Moyle v U.S.: Why did SCOTUS punt an abortion case?

Civics 101

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Society & Culture, Government, History

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, says certain hospitals have to provide stabilizing care to patients. Until the Dobbs decision in 2022, that care included abortion if necessary. After Dobbs, though, states with strict abortion laws make it difficult if not impossible to abide by EMTALA. Idaho is one such state, the United States sued, and that case made its way to the Supreme Court. In June of 2024, however, the Court said it made a mistake. It never should have taken the case. So what happened? Hannah is inside the courtroom, Nick's waiting outside. Listen to our episodes on federalism, Roe v Wade and precedent for some extra context on what we talk about here. Finally, listen to Hannah's episode on what it was like to spend a day in the Supreme Court. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A note to listeners in this episode we're discussing legal issues with contextual
0:04.9	references to sexual assault and other content that might not be
0:08.6	appropriate for all. Just a heads up. All right, here we go. Sounds like chameleon.
0:15.0	It is a chameleon.
0:17.0	I love this song.
0:18.0	Herbie Hancock made this famous on his album, Headhunter.
0:22.0	You know, Nick, maybe you ever can. on his album, Headhunter.
0:27.2	You know, Nick, maybe you ever consider just reporting instead of just talking about fun little trivia facts.
0:29.6	On April 24, 2024, when Civics 101 was in Washington, D.C., Nick and I went to the Supreme Court.
0:39.0	I had acquired a press pass to go inside and hear the arguments.
0:44.0	We will hear argument this morning in case 23-726
0:48.0	Moil versus United States and the consolidated case.
0:52.0	Mr. Turner. And Nick stayed outside. What do we want?
0:55.0	When do we want it?
0:59.0	In this case.
1:01.0	And actually it's two consolidated cases, Idaho and Moyle at all the United States.
1:07.0	I'm going to refer to it as Moil.
1:09.0	The court was looking at a strict abortion restriction in Idaho and trying to figure out whether or not it
1:14.6	conflicted with a federal law.
1:17.2	And on June 27, 2024, the court announced its opinion, and we will get into that in detail later.
1:24.8	By the by the opinion was known a day before it was released.
1:28.4	The court had accidentally posted it to its own website, sort of a self-inflicted leak. And there are a lot of pieces to this case.
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