SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Texas , involving allegations that a racially biased juror, who commented during voir dire that “non-white” races were statistically more violent than whites, served on petitioner Kristopher Love’s capital sentencing jury. Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2022

Texas , 21-6001. Issues : (1) Whether, on remand, the Texas court rejected the Supreme Court’s conclusions in Andrus v. rescheduled before the Jan. 25, March 4, March 18, March 25, April 1, April 14, April 22 and April 29 conferences; relisted after the May 12 conference). Returning Relists.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 27, 2022

To begin with the unhappy news (at least for petitioners), the court denied review without comment in one-time relist Kelly v. Animal Legal Defense Fund , involving the constitutionality of a Kansas statute criminalizing trespass by deception at animal facilities with intent to damage the enterprise. Texas , 21-6001.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Texas Heartbeat Act exemplifies lawmakers’ frustration with the status quo and their determination to protect unborn children and mothers. The abortion providers’ case relies heavily on stare decisis. First, Roe has been panned by scholars from the beginning, even by supporters of legalizing abortion.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Three physicians and the Catholic Association Foundation write that advances in science have “painted an intimate portrait of the fetus and its humanity” and therefore the court’s viability framework is outdated. Against stare decisis. State abortion restrictions, they say, should be subject only to rational-basis review.

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