Edward Lazarus
Edward Lazarus
Edward Lazarusis a lawyer and writer. He currently serves as executive vice president and general counsel for the Tribune Corporation, following its exit from bankruptcy. He served as Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission from June 2008 to January 2012. He went to the FCC from the Los Angeles office of the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where he was the head of litigation for the renowned firm...
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This law does seem to be crafted to demand some kind of Supreme Court review. Because it really goes to this question of how much you have to protect the life versus the health of the mother. ... And it actually could be one of those cases that could turn on John Roberts' vote.
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I think we can be pretty darn sure he's not another Scalia.
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And then the question becomes, can the guidelines in general be maintained or will the guidelines be thrown out? And we then go back to the regime that existed before the guidelines under which judges had tremendous sentencing discretion. That's another big question in this case.
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This is a situation where, from the very moment the justices start back up in October, they're going to be very divided,