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

Constitutional Law Reporter

What makes the current disclosure so monumental is that the entire draft opinion was leaked. Leak of Draft Decision in Dobbs v. On May 2, 2022, Politico published a draft opinion by Justice Alito that would overrule the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Roe v. Wade and erase 50 years of abortion law precedent.

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

SCOTUSBlog

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.

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

SCOTUSBlog

Dobbs is also the only example of a case where a complete draft of the majority opinion was leaked prior to the publication of the final draft. Politico’s release of an early draft of the opinion in Dobbs sent a whirlwind across the nation. The long lapse between Feb. Dobbs opinion vs. Dobbs leak.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Three Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. United States : The case involves the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause and how it applies toa prosecution in the Court of Indian Offenses. New York , No. Supreme Court recently returned to the bench for its February sitting. 20- 449 (U.S.

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South Carolina Legislators Move to Criminalize Sharing Abortion Information

JonathanTurley

The South Carolina legislature is moving to enact a new law with deeply troubling free speech implications. In my view, the law violates the First Amendment and should be scuttled by the legislature. The language below is reminiscent of laws making it illegal to share information on committing suicide.

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

JonathanTurley

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

SCOTUSBlog

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. In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. Read past years’ remembrances: 2021 , 2020.

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