US Supreme Court declines to block execution of Florida inmate
The US Supreme Court Tuesday declined to block the execution of an inmate in Florida. With no listed dissents, the court denied Louis Gaskin’s petition for a grant to stay his upcoming execution. Louis Gaskin, who is set to be executed Wednesday, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in 1990. Florida prosecutors [...]
Federal appeals court upholds Ohio Down syndrome abortion law
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld Ohio’s HB 214 law that prohibits doctors from performing an abortion with the knowledge that a women’s reason for terminating the pregnancy is a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis. The court ruled 9-7 Tuesday in favor of Ohio, with Judge Alice Batchelder writing for the [...]
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Department of Justice on Friday appealed to the Supreme Court a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit permitting...
