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US abortion bans hamper medical standards and put patients at risk, study reveals

JURIST

The report first provides a comprehensive display of how states have changed their abortion policies since June 2022 when the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. The report comes as abortion bans are being struck down in many states, including Nebraska , North Carolina , and South Carolina. Wade precedent.

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2023 is the Year of New Consumer Rights

Diane Drain

September 1, 2023: TILA Disclosures re Index Rates; California Garnishment ; Minnesota Debt Collection December 1, 2023: Bankruptcy December 31, 2023: Utah Data Privacy Musings by Diane Consumer legal protections are rare. – Diane L.

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America’s Hidden ‘Constitution-Free Zones’

The Crime Report

Besides Minnesota, the area includes Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas. In effect, this means that nearly 60 million Americans live in states where the courts offer absolute immunity to federal officers who violate someone’s constitutional rights.

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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

Constitutional Law Reporter

Nebraska , 600 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program. With regard to the legality of the loan forgiveness plan, the Court found that it was not authorized under the HEROES Act. In Biden v.

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Iowa governor signs heartbeat-based abortion ban into law

JURIST

Planned Parenthood remains committed to providing abortion care in Iowa within the legal guidelines. No matter what, we will help our patients be seen in a place that’s most accessible for them, whether it’s in Nebraska, Minnesota, or a state outside of our affiliate. They were wrong.”

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule Must Respond to Emerging Legal Risks

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Ultimately, the SEC will have to anticipate these types of legal challenges in finalizing a durable rule. When the SEC initially proposed the rule, the Supreme Court had not yet embraced the Major Questions Doctrine (MQD), a new doctrine that constrains the function of the administrative state. Other legal challenges have also arisen.

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US dispatch: recent SCOTUS rulings contribute to a divided Fourth of July

JURIST

Jackson overturned decades of precedent to declare that the right to abortion cannot be found in the Constitution, turning the question of abortion’s legality over to the states. Over the course of the last month, culminating last week, similarly important decisions have been released regarding election law ( Allen v.

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