17Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price
Attorney General Tong Statement on US Supreme Court Decision in Biden v Texas

Attorney General Tong Statement on US Supreme Court Decision in Biden v Texas

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Press Releases 06/30/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on US Supreme Court Decision in Biden v. Texas (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today praised the US Supreme Court decision in Biden v. Texas affirming President Biden's authority to end President Trump's harmful “Remain in Mexico” program. Attorney General Tong had joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general filing an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse a lower court decision that had required the federal government to continue the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy.“The Remain in Mexico policy was cruel and unlawful, forcing immigrants fleeing violence, natural disaster, and instability to wait in Mexico in dangerous conditions for their cases to be called in the US Immigration court. President Biden had…
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04Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price
Supreme Court’s abortion decision puts doctors in legal limbo : Shots

Supreme Court’s abortion decision puts doctors in legal limbo : Shots

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Dr. Kara Beasley protests the overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in Denver, Colorado on June 24, 2022. JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images Dr. Kara Beasley protests the overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in Denver, Colorado on June 24, 2022. JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images Historically, doctors have played a big role in abortion's legality. Back in the 1860s, physicians with the newly-formed American Medical Association worked to outlaw abortion in the US A century later, they were doing the opposite. In the 1950s and 1960s, when states were liberalizing abortion laws, "the charge for that actually came from doctors who said, 'This is insane, we can't practice medicine, we can't exercise…
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04Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price

Legal Docket – The praying football coach

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: It's Independence Day this Monday, July 4th, 2022. Glad to have you along for today's edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I'm Mary Reichard. NICK EICHER, HOST: And I'm Nick Eicher. It's time now for Legal Docket. The Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson is now the 104th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She took her oath of office last Thursday. BROWN JACKSON: I Ketanji Brown Jackson do solemnly swear... Leading her through it was the justice whose seat she'll be taking, Justice Stephen Breyer. He administered one of the two oaths she took. JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER: And that I will faithfully and impartially JACKSON: And that I will faithfully and impartially BREYER: discharge and performBROWN JACKSON: discharge and perform…
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04Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price
US Supreme Court gavel falls on tribal rights

US Supreme Court gavel falls on tribal rights

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Opinion The US Supreme Court, amid decisions radically expanding gun rights and removing a woman's constitutional right to abortion, has toppled almost 200 years of law protecting Native American tribal independence and sovereignty. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled individual US states have authority over tribes within their borders. In a 5-4 decision defining the scope of the 2020 McGirt ruling, Justice Brett Kavanaugh writes: "The court holds that Indian country within a state's territory is part of a state, not separate from a state. The decision specifically had to do with the issue of state jurisdiction of criminal law on tribal lands, but comes with massive ramifications. Simply put, it means, in the 20 states where tribal reservations exist, US state law now supersedes Indigenous law. In the United…
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04Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price
The history of abortion access on Prince Edward Island

The history of abortion access on Prince Edward Island

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The US Supreme Court last week voted 6-3 to overturn the Roe v. Wade interpretation of the constitution, finding it does not protect abortion rights and opening the way for states to restrict or outright ban the medical procedure.Prince Edward Island was long considered Canada's most pro-life province, and the Island's abortion politics have a long and fraught history.Here's a look back at the evolution of abortion rights on PEIDecriminalizationAbortion in Canada was formally banned in 1869 and remained illegal until 1969, when the Criminal Law Amendment Act decriminalized therapeutic abortions, as long as a committee of doctors certified that the pregnancy endangered the pregnant person's life or health.On PEI, the last legal abortion was performed in 1982 when the Protestant and Catholic hospitals merged, shortly before the opening of…
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04Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price
Oklahoma spent millions on a legal and PR campaign to paint reservations as ‘lawless dystopias’ and convince the Supreme Court to weaken tribal sovereignty,

Oklahoma spent millions on a legal and PR campaign to paint reservations as ‘lawless dystopias’ and convince the Supreme Court to weaken tribal sovereignty,

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Indigenous and environmental activists protest in front of the White House in Washington, Oct. 11, 2021.Sue Ogrocki, File/Associated PressThe Supreme Court ruled last week the state of Oklahoma has some jurisdiction over tribal lands.Native law experts told Insider the ruling ran counter to decades of Native law.They said the court bought into Oklahoma's dubious narrative of reservations as "lawless dystopias."Oklahoma engaged in a coordinated effort to disparage Native American tribes and convince the Supreme Court to weaken tribal sovereignty — and it worked, according to Native law experts.On Wednesday, the Supreme Court sided with the state in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta in a 5-4 opinionholding that the state of Oklahoma had concurrent jurisdiction with the federal government to prosecute some crimes committed on reservations.But Native law experts said the decision ran…
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04Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price
Arizona attorney general: Pre-state abortion ban enforceable

Arizona attorney general: Pre-state abortion ban enforceable

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“Our office has concluded the Legislature has made its intentions clear with regards to abortion laws,” Brmovich said on Twitter. “ARS 13-3603 (the pre-statehood law) is back in effect and will not be repealed” when the new law takes effect in late September. The old law says anyone who helps a pregnant woman obtain an abortion can be sentenced to two to five years in prison. The only exception is if the life of the woman is in jeopardy. Abortion clinics across Arizona had stopped providing the procedures within hours of last Friday's Supreme Court ruling. They cited concerns that the old law could be enforced.Explaining the halt in procedures, Planned Parenthood Arizona President and CEO Brittany Forteno said the possibility of prosecutions was just too risky to continue providing…
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