendment and should be scuttled by the legislature. Otherwise, it would likely be struck down by the courts. The language below is reminiscent of laws making it illegal to share information on committing suicide. ” The analogy to organized crime will not sustain such a law.

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Justice Barrett Gives Illinois Officials Until Monday to Respond to Challenge of “Assault Weapons” Ban

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We recently discussed a federal judge enjoining the new Illinois law banning “assault weapons.” ” Now a gun shop in Naperville, Illinois has made it to the Supreme Court in seeking injunctive relief and Justice Amy Coney Barrett has given the proponents of the law until Monday to respond to the request.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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Share At the end of each year, SCOTUSblog remembers some of the people whose lives and work left an imprint on the Supreme Court. From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. David Beckwith (Oct.

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