Lecturer Adam Mortara on the Supreme Court's Abortion Decision
Supreme Court Strikes Down Abortion Access Law, Deadlocks on Immigration
The Supreme Court likes a dramatic build, usually releasing decisions for the highest-stakes cases on the last day of its session. And Monday’s decisions offered up high drama: In one of the closest-watched issues, the court reversed severe restrictions to abortion clinics in Texas.
There were other hot-button issues this term: affirmative action, contraception and immigration, among others. The cases were decided by eight justices after the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia. And that vacancy also affected some of the biggest cases.
Host Carol Marin breaks down the biggest cases of the 2015-2016 session with Andrew DeVooght, who served as a law clerk for Justice William H. Rehnquist from 2002-2003; Adam Mortara, who was a clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas during the 2002-2003 term; Linda Coberly, who clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer clerk from 1998-1999; and Constantine Trela, Jr., who was a clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens from 1980-1981.
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