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Law’s Jessie Hill discusses the impact the SB8 decision has on the future

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Jessie Hill - law professor and associate dean at Case Western Reserve University

Talking Points Memo: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, said that a proposed Missouri bill is likely unconstitutional—and added that it may not matter. “The Supreme Court declining to step in on SB 8 [in Texas] gives a green light to all these sorts of measures,” she said. “It’s a matter of time before we see more states doing the same thing.”