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US Supreme Court rules on life imprisonment for juveniles

JURIST

Alabama and 2016’s Montgomery v. ” Even if the court had “doubts” about that rule, they should have provided “special justification” before overruling Miller and Montgomery , which they failed to do: How low this Court’s respect for stare decisis has sunk.

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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

The Crime Report

That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have banned life in prison without parole for children under state law.

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Modernize U.S. abortion law — and return abortion policy to the democratic process

SCOTUSBlog

Pro-life advocates argue laws like Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act , a 15-week abortion limit, are clearly constitutional. abortion law, which currently allows unlimited abortion up to birth under Roe v. The abortion providers’ case relies heavily on stare decisis. Law professor Helen Alvaré et al.

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