April 17, 2014
Private: LegalEyes for April 17, 2014
Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, LegalEyes
by ACS Staff
New laws throughout the country are restricting access to abortion clinics. In 2013, “22 US states adopted 70 different restrictions on abortion, including late-abortion bans, doctor and clinic regulations, limits on medication abortions, and bans on insurance coverage.” Writing for The Guardian, Erika L. Sánchez explains why those who can’t reverse Roe v. Wade are “focusing on generating enough red tape to shut down as many abortion facilities as possible.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is preparing for oral argument in a case challenging Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban. Similar to Utah’s controversial law at issue in Kitchen v. Herbert, Oklahoma’s law “prohibits gay couples from marrying and prevents the state government from recognizing such unions performed anywhere else.” Emma Margolin at MSNBC breaks down Bishop v. Oklahoma.
Writing for The New York Times, ACS Board Member Linda Greenhouse breaks down McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission and its “indecent burial” of campaign finance.
Tonight on C-SPAN, Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia will discuss the First Amendment and “the contemporary meaning of freedom.”
Campaign Finance, First Amendment, LGBTQ Equality, Supreme Court, Women's rights