VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (June 24, 022) – Today, the United
States Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overruled two major abortion
cases; Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v.
Casey.
The Robertson Center for Constitutional Law collaborated
with the Christian Legal Society to file an
important friend-of-the-court brief in support of the prevailing
party. The Center’s brief argued that the Court should overrule Roe and Casey and
allow states to craft abortion policy through the democratic process. The
Court agreed.
“This is a generational victory for the pro-life movement
and the rule of law,” said Brad Lingo, dean of Regent University School of Law
and executive director of the Robertson Center for Constitutional
Law. “We were honored to partner with the Christian Legal Society
and the Hon. Kenneth Starr on our brief,” said Mike Schietzelt, the Robertson
Center’s constitutional law fellow—who co-authored the Center’s brief with Dean
Brad Lingo, Judge Kenneth Starr, and Kim Colby of the Christian Legal Society.
The Center’s brief in Dobbs is one of four
Supreme Court matters that the Robertson Center has worked on in the past two
years. “The Center provides Regent students and faculty with an extraordinary
platform to work on important constitutional law matters. We look forward
to continuing this important work as we train the next generation of
advocates,” said Dean Lingo.
The
Robertson Center for Constitutional Law is an academic center within
the Regent University School of Law. Established in 2020, the Center
pairs advocacy and scholarship to advance first principles in constitutional
law, including originalism, separation of powers, and religious liberty.
The Robertson Center has represented former members of Congress, Christian
ministries, and others in briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court and other
appellate courts. Learn more about the work of the Robertson Center at https://constitutionallaw.regent.edu/our-work/.
About Regent University
Founded in 1978, Regent
University is America’s premier Christian university with more than
11,000 students studying on its 70-acre campus in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and
online around the world. The university offers associate, bachelor’s,
master’s, and doctoral degrees in more than 150 areas of study
including business, communication and the arts, counseling, cybersecurity,
divinity, education, government, law, leadership, nursing, healthcare, and
psychology. Regent University, ranked among top national universities
(U.S. News & World Report, 2020), is one of only 23 universities nationally
to receive an “A” rating for its comprehensive liberal arts core curriculum.
About Regent Law
Regent Law’s more
than 3,300 graduates practice law in 49 states and over 20 countries and
include 38 currently sitting judges. The School of Law is currently
ranked 22nd in the nation for obtaining judicial clerkships and
ranked 20th in the nation for Ultimate Bar Passage in
2019. The school offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.) in
three-year and part-time formats, an online M.A. in Law, an
online M.A. in
Financial Planning & Law, an on-campus and online LL.M. in Human Rights, and
an on-campus and online LL.M. in
American Legal Studies.
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