USSupreme Court's new conservative majority revokes the constitutional right to abortion within a week and is devastating to the government's efforts to combat the climate crisis I gave a blow. It strengthened the protection of the second amendment and ruled that the firewall between the church and the statewas blown up in two cases, with a warning from a liberal judge in the court.
Donald Trump's three appointments – Amy Connie Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch – join conservative judges Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court JudgeJohn Roberts Moves the Supreme Court withon the far right, exercising its power by replacing the rules of law with "rules by judges", as JudgeSonia Sotomayorwrote. increase.
Overturned half a century of abortionIn a joint opposition in a groundbreaking case, three liberal judges in court said conservatives set a precedent. He said he only voted against. The only reason is that it has always looked down on them and now has a vote to abandon them.
President Joe Biden has blamed what he calls a "radical" court.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization,Roe v. WadeandCustody that overturned precedent in the plan v Casey, Abortion Advocates, Providers and Citizenship Groups, Acts in At least 11 States to Prevent "Trigger" and Abortion Prohibition Acts Designed to Act Without aRow I took some measures.
Supreme CourtDobbsNancy North Wrap, President and CEO of the Reproductive Rights Center, prepared for abortion on July 1 I told reporters that I was doing it. At this moment, "the beginning of what is a public health emergency".
State courts have issued temporary injunctions to block such laws in five states – Florida,Kentucky,Louisiana,Texasand Utah – Legal issues are unfolding in court.
At least eight states (Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee) have completely outlawed or severely restricted access to abortion in almost all cases. And the law will be enforced. Twenty-six states could outlaw abortion withoutRoe, and thelegislature drafts more restrictive legislation that is not restricted by constitutional obligations to protect access to care. We are ready to have an abortion.
A day ago, a planned parent-child relationship provider in Montana, a state that has not outlawed abortion, announced that it would not provide abortion to patients in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Following widespread confusion over a "rapidly changing" legal situation for treatment, the provider is now open to criminal prosecution.
"We need to understand that what we are facing here is a public health crisis in which people are operating in an extraordinary turmoil," said Jennifer, senior litigation director at Planned Parenthood. Mr Sandman said on July 1st.
The court ruled 58 cases this quarter, showing an increase over the last two years during the Covid-19 pandemic, but still the third lowest number in over 80 years.
From these cases, 19 was decided by a 6 to 3 vote, in line with the court's expanding ideological division.
"Roughly speaking, what the Supreme Court has done in the last few weeks has a lot to do with the rollback of civil rights and civil liberties," said a detective of the Civil Rights Attorneys Commission. Justice Project Director Arthur Ago said. Rights under the law.
"What the Supreme Court has done has been shown to be a substantially conservative term," he toldIndependence, in Article 2 of the Constitutional Amendment. He pointed out that he would extend protection and protect law enforcement officers from liability.
In some cases, in court opinion, from marriage equality to homosexual gender, the protection of the 14th Amendment was dismantled, eroding state-level law to counter the spread of guns, and so on. It could lead to further legal challenges that could dismantle the federal government. The role of the administrator.
University of Southern California Law Professor Lee Epstein oversees theSupreme Court database,to theNew York Times, and the court – the best. The Chief Justice has sought to steer towards a gradual "neutral". Instead, he transformed into a "divided, partisan, maximal, activist" court that he opposed for nearly 20 years.
"At least for now, he lost the fight," she said.
For example, in the case ofDobbs, Judge Roberts convinces one conservative judge to overturn the 50-year-old case after seven months of deliberation. Couldn't. While five conservatives completely defeatedRoeandCasey, the Supreme Court eventually upheld the Mississippi abortion law at the heart of the case. I have just decided to do it.
"This was clearly a rough term, but it's important evidence of how rarely Roberts' courts are," said Professor Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas. 87} Politico"This is a court fighting each other past the chief. Bitterness, strength, and hostility reflect the powerlessness of the chief because neither block can be controlled." In the case of the
New York State Rifle&PistolAssociation Inc v Bruen, the court defeated the first century with a 6-3 vote. Old New York law requiring pistol owners to show "reasonable reasons" to obtain a license to carry hidden weapons hits state-level efforts to combat the spread of firearms. May extend the scope of protection of Article 2 of the Amendment.
This decision has the potential to raise legal objections in at least six other states with similar legislation, scrutinize them, and expand the ways and places to carry guns in public. there is.
"By allowing widespread use, the violence only increases," Ago said. By the decision of
Vega v Tekoh, the court cannot sue police officers for damages under the federal government if they are not warned about the right to remain silent. I decided. Citizenship law, even if the evidence was used against them in their criminal trials.
John M. Greenbaum, chief adviser to the Commission on Civil Rights under the law, said the ruling severely limits the way police are held liable. rice field.
"The incident, coupled with the failure of Congress to pass the judiciary under the police law, further reduced the ability of those to confront police misconduct," he said.
The decision of the West Virginia v Environmental Protection Agency, issued on the last day of the term, curbs the capacity of the agency to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. And, ominously, the federal office upholds the legal theory of "the doctrine of the main question", which bans most of its authority without explicit instructions from Congress
Jason Rylander, senior To lawyers, the Center for Nonprofit Biodiversity,The Independent , the doctrine "may change the federal environmental, health and safety legislation head-on, and is traditionally a specialized agency in Congress.
Two Religious and School Cases –Carson v MakinandKennedy v Bremerton School District– Compromising No objection Judge Sot Mayor, who joined Stephen Breyer and Elena Cagan in the latter case, said that the majority "forced the nation to engage with religion and all our rights are in balance. It's pushing the road further on us. "
This term, courts have revived two Republican parliamentary maps, lower courts have defeated potential voting rights violations, and tracked national voting groups. I have sent a warning to the voting rights group. Anti-democratic plunge.
This fall, courts will consider a North Carolina proceeding that could disrupt national election law. The ruling may be just in time for the 2024 election, and fringe law theory may be upheld. Condemned by legal analyst, it can give the legislature broad authority over election decisions and curb legal efforts to thwart racial gerrymandering.
Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, told reporters on June 30 that justifying the theory would "knee down and cut it off." Told.
"This is the very moment when that kind of protection is needed more than ever, for the state to exercise voting rights, forcing bans and party and other types of gerrymandering. It will stop, "he said. "The stakes are pretty high."
