Supreme Court: Immigration, Abortion Cases Pending in Final Days of Term (legal, abortions)

[Goodnight]

Decisions pending on several large issues this month or maybe not with a dead locked court.

The U.S. Supreme Court heads into the final month of its term with decisions yet to come on such divisive issues as immigration, abortion, and affirmative action.
Those cases could produce major rulings affecting millions of people. But with just eight justices now on the bench, some could end in a modest decision or fizzle out in a four-four tie.
A tie vote would change nothing. It would leave lower court rulings in place, and it would not set any precedent. As a legal matter, it would be as though the Supreme Court never took the case.

Supreme Court: Immigration, Abortion Cases Pending in Final Days of Term - NBC News

[legalsea]

The Court just struck down that Texas abortion law, 5-3. I have not yet seen the decision. I imagine that it was based on 'equal protection', since said law was specific to abortions, and ignored other commonly performed surgical procedures (meaning, demanding that said doctors have admitting privileges to a close by hospital, etc). However, we shall see.


Here is the slip decision:


http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions...5-274_p8k0.pdf

[thedirtypirate]

The law had no basis in medical fact. It can now be considered an unconstitutional lie, that was pushed by the usual fanatics, spending millions of dollars to push their beliefs on everyone.