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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
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Views: 3317
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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#4. To: IbJensen (#0)
Ah Republicans. They've controlled the court since Roe, and yet they never...quite...get...the...job...done. One or two of them always defects to uphold abortion and extend it. New Presidents come, new appointments are made - "THIS time it will be different! THIS TIME we will get REAL conservatives." But Lucy always moves the football, every. single. time. Charlie Brown never figures it out. And neither do Republican conservative voters.
Hey dummy. Catholics could end abortion today if they wanted to. But the Catholics love their abortion as much as they like molesting kids.
Far be it from me to defend dogmatic Catholics,but WTF did all of that come from? Seriously. I can't even begin to guess where you got information from that added up that way. And make no mistake about it,in MY "book" Catholicism is just one tiny baby step behind Islam when it comes to organized institutional murder and atrocities.
There are enough Catholics on the Supreme Court to overturn it. There are enough Catholics in Congress to ban abortion at 6 joint with the Republicans. I shouldn't have added.the.part about child molesters. I'm sorry. It is a minority that do that.
#28. To: A K A Stone (#26)
Yes,but we all do it at one time or another. Why even bother with politics or anything else if you are not going to be passionate about it?
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#9. To: Vicomte13 (#4)
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#24. To: A K A Stone (#9)
Hey dummy. Catholics could end abortion today if they wanted to. But the Catholics love their abortion as much as they like molesting kids.
#26. To: sneakypete (#24)
Replies to Comment # 26. I shouldn't have added.the.part about child molesters. I'm sorry. It is a minority that do that.
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