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An opinion inadvertently posted on the court’s website shows the justices poised to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho

SCOTUS NEWS

Court appears to dismiss Idaho’s emergency abortion ban, leaving federal protection in place

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Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday afternoon that the Supreme Court accidentally posted an opinion on its website indicating that the justices are poised to allow emergency abortions to go forward in Idaho. The court’s Public Information Office has indicated that the opinion in a pair of cases, Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States, were “inadvertently and briefly uploaded” to the court’s website.

The two cases heard in April concern whether Idaho’s Defense of Life Act, which prohibits abortions unless necessary to save the life of the mother, is preempted by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. (Katie Barlow)

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Court adds seven cases to next term’s docket

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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear seven new cases for the 2024-25 term, beginning in October. The seven cases added for next term cover a range of issues, from the effort by a group of Holocaust survivors to seek compensation for property seized by Hungary to a dispute over pay for civilians called up for active-duty military service.

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Supreme Court takes up challenge to ban on gender-affirming care

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The justices on Monday agreed to take up a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The law bars treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender patients under 18. The court will hear arguments in the case in the fall, with a decision likely by next summer.

OPINION ANALYSIS

Supreme Court upholds bar on guns under domestic-violence restraining orders

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In an 8-1 decision on Friday, the court ruled that a federal law the bars anyone subject to a domestic-violence restraining order from possessing a gun does not violate the Second Amendment. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the court’s guidance to lower courts to uphold gun restrictions when there is a tradition of such regulation in U.S. history is “not meant to suggest a law trapped in amber.”

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