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Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion

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The decision followed the leak in early May of a draft opinion showing that a majority of the justices were privately poised to take that step. A dozen other states have passed similar legislation, known as “trigger laws” because they were drafted to go into effect if Roe and Casey were overturned. On Friday, they made it official.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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But the NMFS’s interpretation of the law as obligating the industry, rather than the government, to bear the costs is a reasonable interpretation under the second step of Chevron , the court of appeals ruled. Although stare decisis analysis may apply to that holding, it does not apply to the interpretative methodology outlined in Chevron.

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In a historic term, momentum to move the law often came from the five justices to the chief’s right

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The court had ruled in 2008 that the Second Amendment protects the right to have a firearm in the home, and in 2010 it had affirmed that both states and the federal government must respect that right. Kurtzman to determine whether a government law or practice violates the establishment clause. In Kennedy v.

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