In This Pair of Cases,the First May Serve as Precedent

question 44

Essay

In this pair of cases,the first may serve as precedent for the second.Decide whether the second case is so relevantly similar to the first that it should be decided identically.Explain your decision.
First case:The U.S.Supreme Court upheld federal regulations that bar abortion counseling at federally funded family-planning clinics in the United States.
Second case:The Supreme Court agreed to review a lower-court decision upholding a Bush administration policy that denied federal family-planning aid to a Mexico City clinic that provided abortion counseling.

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