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Liberty interest in resisting state control of her body. once the court recognizes that interest, it needs to draw a line as it does in other constitutional contexts, like the 4th and 5th majority. and the viability line makes sense. it focuses on the fe us the s ability to survive separately. that s an appropriate legal line. it s objectively verifiable and doesn t delve into philosophical questions about when life begins. thank you, counsel. mr. chief justice and may it please the court. for a half century, this court has correctly recognized that the constitution protects a woman s fundamental right to decide whether to end a pregnancy before viability. that guarantee that the state cannot force a woman to carry a pregnancy to term and give birth ....
0 standard of self-has proved difficult to administer and that is relevant to the analysis. and i want to give you an opportunity to respond. yes, your honor. the first point i d like to make is the undue burden test is not at issue in this case. that is the test that applies to regulations, not prohibitions. and the state has conceded that this is a prohibition. that s the title of this law. an act to prohibit abortion after 15 weeks. the only thing at issue in this case is the viability line, and the viability line has been enduringly workable. the lower federal courts have applied it consistently and uniformly for 50 years, and the fifth circuit here below had no difficulty striking down this law unanimously, 3 -0. it s been an exceedingly workable standard. if i may return to your question, sir chief justice, a reasonable possibility standard would not be workable. it would ultimately boil down to an argument that states can prohibit a category of women from exercising the consti ....
Russia s federation. think of the fuelling of our economic relations with contents. president putin goes on talking about exxon mobile and we ll detail it throughout the morning. president trump says with respect to the u.s., russia is ready to turn the day. now, earlier president trump says that he spoke with president trump about russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election point president trump said that putin denied the allegations and president trump he believes it. putin s press secretary tells cnn that the top eic was not discussed. michael flynn is who we are talking about and his son may have been offered $15 million to force pli ibly remove the man fe u.s. ....