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Stephen Breyer: “What we fear: They think this will be simpler, the majority, because it will leave it all up to the states. We don't…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2024
What we fear: They think this will be simpler, the majority, because it will leave it all up to the states. We don't think it will be simpler. We think that there will be a lot more cases coming up.
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Stephen Breyer

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Justice Breyer expresses concerns about the implications of the Dobbs decision on future legal cases regarding abortion.

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