Civics 101 - Roe v Wade: Facts of the Case

Mention of Roe versus Wade can silence conversation or incite heated debate. Candidates campaign on protecting it and getting it overturned. Your opinion of the case can define your politics. Ever since its ruling in 1973, we have told a story about Roe v Wade. But what are the actual facts of the case and what of that infamous opinion still stands today? Renee Cramer of Drake University and Mary Ziegler of Florida State University find the facts in the moral fable.

Then, we explore the "shadow docket," the growing number of Supreme Court rulings that can have no opinion, argument, or signatures, and are often handed down late at night.

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