Live blog of opinions | June 26, 2018 (with SCOTUS Map and First Mondays)
We live-blogged as the Supreme Court released its opinions in Trump v. Hawaii and National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra. Dan Epps and Leah Litman of First Mondays and Victoria Kwan of SCOTUS Map joined us on the live blog.
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As an advocate, doesn’t oral argument questioning allow you to address the questions the justices really want answered, supplemental to briefing, instead of expounding on issues they’ve already made up their minds on? I do also understand the frustration of not being able to get out points you think are important.
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A reminder that we are expecting the justices to announce opinions in order of reverse seniority. So if we are expecting Alito to write Janus and Breyer to write Fla v. GA, we would get Janus first if those were the opinions for today. Roberts always goes last, and Thomas (who could have NIFLA) would be next to last.
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This case is a First Amendment challenge to a California law that imposes two different sets of requirements on crisis pregnancy centers – non-profits, often affiliated with Christian groups, that oppose abortion. First, it requires centers that are licensed to provide medical services to inform their patients that free or low-cost abortions are available. Second, it requires centers that are not licensed to provide medical services to include in their advertisements disclaimers to make clear that their services do not include medical help.
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Here's the opinion in NIFLA v. Becerra. Amy Howe will have our analysis:
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One interesting dynamic in this case is that many states have laws telling abortion providers what they need to say to women seeking abortions. Those laws have been challenged as undue burdens on the right to obtain an abortion -- and, as Breyer points out, have been upheld since Casey. But they haven't been challenged under the kind of First Amendment theory developed here. In the long run, the ruling here may limit states' ability to force doctors to provide certain kinds of information.
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Here's the opinion in Trump v. Hawaii. Amy Howe will have our analysis: