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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

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. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. 1395l(t)(12).”. .:

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

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. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. 1395l(t)(12).”. .:

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Were the Framers Really Pro-Choice? Not Likely

JonathanTurley

The Washington Post has been criticized for running a column by Aaron Tang , professor of law at the University of California at Davis, claiming an originalist basis for the right to abortion. I recently wrote a column on how abortions were treated as crimes at the time of the drafting of the Constitution.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

JonathanTurley

We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. 50-5-85(b). In NAACP v.

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Pornhub Wins Free Speech Challenge to New Verification and Warning Laws

JonathanTurley

District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that a Texas law requiring age-verification and warning labels about the alleged dangers of porn contravenes the First Amendment. The lawsuit challenged the Texas law, which was set to go into effect Sept. I do view this law as containing unconstitutional elements.

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Roe Redux: Is The Viability Test Still Viable as a Constitutional Doctrine?

JonathanTurley

The oral argument is scheduled for December 1st, the same week that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear an expedited appeal over the even more stringent Texas abortion law. Sebelius ); the majority supports Mississippi in its ban on abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.

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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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