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Abortion and clinic doctors
May a state require that all doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles?
In states where few doctors are willing to provide abortions, doctors often travel from out of state to perform them. Louisiana lawmakers say the rule is a matter of health and safety, ensuring that patients facing an emergency can be admitted quickly. Abortion rights supporters say it is a sham because it has no real health benefits and would shut down all but one of the state's clinics. They also say it conflicts with the court's 2016 ruling that struck down the same rule in Texas.
Four years ago, the court struck down a Texas law that required abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. The court decided then the harm of this rule outweighed its minor health benefits because it had the effect of closing more than half of the state's abortion clinics. The key vote was cast by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who retired in 2018 and was replaced by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
If it is upheld, the law is expected to leave Louisiana with only a single abortion provider in New Orleans. The justices are also well aware that a dozen Republican-led states have enacted limited or total bans on performing abortions. All those laws are on hold, pending further rulings from the high court. (June Medical Center vs. Russo)
Trump and taxes
May a House committee or a New York grand jury require President Trump's accountants and bankers to turn over records revealing his personal tax returns and financial dealings?
The president says his status as chief executive gives him an "absolute immunity" from such demands, while House Democrats say Congress has a nearly unlimited right to demand confidential information so as to carry out oversight and investigations. And New York prosecutors who are looking into Trump's alleged hush-money payments said grand juries have very broad authority to subpoena records.
In the past, the court stood strong and united against presidents who claimed immunity when they faced charges of wrongdoing. President Nixon lost unanimously in 1974 when he tried to shield the Watergate tapes from investigators, and President Clinton lost unanimously in 1997 when he sought a temporary immunity from responding to a sexual harassment lawsuit.
But the justices did not sound united during the arguments held in May. Rather, their questions and comments hinted the court might hand down a mixed decision or an opinion that's not a clear win for either side. (Trump vs. Mazars USA and Trump vs. Vance)
Abortion and clinic doctors
May a state require that all doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles?
In states where few doctors are willing to provide abortions, doctors often travel from out of state to perform them. Louisiana lawmakers say the rule is a matter of health and safety, ensuring that patients facing an emergency can be admitted quickly. Abortion rights supporters say it is a sham because it has no real health benefits and would shut down all but one of the state's clinics. They also say it conflicts with the court's 2016 ruling that struck down the same rule in Texas.
Four years ago, the court struck down a Texas law that required abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. The court decided then the harm of this rule outweighed its minor health benefits because it had the effect of closing more than half of the state's abortion clinics. The key vote was cast by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who retired in 2018 and was replaced by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
If it is upheld, the law is expected to leave Louisiana with only a single abortion provider in New Orleans. The justices are also well aware that a dozen Republican-led states have enacted limited or total bans on performing abortions. All those laws are on hold, pending further rulings from the high court. (June Medical Center vs. Russo)
Trump and taxes
May a House committee or a New York grand jury require President Trump's accountants and bankers to turn over records revealing his personal tax returns and financial dealings?
The president says his status as chief executive gives him an "absolute immunity" from such demands, while House Democrats say Congress has a nearly unlimited right to demand confidential information so as to carry out oversight and investigations. And New York prosecutors who are looking into Trump's alleged hush-money payments said grand juries have very broad authority to subpoena records.
In the past, the court stood strong and united against presidents who claimed immunity when they faced charges of wrongdoing. President Nixon lost unanimously in 1974 when he tried to shield the Watergate tapes from investigators, and President Clinton lost unanimously in 1997 when he sought a temporary immunity from responding to a sexual harassment lawsuit.
But the justices did not sound united during the arguments held in May. Rather, their questions and comments hinted the court might hand down a mixed decision or an opinion that's not a clear win for either side. (Trump vs. Mazars USA and Trump vs. Vance)
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Roberts sided with the liberals
