JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
1982), the Supreme Court addressed a boycott of white-owned businesses in Mississippi. The Supreme Court held that a state’s right to regulate economic activity “could not justify a complete prohibition against a nonviolent, politically motivated boycott.”. I cannot sign any form promising not to boycott Israel.”
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
This case has attracted the third highest number of briefs in the court’s history (after leading same-sex marriage case in Obergefell v. Hodges and the ObamaCare ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius ); the majority supports Mississippi in its ban on abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.
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SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2022
In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”. Four years later, her case reached the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court ruled in Olmstead v. Mackell , Piel raised a constitutional challenge to New York’s criminal anarchy law. Walter Dellinger (May 15, 1941 – Feb.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 5, 2021
Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to the Mississippi abortion law. The statement seemed directed at Sotomayor’s three new colleagues and the effort to use the new court composition to seek the reduction or overturning of Roe v. Here is the column: In Wednesday’s Supreme Court oral argument in Dobbs v.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 3, 2021
While the media and politicians were decrying the recent Texas abortion law and misrepresenting the Court’s order in that case , the real and immediate threat to Roe v. Dobbs involves a challenge to a 2018 Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Last year, the Court ruled 5-4 in Espinoza v.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 3, 2022
At issue is whether Mississippi can impose a 15-week limit on abortions. That is earlier than previously allowed by the court, but the United States is one of only seven among the world’s 198 countries to allow abortions after 20 weeks. The court ruled 5-4 to allow the Texas law to be enforced.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 13, 2021
When the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it would not enjoin the Texas abortion law, the White House immediately called for the Senate to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) to secure the rights currently guaranteed under the Constitution. So, why the push for Plan B before the Court rules?
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