Patterico's Pontifications

1/18/2006

L.A. Times Misstates Holding of Ayotte

Filed under: Abortion,Constitutional Law,Court Decisions,Dog Trainer — Patterico @ 9:59 pm



Ed Whelan says that this L.A. Times article misstates the holding of today’s decision in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood. He appears to be right.

The article is by our old friend David Savage.

P.S. The Court sure did rush to get this one out, didn’t it? Aren’t abortion decisions generally issued in June? I guess when a decision is unanimous and uncontroversial among the Justices, as today’s appears to have been, it’s easier to pen a ruling more quickly.

P.P.S. Xrlq says the Democrats’ stalling tactics on Alito didn’t work.

One Response to “L.A. Times Misstates Holding of Ayotte”

  1. The wise people over at The Daily Kos figured that the decision was taken so quickly because Justice O’Connor doesn’t trust Sam Alito with “her” seat. 🙂

    I guess that they couldn’t count, and didn’t realize that even if Mr Alito had been in place and voted differently, it still would have been 8-1.

    Dana (3e4784)


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