U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Dec. 14, 2021
‘A chill wind blows’: Flaws in high court’s SB 8 opinion
So much is wrong with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Friday morning decision in the Texas abortion statute decision that it can’t all be tracked in a single essay. Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, 2021 DJDAR 12557. Let’s briefly examine just three.
Rory K. Little
Joseph W. Cotchett Jr. Professor of Law
UC Hastings College of the Law
Email: littler@uchastings.edu
Rory clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court and also served as an associate deputy attorney general in 1996-97
So much is wrong with the U.S. Supreme Court's Friday morning decision in the Texas abortion statute decision that it can't all be tracked in a single essay. Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson, 2021 DJDAR 12557. Let's briefly examine just three:
1. By relying on authorities from the 1930s, 1910s and earlier to avoid saying anything ...
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