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Roe v. Wade hangs in balance as reshaped court prepares to hear biggest abortion case in decades

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Mississippi acknowledges that it must overcome the principle of “stare decisis” – the idea that courts should normally follow their prior precedent. But here, the state insists, the “stare decisis case for overruling Roe and Casey is overwhelming.” Stare decisis and the Kavanaugh test.

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Stephen Breyer, pragmatic liberal, will retire at end of term

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Russo struck down a similar admitting-privileges requirement in Louisiana. The Louisiana law, Breyer observed, would leave just one physician performing abortions in the entire state, and only for women in the early stages of pregnancy. In 2020, with Kennedy now retired, the Supreme Court in June Medical Services v.

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