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“Fetal Personhood Fight Underlies Supreme Court Abortion Case; Idaho abortion ban conflicts with federal law, US says; Reading of statute key question in appeal”

HowAppealing

“Fetal Personhood Fight Underlies Supreme Court Abortion Case; Idaho abortion ban conflicts with federal law, US says; Reading of statute key question in appeal”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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ACLU sues Idaho over legal opinion expanding abortion restrictions

JURIST

The opinion, authored by Idaho Attorney General (AG) Raúl Labrador, concerns § 18-622(2) of the Idaho Criminal Code. The statute in its plain language states, criminal penalties will apply to “every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion.” Idaho defines life as beginning at fertilization.

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The morning read for Wednesday, April 17

SCOTUSBlog

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.

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University of Idaho Warns Professors About Discussing Abortion

JonathanTurley

There has been much talk in the last week about a letter from the University of Idaho General Counsel’s Office warning professors about discussing abortion. The warning is outgrowth of the No Public Funds for Abortion Act (Idaho Code Section 18-8701 through Section 18-8711). The letter triggered alarm on the Idaho faculty.

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SCOTUS to Take Up Abortion Again in April

Constitutional Law Reporter

Idaho Code § 18-622 (section 622), entitled the “Defense of Life Act,” makes it a crime for anyone to perform an abortion unless a physician acts within exceptions that the statute enumerates. That day, the United States filed suit against the State of Idaho claiming that section 622 violates the Supremacy Clause. Supreme Court.

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White Nationalist Group Escalates Activity, Prompts Calls for Stronger Legal Penalties

The Crime Report

In addition, the Task Force Butler Institute sent a document totaling more than 200 pages to state and local prosecutors in Idaho, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and the DOJ, detailing the extremist group’s activities and suggesting criminal and civil statutes that may be actionable.

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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

JURIST

The plaintiffs allege that this provision violates the Virginia Readmission Act , a law passed in 1870 alongside a series of statutes to readmit representatives from former Confederate states to Congress. Recently, litigation has been brought against an Idaho law that banned student ID cards as an adequate form of voter identification.

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