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Title: John Roberts joins liberal justices as Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion clinic law
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Washington Times
URL Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/new ... beral-justices-supreme-court-/
Published: Feb 8, 2019
Author: Matt Sherman
Post Date: 2019-02-08 08:12:56 by IbJensen
Keywords: None
Views: 2743
Comments: 31
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court stopped Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court’s views on abortion rights. The justices said by a 5-4 vote late Thursday that they will not allow the state to put into effect a law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joined the court’s four liberals in putting a hold on the law, pending a full review of the case. President Trump’s two Supreme Court appointees, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh, were among the four conservative members of the court who would have allowed the law to take effect. Kavanaugh wrote a dissenting opinion in which he said the court’s action was premature because the state had made clear it would allow abortion providers an additional 45 days to obtain admitting privileges before it started enforcing the law. If the doctors succeed, they can continue performing abortions, he said. If they fail, they could return to court, Kavanaugh said. The law is very similar to a Texas measure the justices struck down three years ago. Roberts dissented in that case. But the composition of the court has changed since then, with Kavanaugh replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy, who voted to strike down the Texas law. Trump had pledged during the campaign to appoint “pro-life” justices, and abortion opponents are hoping the more conservative bench will be more open to upholding abortion restrictions. Louisiana abortion providers and a district judge who initially heard the case said one or maybe two of the state’s three abortion clinics would have to close under the new law. There would be at most two doctors who could meet its requirements, they said. But the federal appeals court in New Orleans rejected those claims, doubting that any clinics would have to close and saying the doctors had not tried hard enough to establish relationships with local hospitals. In January, the full appeals court voted 9-6 not to get involved in the case, setting up the Supreme Court appeal. The law had been scheduled to take effect Monday, but Justice Samuel Alito delayed the effective date at least through Thursday to give the justices more time. He and Justice Clarence Thomas were the other dissenters Thursday. The justices could decide this spring whether to add the case to their calendar for the term that begins in October. The case is June Medical Services v. Gee.
Poster Comment: No strict Constitutionalist he! Where's Delerious RGB? How did she get to vote? She needs to give up the ghost and let Trump appoint another Justice. The writing is on the wall for Roberts.
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#7. To: IbJensen (#0)
Ok,there has to be someone out there surprised about this,so fess up! We have all been fooled at one time or another,so it's nothing to be ashamed of unless you STILL think he and his boyfriend Boy Jorge Bush are conservatives. If that is the case,you DO have something to be ashamed of,but are too big a fool to recognize it.
Both Bush I and II were snakes in the grass who didn't bother to hide their nefarious work towards the damned New World Order, which guaranteed that the USA would eventually lose sovereignty. Gulf War I and Gulf War II and the perverted TSA friskers followed to further dis-accommodate Law abiding American citizens. Today they suck up to the likes of that disaster Bronco Bama and Billy Goat Clinton and his charming dragon lady lesbian. Invading Iraq and deposing and hanging Saddam was a huge mistake. He was the glue that held things together and pointedly helped shelter the Jews and Christians from the evils of Islam. Instead of this misadventure the oil fields of the Saudis should have been carpet bombed.
President Trump's Police State TSA at work....
You're a real dyed-in-the-wool anti-Trump asshole, aren't yu? Trump didn't initiate this disgraceful agency, damnit! But then you knew that didn't you. You're a real Bernie socialist!
#14. To: IbJensen, Chief Executive, President Trump (#13)
President Trump is the TSA boss, the buck stops there.
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#12. To: IbJensen, Federal Trump goon perverts (#11)
the perverted TSA friskers followed to further dis-accommodate Law abiding American citizens
#13. To: hondo68 (#12)
President Trump's Police State TSA at work...
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