# Supreme Court invalidates Louisiana abortion law **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 29, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-invalidates-louisiana-abortion-law/913661 "2020-06-29T15:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-invalidates-louisiana-abortion-law/913661/1 "2020-06-29T15:19:44Z")
> **[Supreme Court Hands Abortion-Rights Advocates A Victory In Louisiana Case](https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/874458692/supreme-court-hands-abortion-rights-a-victory-in-louisiana-case)** > > Chief Justice John Roberts joins the court's four liberals, citing the adherence to precedent, to invalidate a law that required abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges. Interesting that Roberts joined the liberals in supporting precedent from a previous case where he was in the dissent. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-invalidates-louisiana-abortion-law/913661/2 "2020-06-29T15:39:04Z")
Sort of the minimum you’d expect from a Chief Justice concerned about the reputation of his court. His court determined that a law substantially like this one was unconstitutional – people who don’t like that shouldn’t be allowed to keep trying every time there’s a new justice they like. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-invalidates-louisiana-abortion-law/913661/3 "2020-06-29T16:22:25Z")
Good news. And another mark in Roberts’ favor. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-invalidates-louisiana-abortion-law/913661/4 "2020-06-29T16:50:08Z")
It’s a pretty low bar, there. You’re saying that it’s a mark in his favor that he’s not a total conservative hack, I think. This decision should have been 7-2 or something, because only the two new guys have any excuse to revisit this. The previous law was essentially the same, and the already ruled on it just four years ago. Even the new guys should have followed that precedent. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-invalidates-louisiana-abortion-law/913661/5 "2020-06-29T16:59:31Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > It’s a pretty low bar, there. No argument from me. I’m a judge and my wife is a lawyer. We’ve been horrified by what Trump and McConnell have done w/ the federal courts. At this point, we’re thrilled any time our worst fears aren’t fulfilled. This is a helluva judicial hole we gotta dig out of… ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-invalidates-louisiana-abortion-law/913661/6 "2020-06-29T17:14:19Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I’m a judge and my wife is a lawyer. Oh, cool. Any further thoughts on the decision? Was it basically Roberts saying, “hey, no immediate do-overs”? How did Alito and Thomas (or even the newbies) avoid the stare decesis stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-invalidates-louisiana-abortion-law/913661/7 "2020-06-29T17:23:40Z")
Haven’t read it yet. Sorry. Thought the NPR article pretty good. Used to be WAY more diligent about keeping up w/ SCt decisions than I am now. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-invalidates-louisiana-abortion-law/913661/8 "2020-06-29T17:29:44Z")
Hey, get on that! I don’t pay you to sit around and post here. 🙂 Well, if you get a chance to read it and post, I’m keenly interested.