Supreme Court To Take Up Trans Rights, Ghost Guns in New Term
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🗓️ 8 October 2024
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Summary
The Supreme Court kicked off its new term Monday by opting not take up two cases that could have major implications for reproductive rights. In one decision, the court rejected an appeal from an Alabama fertility clinic seeking to avoid a wrongful death lawsuit over the destruction of a couple’s embryos. The other case it rejected was an appeal from the Biden administration over emergency abortions in Texas. With issues like trans rights, ghost guns and the potential for more election cases on the docket this term, Melissa Murray, co-host of Crooked's ‘Strict Scrutiny,’ breaks down what we can expect from the justices in the coming months.
And in headlines: Forecasters upgraded Hurricane Milton to a Category 5 storm as it barrels toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, Vice President Kamala Harris reflected on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel, and Georgia’s top court revived the state’s six-week abortion ban.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday October 8th. I'm Jane Coastin and this is what a day. |
| 0:05.0 | The show that it's personally not that surprised that Joker Folly Adieu is not doing great at the box office. |
| 0:11.0 | See if I've learned anything about my fellow |
| 0:13.2 | Americans it's that they don't enjoy surprise musicals or French words. |
| 0:18.8 | On today's show another massive hurricane is set to hit Florida's Gulf Coast. |
| 0:25.2 | Plus, Georgia's top court revives the state's abortion ban. But first, on Monday |
| 0:30.6 | the Supreme Court kicked off its latest term, which is bad news for all of us and great |
| 0:34.8 | news for anyone who loves feeling anxious about the life-altering decisions made by nine people |
| 0:39.2 | none of us have met. And just as significant as the cases the court will be hearing this term are the ones |
| 0:44.7 | that declined to add to its docket. |
| 0:46.9 | Two of the cases the court pointed on Monday have major implications for reproductive rights. |
| 0:51.6 | In one decision, the court rejected an appeal from an Alabama fertility clinic. |
| 0:55.5 | The clinic was looking to avoid a wrongful death lawsuit over the destruction of a couple's |
| 0:59.3 | embryos. |
| 1:00.3 | Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that frozen embryos should be considered |
| 1:04.2 | children under the state's constitution. |
| 1:07.0 | The other case the Supreme Court rejected was an appeal from the Biden administration |
| 1:10.4 | over emergency abortions in Texas. A lower court determined that |
| 1:13.8 | Texas hospitals do not have to perform emergency abortions if they violate |
| 1:17.4 | state laws. That ruling will now stay in place. We heard from Raven Freeborn |
| 1:21.5 | Executive Director of Av, Texas, an organization fighting for abortion access. |
| 1:26.0 | They told us about what the court's decision means for people in the state. |
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