SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Over a dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor that was joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court declined to review the case of a Louisiana man whose conviction relied in part on extensive testimony by the prosecutor who had presented the case to a grand jury. A state appeals court ruled that Anthony had not received a fair trial.
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
The goal was to evade court rulings blocking the law’s enforcement before it took effect (and to avoid the hefty attorneys’ fees that other states with heartbeat laws have forked out to defend against those pre-enforcement lawsuits). Besides, the best chance for supporters of abortion rights is to lean on precedent.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
For instance, the National Right to Life Committee and the Louisiana Right to Life Federation argue that the court should reject the “categorical viability line” and replace it with a new “roadmap” under which courts would consider all state interests when analyzing the constitutionality of prohibitions on pre-viability elective abortions.
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