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Re:Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade by ryanmarsh on Friday June 24, 2022 @10:40AM (#31862704)
Can a lawyer please explain what the word "overturned" means in this context? This wasn't an appeal in Roe v Wade was it? I'm super confused.
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Re:Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade by spacemanmatt on Friday June 24, 2022 @10:42AM (#31862738)
It means superseding law renders Roe v Wade ineffective. (IANAL, etc)
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Re:Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade by ryanmarsh on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:15AM (#31863524)
I thought law is written by the legislature not the courts. This is a decision in a case no?
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Re:Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade by spacemanmatt on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:27PM (#31864973)
When courts step outside their traditional role of interpreting and judging legislation we often refer to it as judicial activism.

Otherwise you'd be correct.

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