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Court is in session! In part two of a series on the influence of the courts on issues of life and human dignity, Human Coalition President Brian Fisher examines the influence of the highest court in the land – the Supreme Court of the United States.

Helpful resources:

• • • Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (number of cases heard by the Supreme Court): https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure/about-us-courts-appeals
    • Supreme Court of the United States (Supreme Court process and procedures): https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/procedures.aspx
    • The American Bar Association (the different court opinions): https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/teaching-legal-docs/how-to-read-a-u-s–supreme-court-opinion/
    • Axios (ideological divide of the Court): https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-justices-ideology-52ed3cad-fcff-4467-a336-8bec2e6e36d4.html
    • USA Today (Ilya Shapiro Opinion Column): https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/09/10/liberal-supreme-court-justices-vote-in-lockstep-not-the-conservative-justices-column/2028450001/
    • History.com (Roe v. Wade history): https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/roe-v-wade
    • Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (right to privacy history; Griswold v. Connecticut decision): https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/privacy
    • Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (Roe v. Wade decision): https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/410/113
    • CBS News (Louisiana abortion law; Rep. Jackson quote): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-louisiana-abortion-june-medical-services-russo/
    • Guttmacher Institute (admitting privileges): https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2019/10/admitting-privileges-are-back-us-supreme-court-serious-implications-abortion-access
    • Mic (Texas abortion law): https://www.mic.com/p/the-supreme-court-is-about-to-make-3-big-rulings-on-immigration-abortion-financial-reform-22853029
    • CBS News (Louisiana abortion law; Guttmacher Institute study): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abortion-supreme-court-ruling-medical-services-russo-impact-15-states/
    • Guttmacher Institute (study on Louisiana abortion law): https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2020/05/will-supreme-court-let-unnecessary-admitting-privileges-requirements-imperil
    • NPR (Louisiana abortion law; admitting privileges): https://www.npr.org/2020/03/04/807923122/beginning-of-the-end-for-roe-supreme-court-weighs-louisiana-abortion-law
    • Associated Press (April criminal juries court case): https://apnews.com/a4f065037299491913827b7d8eda9023
    • USA Today (April criminal juries court case and what it means for the Louisiana abortion law): https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/24/abortion-supreme-court-precedent-roe-v-wade/3002575001/
    • Ramos v. Louisiana Supreme Court Decision (Kavanaugh concurring opinion): https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-5924_n6io.pdf

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