06-05-2018, 08:47 AM
(06-05-2018, 08:29 AM)Au165 Wrote: I mean it's not a win really it's simply thrown out, weird the article phrases it that way. There is other pending litigation where the abortion hasn't happened yet where they will have the opportunity to make a real ruling.
It's a win in that it eliminates the precedent, so they can fight it if something similar happens in the future. However, this really isn't a "level heads" situation as we have no indication how the SCOTUS would have ruled. They said the point was moot, now, and so their ruling doesn't really provide any legal opinion.
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