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The Supreme Court Thursday again prolonged the wait for its opinion which is expected to overturn the federal right to an abortion, while issuing decision in a major gun case making it easier to conceal carry firearms.
Last month, Politico published a leaked draft opinion which indicated the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that established a federal right to an abortion.
The justices released a handful of decisions Thursday, but not in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. A ruling is expected to come by either late June or early July.
Supreme Court Police officers guard a barrier between pro-choice and pro-life protesters outside the court building in Washington, Dec. 1, 2021.
(Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
Decisions were released Thursday in the cases Nance v. Ward, Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, Vega v. Tekoh and New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen.
The Supreme Court Thursday ruled that New York’s regulations that made it difficult to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun were unconstitutionally restrictive, and that it should be easier to obtain such a license.
SUPREME COURT SHOOTS DOWN NY RULE THAT SET HIGH BAR FOR CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSES
There are less than 10 cases left to be decided before the court’s term ends.
The Dobbs case stems from a dispute over a Mississippi law which bans abortion after 15 weeks. Argued in December, the case is seen as the biggest test yet for how the new 6-3 Republican-appointed majority on the court – capped with the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett in 2020 – will handle major controversial issues.
As the Supreme Court continues to finalize its ruling in Dobbs and several other cases before its summer recess, the investigation into who leaked the draft opinion by court officials is ongoing.
“To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to…
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