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‘Dead Crimes’ are Alive — and Dangerous

The Crime Report

While the ‘dominant view’ now is that sexual chastity and marital fidelity are issues of private morality, not criminal law, many states continue to have laws criminalizing fornication, cohabitation and adultery,” Johnson writes. In the judicial system, dealing with dead crimes has proved challenging.

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Supreme Court allows emergency abortions, for now, in Idaho

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for emergency abortions to go forward, at least for now, in Idaho. United States and Idaho v. A federal judge in Idaho agreed with the Biden administration and temporarily barred Idaho from enforcing its ban to the extent that it conflicts with EMTALA.

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Supreme Court divided over federal-state conflict on emergency abortion ban

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over whether a federal law requiring hospitals that participate in Medicare to provide “necessary stabilizing treatment” in an emergency overrides an Idaho law that bars most abortions. Shortly after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v.

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Court releases April argument calendar

SCOTUSBlog

United States and Idaho v. The Biden administration went to federal court in Idaho in the wake of the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , arguing that the federal law, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, trumps Idaho’s restrictions on abortion. Here is the full schedule Snyder v.

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The Real A.C.B.

Above The Law

Together, these cases deal with balancing government authority, economic activity, and individual rights. In Boechler , she emphasized deference to Congresss intent, arguing that the Court should not extend exceptions like equitable tolling beyond what the law explicitly allows, despite its traditional role in American jurisprudence.

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