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The Right to Health Care Freedom in State Constitutions

Quinn Yeargain,

Michigan State University College of Law

November 18, 2024

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Arizona Supreme Court makes rule changes, including to bar dues use

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Court orders hospital to resume gender-affirming care for transgender kids
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Children’s Hospital Colorado must resume offering gender-affirming care to transgender kids, after the hospital received pressure from…
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Netflix’s ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ will rest his case at end of season 5
The Lincoln Lawyer, Netflix’s popular drama about Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, will rest its case at the end of the show’s fifth…
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Play-Based Learning: Can simulation games help lawyers learn management and business development skills?
Remember The Game of Life? It’s a board game in which you move your little car along a path from early adulthood to retirement, hoping…
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Woman gives birth during arraignment in NYC courtroom
A woman gave birth in a Brooklyn, New York City, courtroom Friday as she was waiting to appear before a judge on low-level charges. Samantha…
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SCOTUS will examine scope of Title IX protections and whether civil rights law covers work bias claims
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh whether federally funded school employees can privately sue for sex discrimination under Title IX of the 1972…
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7th Circuit upholds ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy?’ ruling, muses sanctions for ‘fictitious’ citations
A Facebook page under the name “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” was at issue in a recent ruling by a federal appeals court. The…
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Increasing court security concerns restrict some activities, Justice Thomas says
Heightened security is necessary for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and that makes some things difficult for Justice Clarence Thomas, he recently told a Florida audience…
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Bar candidates without ABA-accredited degree more likely to flunk, new study finds
Aspiring lawyers who head to the bar exam without earning a law degree from an ABA-approved law school are more likely to flunk the bar…
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Colorado moves to ban fee sharing with nonlawyers
Colorado has passed a bill that bans fee sharing with nonlawyers. Under the bill, known as the Colorado Legal Practice Integrity and Fee-Sharing Prohibition Act,…
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Judge in Google antitrust case blasts attorney fees request as ‘shockingly huge’
A California federal judge who approved a $700 million antitrust settlement with Google described the class counsel’s $85 million attorney fees request as "patently unreasonable"…
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ABA Journal earns honorable mention as Magazine of the Year from business publication editors
The ABA Journal took home an honorable mention as the Magazine of the Year, and its staff won five other awards Thursday in a national…
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Judge’s ‘disparaging’ courtroom remarks publicly reproved by disciplinary commission
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge who made disparaging remarks and interrupted litigants in court was recently publicly admonished by the state’s judicial disciplinary body…
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BigLaw firm commits nearly $1M to summer associates, nonprofits in new program
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is committing nearly $1 million to a new initiative that promotes public service by pairing its summer associates with nonprofit…
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Trump lawyer picked for appeals court advances to Senate floor
Updated: The Senate Judiciary Committee recently voted to send the federal court judge nomination of one of President Donald Trump's personal lawyers to the U.S.…
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Employees sue USDA secretary over ‘increasingly proselytizing’ Christian emails
Employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the union representing the agency’s workers are suing the secretary of the deparment over a series of…
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Former Brooklyn Supreme Court judge arrested for alleged involvement in real estate fraud schemes
A former Brooklyn Supreme Court justice was arrested Tuesday for allegedly participating in numerous schemes to defraud investors in commercial real estate deals. Judge Edward…
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Anthropic launches Claude for Legal, expands generative AI offerings for lawyers
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has launched Claude for Legal, dramatically expanding its generative AI offerings for lawyers and legal professionals. In a Tuesday press release,…
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Fewer law school grads head to government, public interest or clerkship jobs
The number of law school grads who took jobs in government, public interest and federal clerkship positions decreased in 2025. Looking at the data from…
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DOJ sues DC Bar amid fight over disciplining Trump administration attorneys
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the District of Columbia Bar over its efforts to discipline former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark.…
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Federal judge sentenced to probation in drunk driving case
A federal judge in Michigan has been sentenced to six months of probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge, Reuters reports.…
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