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The independent state legislature theory was first invoked by three conservative US Supreme Court justices in the celebrated Bush v. Gore case that handed the 2000 election victory to George W. Bush.

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The independent state legislature theory was first invoked by three conservative US Supreme Court justices in the celebrated Bush v. Gore case that handed the 2000 election victory to George W. Bush.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case that could dramatically change how federal elections are conducted. At issue is a legal theory that would give state legislatures unfettered authority to set the rules for federal elections, free of supervision by state courts and state constitutions.

The theory, known as the “independent state legislature theory,” stems from the election clause in Article I of the Constitution. It says, “The times, places

This is a MedPage Today story.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade, doctors across the country are facing an array of legal questions and concerns that are so new and uncertain they once seemed out of the realm of possibility, according to experts.

From determining whether they can provide care when the life of the mother is at risk and whether they must report a patient for a self-induced abortion, to considering how to code certain medical treatments and how to avoid allegations of aiding and abetting, doctors – – and other healthcare providers and staff — are finding themselves caught in a precarious legal framework that is still in flux.

“It is a horrible situation to put doctors in, who really just want to help patients,” Jessie Hill, of Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio, told MedPage Today.

Jul. 2—Georgia State University’s College of Law conferred degrees to more than 150 students at the end of the spring 2022 semester. Law graduates were honored during the college’s hooding ceremony on May 13 at Center Parc Stadium.

Local Law graduates were:

— Daniela Hoolihan of Smyrna (30080), who earned a Master of Laws degree in the Foreign Bar Track concentration

— Narges Nekooei of Atlanta (30339), who earned a Master of Laws degree in the Foreign Bar Track concentration

— Dagem Araya of Atlanta (30339), who earned a law degree (Juris Doctor)

— Othman Awad of Marietta (30064), who earned a law degree (Juris Doctor)

— Shykeena Blanton of Athens (30606), who earned a law degree (Juris Doctor)

— Melissa Davies of Smyrna (30082), who earned a law degree (Juris Doctor)

— Nicole Deloach of Mableton (30126), who earned a law degree (Juris Doctor)

— Robert Evans of Mableton

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade, what happens to Texas state laws that were in place prior to the landmark ruling on abortion rights almost 50 years ago?

In Texas, where elective abortions already are restricted already to the first six weeks of gestation, a “trigger law” signed by the Gov. Greg Abbott would outlaw abortion within 30 days of the holding.

A court reversal of Roe would leave it to individual states to establish abortion laws. Texas and 12 other states have trigger laws that would outlaw or almost completely ban abortions if the 1973 decision in the case that originated in Dallas County is tossed in a ruling that could come as soon as this week. Before the court now is the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health case from Mississippi, which had a leaked preliminary opinion indicated justices are ready to overturn Roe.