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Privatizing Bars On Abortion: Eviscerating Constitutional Rights Through Tort Remedies, Maya Manian Jan 2017

Privatizing Bars On Abortion: Eviscerating Constitutional Rights Through Tort Remedies, Maya Manian

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State governments have devised a new means to evade the Constitution. Their new means is to enact tort statutes that, in effect, ban constitutionally protected conduct. In particular, some states have made the provision of an abortion a tort for which there can be no defense and no cap on the amount of liability. These states have made performing an abortion essentially illegal. Yet, because tort statutes are enforced through private litigation, rather than public prosecution, a number of courts have held that they lack jurisdiction to review these laws. Federal courts have concluded that standing doctrine and state sovereign …


Yes, Virginia, There Are Stupid Questions, David Spratt Jan 2015

Yes, Virginia, There Are Stupid Questions, David Spratt

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