SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the potentially momentous abortion case concerning a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Amicus briefs supporting Mississippi. Against stare decisis. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 1, 2021
And just six minutes before 10, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch arrives with state Solicitor General Scott Stewart, who will argue in defense of the state’s prohibition on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. After a few questions from Thomas, the chief justice zeroes in on Mississippi’s 15-week ban.
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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). Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and her team are urging the court to reverse Roe and return this issue to legislatures, the proper realm for policymaking. Anthony List hope the court will do precisely what Mississippi and a dozen other states request. The abortion providers’ case relies heavily on stare decisis.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 6, 2021
For us, Supreme Court precedent, yes stare decisis, is loud and clear : Women, and the privacy and integrity of our bodies and our equal status under law, are written in the silent ink of the Constitution through the fifth and fourteenth amendments. The boat is sinking. What will our Justices do? United States.
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