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Dobbs’s history and the future of abortion and privacy law

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Share This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Sherif Girgis is an associate professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. And to what will it bind lower courts? Jackson Women’s Health Organization. How does Dobbs ’s historical analysis fare against the dissent?

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“Without any Doubt, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Beyond any Doubt”: Tribe Declares Trump Committed Attempted Murder

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You don’t have to go to law school to know that there’s something seriously criminal about that. ” ) In other words, the natural and probable consequences doctrine may apply to felony murder, but it is not properly applied to attempted murder. Indeed, such a claim would contradict controlling Supreme Court precedent.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

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After Harvard, Kruger went to Yale Law School, where she was the editor in chief of the Yale Law Journal – the first Black woman to hold that job. During law school, Kruger spent one summer as an intern for the U.S. A stint in the Obama administration, including arguments at the Supreme Court.

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