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Dobbs Sentences #56: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 2 of 8 Sentence 1 of 2 The next paragraph starts out with a simple claim, but the citation goes in an odd direction: “The ’eminent common-law authorities (Blackstone, Coke, Hale, and the like),’ Kahler v. Kansas, 589 U.S. ___, ___ (2020) (slip op., at 7), all describe abortion after quickening as criminal.” The […]
Dobbs Sentences #28: Part II A 2
Paragraph 5 of 9 Sentence 2 of 3 The next sentence is packed with references: “The lead opinion surveyed the origins of the Second Amendment, the debates in Congress about the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, the state constitutions in effect when that Amendment was ratified (at least 22 of the 37 States protected the […]
Cynical Jason 