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Health Law Prof Blog
Informational Privacy After Dobbs
Carmel Shachar (Harvard Law School), Carleen Zubrzycki (University of Connecticut), Informational Privacy After Dobbs, Ala. L. Rev. (forthcoming):Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization radically revised the constitutional “right to privacy,”…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Grants Review of EMTALA’s Impact on State Abortion Restrictions
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review an Idaho federal district court decision (see prior posting) that preliminarily enjoined the state of Idaho from enforcing its nearly total abortion…
The Right Coast
Clarence Thomas s Clerks: An Extended Family With Reach and Power – The New York Times
Now the tides have turned, and at least 18 of those former clerks have served as state, federal or military judges, nearly three-quarters of them appointed by Mr. Trump to…
PrawfsBlawg
The Times, Dobbs, and SB8
Main Monday, December 18, 2023The Times, Dobbs, and SB8The New York Times had a big piece Friday on the behind-the-scenes events leading to Dobbs. I want to comment on SB8's…
Criminal
Four criminal cases of note in latest SCOTUS cert grants
The Supreme Court put out what I assume will be their last order list with cert grants for 2023, and this list had lots of notable cases from criminal justice fans. …
Religion Clause
Texas Supreme Court Reverses Trial Court Order That Allowed an Abortion
In In re State of Texas, (TX Sup. Ct., Dec. 11, 2023), the Texas Supreme Court directed a trial court to vacate a temporary restraining order that it issued on Dec.…
Family Law Prof Blog
Abortion Case in TX
By Family Law
From CNN:The Texas Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court’s ruling that would have allowed a woman to obtain an abortion under the state’s “medical emergency” exception, hours after…
Family Law Prof Blog
State Abortion Laws
By Family Law
From NPR:The future of reproductive rights for a wide swath of the Mountain West may be decided next week, as three state Supreme Courts hear arguments in cases that will…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Ohio’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment Takes Effect, but the Fight Over Access Continues
By Tracy Thomas
Ohio's Abortion Protections Take Effect, but the Fight Over Access ContinuesOne month after Ohioans voted to protect abortion access, the constitutional amendment goes into effect Thursday — and while Republican…
Benefits Law Advisor
Health Plan Sponsors in the Crosshairs?
By Craig A. Day
America’s cultural wars may be opening up a new front, and group health plans may be caught in the fray. Since the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs ended almost…