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Were the Framers Really Pro-Choice? Not Likely

JonathanTurley

The column makes highly dubious claims over the legality of early stage abortions and the likely understanding of the Framers of such a right. The suggestion is that, at least as to early abortions, the Framers and early legal commentators may have been technically pro-choice. The state of Mississippi makes this claim in Dobbs v.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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This spring, after POLITICO published a draft opinion of Dobbs and revealed that the court was poised to overturn Roe , Beckwith praised the leak. In 1948, Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat took a job as a legal secretary at the NAACP in New York City. Cissy had assisted with the case by transcribing the legal briefs. Board of Education.

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Tick, Tick, Tick…: The Supreme Court Readies an Explosive Docket for 2022

JonathanTurley

At issue is whether Mississippi can impose a 15-week limit on abortions. In the latest badly drafted gun law to go before the court, New York has forced a challenge that could result in a major ruling reinforcing individual rights under the Second Amendment. The country is awaiting a decision by June in Dobbs v.

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