Episode 203: Supreme Court Round Up 2022
This is the true story of nine strangers, picked to serve on a court, decide cases together, and have their actions scrutinized. Find out what happens when rights stop being decided by voters and start getting real eroded. This week’s episode is Supreme Court Round Up 2022.
RESOURCES
Repro Legal Help Line: https://www.reprolegalhelpline.org/
Lambda Legal's Help Desk: https://www.lambdalegal.org/helpdesk
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
These were some common themes in questions from listeners + links to more information.
What are trigger laws and how do they work?
In abortion ban states, what happens with…
Embryos/IVF
Birth control
Needing abortions for medical emergency reasons
Could I get an abortion if…
It is performed in an abortion clinic on federal land
I claim religious exemption to obtain an abortion?
I obtain medications through the mail?
I travel out of state?
How can LGBTQIA+ couples protect themselves?
GLAAD Resources on Second Parent Adoptions: https://www.glad.org/?s=second+parent+adoption
Family Equality Resources: https://www.familyequality.org/resources/the-dobbs-decision-protecting-lgbtq-families/
Lambda Legal's Help Desk: https://www.lambdalegal.org/helpdesk
How LGBTQ families can protect themselves now, CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/10/health/lgbtq-families-protection-wellness/index.html
How about impeaching some of the justices for what they said about Roe in their confirmation hearings?
SOURCES (by case)
DOBBS V. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH - Overturning Roe v. Wade
Full opinion text of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf
60 Days After Dobbs: State Legal Developments on Abortion, Brennan Center for Justice: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/60-days-after-dobbs-state-legal-developments-abortion
Congress can’t codify Roe: Here’s what it can do, The Hill: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3592514-congress-cant-codify-roe-heres-what-it-can-do/
Could abortion clinics be placed on federal land? Law prof who proposed it sees some risks, American Bar Association: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/could-abortion-clinics-be-placed-on-federal-land-law-prof-who-proposed-it-sees-some-risks
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: The Case in Depth, Center for Reproductive Rights: https://reproductiverights.org/case/scotus-mississippi-abortion-ban/dobbs-jackson-womens-health/
Does Congress Have the Constitutional Authority to Codify Roe?, Bloomberg Law: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/does-congress-have-the-constitutional-authority-to-codify-roe
Guidance to Nation’s Retail Pharmacies: Obligations under Federal Civil Rights Laws to Ensure Access to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/pharmacies-guidance.pdf
Interstate travel for abortion is legal, but for how long?, Spectrum Local News: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/politics/2022/07/07/interstate-travel-for-abortion-is-legal--but-for-how-long-
Keeping Activism Positive, Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/blog/keeping-activism-positive-a-guide-to-busting-stigma-avoiding-myths-and-being-inclusive
Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine, Texas Tribune: https://texastribune.org/2022/08/25/texas-trigger-law-abortion
The New Abortion Battleground (Draft Article), Columbia Law Review (2023): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4032931
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Away the Constitutional Right to Abortion, Center for Reproductive Rights: https://reproductiverights.org/supreme-court-takes-away-right-to-abortion/
Welcome to the post-Dobbs world, Washington Examiner: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/welcome-to-the-post-dobbs-world
SHINN V. RAMIREZ - Right to effective assistance of counsel
Full opinion text of Shinn v. Ramirez: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-1009_19m2.pdf
Innocence Project Statement From Executive Director Christina Swarns on Shinn v. Ramirez and Jones, Innocence Project: https://innocenceproject.org/innocence-project-statement-from-executive-director-christina-swarns-on-shinn-v-ramirez-and-jones/
Shinn v Martinez Ramirez: Making a Mockery of the Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel, Oxford Human Rights Hub: https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/shinn-v-martinez-ramirez-making-a-mockery-of-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/
Supreme Court “Guts” Case Law Protecting the Right to Counsel, American Bar Association: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/committees/death_penalty_representation/publications/project_blog/supreme-court-shinn-ramirez/
The Supreme Court Just Said That Evidence of Innocence Is Not Enough, The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-supreme-court-just-said-in-in-shinn-v-ramirez-that-evidence-of-innocence-is-not-enough
VEGA V. TEKOH - Eroding our Miranda rights
Full opinion text of Vega v. Tekoh: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21-499_gfbh.pdf
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court decision in Vega v. Tekoh, ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-comment-supreme-court-decision-vega-v-tekoh
Supreme Court Ruling Rejects the Promise of Miranda Rights, ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/supreme-court-rejects-promise-miranda-rights
The Supreme Court Strikes a Blow to Miranda Rights in Decision on Vega v. Tekoh, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: https://www.lawyerscommittee.org/the-supreme-court-strikes-a-blow-to-miranda-rights-in-decision-on-vega-v-tekoh/
CASTRO-HUERTA v. OKLAHOMA - An attack on tribal sovereignty
Full opinion of Castro-Huerta v. Oklahoma: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21-429_8o6a.pdf
NARF/NCAI Joint Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Castro-Huerta v. Oklahoma, Native American Rights Fund: https://www.narf.org/castro-huerta-v-oklahoma-scotus-ruling/
GENERAL
2022 Supreme Court Review: How The Court Dismantled Democracy, On The Issues with Michele Goodwin: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jf6qpsiEEI0dqUL0R4Foh?si=CYm9B6BvRk2dCjJdLKzZTw
A Guide to the Supreme Court’s Rightward Shift, The Ezra Klein Show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5yqIR4BOUVHYRnX4RHm8s0?si=SCzAvogbRaCT92WnVAOhQw
A Supreme Court Term Like No Other, Amicus: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IE9uzY9ApmFxOOP5vmFZw?si=JB_ebGtXTlmfEyeiujalZQ&nd=1
Abortion: The Science and the Supreme Court, Science Vs: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4U8Z9cf2agWfd7Ml2PPziZ?si=htLx_QGrSImL_Ht2bFe6yg
The Court and Constitutional Interpretation, Supreme Court of the United States: https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/constitutional.aspx
The Court and Its Procedures, SCOTUS Official Website: https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/procedures.aspx
The Major Supreme Court Decisions in 2022, New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/21/us/major-supreme-court-cases-2022.html
The Supreme Court just had its most conservative term in nine decades, Consider This from NPR: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6DOuwQmevMf8pCnzAY0hc5?si=vUWSQysmRd6B78QC6oNo5g&nd=1
The Supreme Court Needs an Upgrade, What Next: https://open.spotify.com/episode/79ZjlnBcvaxEYruNt5PQIP?si=Qb9wZvFQS7OEV-uwUnjibw
The Supreme Court Went Off the Rails Long Before Dobbs, The Ezra Klein Show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TDsHs7NZ0aAvhb2Sij7JU?si=IXMfTsJ3ReSd3eGaNaD-qg
Trump Justices Cast Deciding Votes in “Shadow Docket” Order Harming Minority Voting Rights in Louisiana, People for the American Way: https://www.pfaw.org/blog-posts/trump-justices-cast-deciding-votes-in-shadow-docket-order-harming-minority-voting-rights-in-louisiana/
What is Court Packing? Rutgers University: https://www.rutgers.edu/news/what-court-packing
