For Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino the abortion matter moving from New Orleans to a courtroom in East Baton Rouge is just for a formality. Ciolino says once the state Supreme Court becomes involved, the abortion matter will be closed and trigger laws will go in to effect.
"We'll get a good glimpse of what the Louisiana Supreme Court thinks about this, probably before too long," Ciolino says. "Because whoever wins and whoever loses is going to go back to the Supreme Court."
Speaking with WWL Radio Ciolino says this latest maneuver of trying to defend abortion by getting a court involved is the last chance for those trying to find defense from the U.S. Supreme Court decision in a courtroom.
"I think that there is a majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court that is ready to let these trigger laws go into effect. I think it's inevitable, it's just a matter of when."
Ciolino points out: "The solution really is not to go to the courts, it's to go plead to your legislators and tell them that you don't like the policy," He says. "That's really the whole upshot of the Dobbs opinion. It's not an opinion about the wisdom of abortion policy, it's an opinion about who gets to decide what abortion policy is."
Ciolino wraps his argument saying: "I would expect that the Louisiana Supreme Court will, if necessary, allow those trigger laws to go into effect within the next few weeks at the latest."
