Category: Supreme Court

By Dave Andrusko In a three-hour long session, the Supreme Court today heard the first of two pivotal  pro-life laws enacted by Texas and Mississippi, respectively. This morning justices heard two different challenges to Texas S.B.8, ably defended by Texas Solicitor General Judd Stone. The first to Texas’ Heartbeat law was filed by abortion providers …

WASHINGTON – On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving Texas SB 8, a Texas law designed to protect unborn children whose hearts have begun to beat.  Today’s arguments were focused on the provision in the law that allows an individual to bring suit against anyone who knowingly performs or aids …

By Dave Andrusko Just days after the Supreme Court agreed to fast-track challenges to Texas’ Heartbeat Law, three parties—abortion providers, the Department of Justice, and the state of Texas—filed opening briefs yesterday criticizing and defending S.B. 8, the Texas Heartbeat Law. “The court will hear arguments on Monday in two different challenges, one brought by abortion …

By Cassy Fiano-Chessers An amicus brief has been filed on behalf of over 200 women for the upcoming Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court case, arguing that women do not need abortion to be successful. Filed by law professors Teresa Collett and Helen Alvaré along with legal scholar Erika Bachiochi, the brief represents 240 …

Court to Decide if AG Cameron Can Defend Kentucky’s Pro-Life Law WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case involving the right of Kentucky’s attorney general, Daniel Cameron, to defend a pro-life law that passed in 2018. The law was struck down by an appellate court but the current …

By Dave Andrusko First rule of thumb when listening to oral argument in court. Don’t mistake sympathetic questions for agreeing with one party (or the other). That huge caveat aside, it does appear as if the Supreme Court may be open to allowing Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to defend the state’s ban on dismembering …

By Dave Andrusko At last a date is set! The Supreme Court has established December 1st as the time at which the justices will hear oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health–Mississippi  law banning abortion at 15 weeks).  This is not to be confused with Texas Heartbeat law which is currently being challenged by …

By Dave Andrusko Take my word for it, the dust from the Supreme Court’s decision this week to deny the request of pro-abortion litigants for injunctive relief to block enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act will not settle for months and months to come. That, of course, does not stop anyone—especially pro-abortionists—from predicting electoral calamity …

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, shortly before midnight, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Texas law, SB8, to go into effect. The Texas law is designed to protect unborn children whose hearts have begun to beat. “Hopefully, this law will begin saving the lives of tens of thousands of Texas babies, and …

By Dave Andrusko Almost exactly 24 hours after the Supreme Court allowed Texas’s Senate Bill 8 to go into effect, five justices issued a one-paragraph statement just before midnight denying the request of pro-abortion litigants for injunctive relief to block enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act.  Senate Bill 8 prohibits elective abortions after the preborn …