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Court to weigh in on Mississippi abortion ban intended to challenge Roe v. Wade

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for a major ruling next year on abortion – one that could upend the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in Roe v. Casey , in which the court ruled that the Constitution protects the right to have an abortion before a fetus becomes viable. Wade and Planned Parenthood v.

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“Domestic Abusers Have Gun Rights Too, US Appeals Court Rules; Court vacates conviction of Texas man tied to five shootings; Ruling is latest fallout from US Supreme Court landmark ruling”

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“Domestic Abusers Have Gun Rights Too, US Appeals Court Rules; Court vacates conviction of Texas man tied to five shootings; Ruling is latest fallout from US Supreme Court landmark ruling”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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US Supreme Court rules on life imprisonment for juveniles

JURIST

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Jones v. Mississippi that when sentencing juvenile defendants to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole, judges need not make a separate factual finding concerning the defendant’s youth. … For most, the answer is yes.

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Alabama House of Representatives passes bill defining sex based on reproductive systems

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Other states, such as Nebraska and Oklahoma , have succeeded in enacting legislation that defines sex on reproductive terms, and Mississippi is currently attempting to do the same. An Alabama Senate committee advanced a comparable bill in February.

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Post-Roe States Advised to Fight Abortion like Organized Crime

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A legal team for the National Right to Life Committee , which describes itself as the largest anti-abortion group in the country, has drafted model anti-abortion legislation for states to adopt, in addition to criminalizing abortion, the Independent reports. The Court is expected to release its opinion on Mississippi’s Dobbs v.

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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

The Crime Report

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Photo courtesy Mississippi Department of Corrections. In Miller v.

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Roe v. Wade hangs in balance as reshaped court prepares to hear biggest abortion case in decades

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And even if the court does not formally overturn Roe and Casey , a decision weakening those precedents would permit new abortion restrictions, perhaps including bans on some early-stage abortions. In Dobbs , Mississippi and its supporters are urging the court to answer that question with a full-throated “no.”. Katie Barlow).