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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. Wade and erase 50 years of abortion law precedent. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”. The case, Dobbs v.

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SCOTUS Sides with Tennessee in Groundwater Dispute

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In Mississippi v. Supreme Court held that that the waters of the Middle Claiborne Aquifer are subject to the judicial remedy of equitable apportionment. The Court’s decision, which is the latest ruling in a long-running ground water dispute between the two states, was unanimous. Supreme Court’s Decision.

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

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Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutional law.

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Finding of Permanent Incorrigibility Not Required to Impose Life Sentence on Juvenile

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Mississippi, 593 U.S. _ (2021) , the U.S. Supreme Court again clarified when juveniles can receive life sentences. By a vote of 6-3, the Court held that the Eighth Amendment doesn’t require a sentencer to find that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible prior to imposing a sentence of life without parole. In Jones v.

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutional law.

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Abortion Returns to SCOTUS in December with Challenge to Roe v Wade

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Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which involves a Mississippi law that makes most abortions illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Given that the state has expressly asked the Court to overturn its landmark decisions in Roe v. M i ssissippi Abortion Law.

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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

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Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. 723 (2015), but ultimately decided the case before reaching the constitutional issue. She subsequently reported Counterman to law enforcement. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The justices previously agreed to address the issue in Elonis v.

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