Posted on 05/17/2021 10:10:12 AM PDT by bitt
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take a major abortion case and would consider Mississippi’s appeal of a lower court ruling that reversed a ban on most abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The case will grant the Supreme Court the opportunity to reconsider landmark abortion rulings including Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. With Roe v. Wade, in a ruling that was derided by conservatives and religious adherents, the high court in 1973 ruled that a woman had a right to an abortion and reaffirmed it about 20 years later.
In a single-line order, the court wrote, “The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.”
The announcement Monday is being seen as a boon for opponents to abortion, who have long sought to overturn Roe v. Wade, and who are pinning their hopes on a more conservative Supreme Court after Justice Amy Coney Barrett—who some have said would be more receptive to overturning the ruling—was appointed last year.
The Supreme Court will start hearing arguments in the case in October, and it will be the first abortion-related case since Barrett was confirmed. The other two justices nominated by former President Donald Trump, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, voted in dissent last year to allow Louisiana to enforce restrictions on doctors that could have closed two of the state’s three abortion clinics.
The case stems from the 2018 Gestational Age Act that was passed in Mississippi, which allowed abortions after 15 weeks only in medical emergencies or in cases involving severe fetal abnormality.
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There’s not a court in the land that can be depended upon to issue a proper ruling. This was proven beyond a doubt last year and earlier this year.
Even odds this is the -trade-off- for the unanimous 2A ruling.
What is question 1?
Ruling will be just in time for midterms
This should be a chew toy for the left for awhile.
Well, we can still pray over this ruling.
A bunch of gutless wonders.
At this point I really don’t care.
They can pack the court and do what ever they want.
No way more than couple of judges will vote to overturn. It will be a 6-3 vote not yo over turn
"Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.”
The case name is Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Why the media can never bring itself to give their readers the actual name of the case and the specific question to be decided much less a working link the the writ granting cert is maddening. Not only are they partisan hacks, but they're incompetent partisan hacks.
The court will likely decide the case on political grounds, not constitutional grounds. The Constitution has been dead for decades.
So . . . They can rule all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are NOT unconstitutional.
This would be a “victory” for pro Life but it would not mean anything, because of the word “all”.
They can declare that ruling and it will mean nearly nothing.
I remember reading a bio on St. Thomas More where he was in the middle of his trial when he appealed to the Magna Carta. And, he was ignored.
The Constitution is only as strong as the people who support it. That is why Our Founders, and George Washington in particular, made oaths so significant because they knew if it was not vigorously supported then it would die.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3959925/posts
https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/righttolife/index
I am not a lawyer, but most of the commentary from conservative lawyers has been positive on this grant. Ed Whelan wrote something this morning on it. Apparently, the backstory of this case and why the conservatives on the Court did what they did is complicated, inside baseball. Despite the intricate jurisprudence, having a yes/no decision on the question the Court is looking at will be beneficial not only this particular instance, but in cases that will likely be heard in the foreseeable future.
There’s a reason the libs don’t want to lose this case. Roe isn’t going to be undone with one swing of the hatchet. It’s going to take some nibbling.
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/supreme-court-grants-review-in-mississippi-abortion-case/
Depends on how they construct the ruling; saying “not all ... are unconstitutional” is very different from saying “all ... are not unconstitutional.”
Now, is that good or bad?
These day’s it’s up in the air.
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