SCOTUSblog by Edith Roberts 3/5/2020
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard argument in one of this term’s major cases, June Medical Services v. Russo, which involves a challenge to a Louisiana law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Amy Howe analyzes the argument for this blog, in a post that first appeared at Howe on the Court. Mark Walsh has a “view†of the argument from the courtroom for this blog. For The Washington Post (subscription required), Robert Barnes and Ann Marimow report that “Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh seemed key to the outcome of the Supreme Court’s consideration of a restrictive abortion law from Louisiana, with both wondering Wednesday how a 2016 decision striking down an identical law from Texas should guide their judgment.†At The National Law Journal, Marcia Coyle reports that Justice Samuel Alito’s questions suggested that he is doubtful that the abortion providers have the legal right to sue on behalf of their patients, but that “his colleagues did not pick up the thread.†Bill Mears reports for Fox News that the case “is part of a larger effort by red states to pass laws regulating abortion to test how supportive the new justices will be of precedents like Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.†For The New York Times, Adam Liptak reports that “[h]owever the court rules, other abortion cases are likely to follow.†Additional coverage comes from Nina Totenberg at NPR, Joan Biskupic at CNN, and Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall for The Wall Street Journal (subscription required). Ruthann Robson recaps the argument at the Constitutional Law Prof Blog.
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