Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissented, with Thomas writing that the court’s decision not to review the case from Illinois was “an abdication of our judicial duty” that allows constitutional rights to “hang in the balance.”
The majority’s decision not to wade into the abortion-related matter is a setback for abortion opponents. But it follows the Trump administration’s announcement that it will scale back Biden-era efforts to prosecute demonstrators who interfere with patient access to reproductive health clinics. The Justice Department last month instructed its civil rights division to drop three pending actions brought under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, involving clinic blockades in Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania….
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