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Halakha Challenge: Three Kentucky Women Argue Abortion Law “Imposed Sectarian Theology on Jews.”

JonathanTurley

Among the slew of challenges to state abortion laws after the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a newly filed action in Kentucky may be one of the most creative. It flips the script on past religious based arguments against abortion and say that Kentucky “has imposed sectarian theology on Jews.”

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

SCOTUSBlog

In Harlan’s case, the story arc that first attracted me was the notion of posthumous vindication – how a man who went so far out on a limb in his time could land so comfortably in the mainstream of legal thought. Much of Holmes’ reputation rests on his role in First Amendment law, for instance, an area where Harlan’s legacy is negligible.

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