The justices dive into new abortion controversy

IT IS a heady time for First Amendment lawyers at the Supreme Court. Every year, between October and April, the justices hear about 65 cases. Of the 44 so far this term, six—including three added on November 13th—address the meaning of the First Amendment’s free-speech guarantee. The newly listed cases involve a man arrested after lambasting public officials at a city council meeting; a ban on political apparel at polling places in Minnesota; and a California law requiring pro-life pregnancy centres to alert visitors of state-subsidised family planning and abortions. Unlike Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a Christian baker’s objection to making wedding cakes for gay couples that will be argued on December 5th, the California case will not be fought on religious liberty grounds. The justices nixed that issue when they decided to take on National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v Becerra. But a wrinkle in the free-speech dispute may spell trouble for another part of the pro-life agenda...Continue reading

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