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Initial thoughts on the partial birth abortion decision from the Supreme Court
This may be more than a thaw; it may be springtime. Beginning with the Ayotte decision almost 1 1/2/ years ago, the Supreme Court is showing a greater deference to lawmakers to set the rules in the vexing and complex area of abortion, rather than impose rigid, extreme rules that strike down event reasonable restrictions on abortion ...

Abortion and the Supreme Court: One Depressing Possibility
I got an e-mail from RH Reality Check today plugging a series of posts about abortion, framed with the title: “The Supreme Court Hangs In The Balance.” I’d like to offer the competing opinion that the Supreme Court has already been lost...

November Ballots Include Abortion Issues
The Washington Post reports: A ballot initiative on abortion in South Dakota this November could lead to a series of court challenges and ultimately to the Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v...

20th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada Morgenthaler Decision on Abortion
I wanted to make sure we acknowledge Michel-Adrien Sheppard’s excellent post 20th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada Morgenthaler Decision on Abortion at the Library Boy blog...

Scott Moss on Abortion Rights Under State Constitutional Law
Feminist Law Professor Scott Moss has a new piece available about abortion rights under state constitutional law.  The premise, that with the ever-more-conservative Supreme Court state courts are going to be the better outlet for protecting abortion rights, echoes Justice Brennan’s 1980s call for state court protection of constitutional rights in the face of the [...

Allan E. Parker, Jr.: From the Wake of Gonzalez v. Carhart
. . . one of the most hidden things about the recent Supreme Court decision Gonzales v. Carhart, which upheld the federal ban on partial-birth abortion, is that the Supreme Court listened to real women rather than the abortion industry.

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

FDA Issues Update on Safety Review Orlistat
Orlistat FDA Issues Update on Safety Review

Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services
Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

FDA Review of Prostate Cancer Treatment Prompts Warning of Risk for Diabetes
Prostate Cancer Treatment FDA Review Prompts Warning of Risk for Diabetes