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Iowa high court rules abortion is not a fundamental right under state constitution

JURIST

The Iowa Supreme Court Friday held in Planned Parenthood v. The decision overturns a 2018 ruling which held there is a fundamental right to abortion in Iowa. After a lower court ruled the law was unconstitutional, Iowa appealed to the state supreme court. The decision could overturn Roe v.

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Two death penalty cases and free speech at animal facilities

SCOTUSBlog

In June 2020, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal – meaning it decided the case without merits briefing or oral argument – in Andrus v. In an unsigned opinion, the court ruled that Terence Andrus had demonstrated that his lawyer provided deficient performance at sentencing for failing to investigate or introduce mitigating evidence.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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Instead, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld “general jurisdiction” over Cooper on the ground that Cooper, by registering as a foreign corporation in Georgia, had consented to suit in Georgia as a condition of doing business in the state. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit upholding a similar Iowa law. Last up is Grzegorczyk v.

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