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Amy Lieberman, Politics + Society Editor, The Conversation

The Supreme Court tends to save the biggest rulings for last – a constitutional expert explains a few good reasons

US Supreme Court justices arrive at the US Capitol in February 2022 Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law on June 23, 2022 that had imposed strict limits on carrying a handgun in public. It was a much anticipated decision, as the court continues to issue opinions ahead of wrapping its term in the next week or two.

But people were being kept waiting about when exactly the court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which could overturn Roe v. Wade, will be issued.

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