Legal Analysis and Writing
Use one of the links below to access a landmark decision from the United States Supreme Court. These cases include those that established Miranda rights, a woman’s right to choose, school desegregation, and many more important issues. Read the court’s majority opinion in the case. Post the Bluebook citation for the case you read (remember, it may be different from the citation form used by the web site), and identify the:
- Case name
- Docket number
- Date of decision
- Attorneys for the parties
- Name of the Justice writing the opinion
Do you agree with the majority’s opinion in the case? Why or why not?
University of California Regents v. Bakke
Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier
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I disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision that deemed abortion as a fundamental right. This is because many women will be able to seek for black market abortions which are very unsafe. Abortion is also associated with some risks such as death or serious injuries whereby in some cases the mother may not be able to be productive for the rest of her life. Legalizing abortion will give unlicensed and unqualified doctors a chance to perform it which is very unsafe. The legalization of abortion implies that women may abort in the first trimester which amounts to murder thus it is against the
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