AUL State Supreme Court Project Complete . . . for Now
On the Americans United for Life Blog, Matthew Eppinette reports that the AUL State Supreme Court Project is complete. The project’s web page clarifies the purpose of the project:
Many state supreme courts are hotbeds of judicial activism. Already, sixteen activist state supreme courts have invented a right to abortion in their state’s constitution. In the same way the pro-life and conservative movements have spent decades working to stop judicial activism in the United States Supreme Court, we are extending those efforts to the state supreme courts and restore a constitutionalist judicial philosophy. (See also The Essential Role of State Supreme Courts in the World After Roe
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To that end, Americans United for Life initiated the State Supreme Court Project, an in-depth look at state supreme courts’ treatment of life issues and an examination of judicial restraint and/or activism at the state level. We commissioned 50 white papers, covering the status of each state’s supreme court, and examining judicial restraint and/or activism within that state.