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The Latest Breaking News from Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

Judge Leon Blocked The East Wing Ballroom Based on Offended Observer Standing

After Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a claim for a purely "aesthetic injury" should fail.

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John Roberts Serves A Blue Plate Special, And The Progressives Forget All Of Their Complaints About The Shadow Docket

Trump v. Illinois is Robertsian faux minimalism at its worst.

Reason

Is This the Supreme Court's Next Big Abortion Case?

Plus: An impressive book by a Supreme Court justice.

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The Court Might Favor Standing For Business Interests, But Blue States Beat Red States

Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh both miss the obvious distinction.

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Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine On Remand

"But the Government switched positions before the Supreme Court."

Reason

The Standing Analysis in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

The Court ducks the conscience theory of standing based on the government's new position, "abandons" Haven's Realty, and starts the deadpool for associational standing

Reason

Unanimous Supreme Court Finds No Standing to Challenge FDA Regulation of Mifepristone (UPDATED)

Not a single justice was impressed by the unimpressive standing theories offered in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA.

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SCOTUS rejects abortion drug challenge

The court ruled unanimously against Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, preserving access to mifepristone

Salon

US supreme court unanimously upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone

FDA still has the power to give expanded access to mifepristone in major victory to abortion rights supporters

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court rejects challenge to medication abortion drug - Roll Call

The Supreme Court upheld access to the commonly used medication abortion drug mifepristone in a unanimous decision Thursday.

Roll Call

19th Century law versus bodily autonomy

Abortion opponents are citing the Comstock Act to stop "abortion pill trafficking." Experts say that's nonsense

Salon

Even the US supreme court was baffled by conservatives’ attack on abortion pills

The anti-choice case relies on outlandish legal leaps. And if they can’t win there, they’ll redouble efforts to win the White House

The Guardian - US

Slippery slope of abortion drug lawsuit

Vaccines, gender-affirming care and birth control could be next if SCOTUS rules to restrict nationwide access

Salon

Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS concludes March 2024 sitting

Welcome to the March 25 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Supreme Court Denies Red State Effort to Intervene in Mifepristone Case

The Court also rejects a late-filed amicus briefs from the American Bar Association, but accepts one from former FDA Commissioners.

Salon

"Junk" abortion pill studies retracted

“I hope that this will make people more careful about when they cite studies," one lawyer told Salon

Salon

Restricting abortion drug access

The Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of access for mifepristone. The fallout of a ban would be tremendous

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SCOTUS hears oral argument in challenge to Chevron deference

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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Roll Call

Supreme Court to hear abortion pill case - Roll Call

The case is the first major Supreme Court abortion case since the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision last year.

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Justice Barrett's Shadow Docket Policy: Do The Opposite Of Whatever The Fifth Circuit Did (Updated)

Forget Doe v. Mills. Justice Barrett will grant relief on the shadow docket when the Fifth Circuit steps out of line.

Reason

How Will the Mifepristone Case Get Back to the Supreme Court?

On Friday evening, the Supreme Court granted a complete stay of the District Court's order in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA. And that stay will remain in effect while the proceedings in the Fifth Circuit continue. For now, the status quo continues. Justice Thomas would have denied the application…

Tribune News Service

US Supreme Court keeps abortion pill fully available for now

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Texas judge’s restrictions on a widely used abortion pill from taking effect, keeping the drug fully available while a legal fight goes forward.

Tribune News Service

Abortion foes urge Supreme Court to curb pill on eve of deadline

Abortion opponents urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on a widely used pill to end pregnancy, presenting the justices with a stark choice on one of the country’s most divisive issues.

Tribune News Service

Appeals court allows limited access to abortion pill

A federal appeals court partly granted the Biden administration’s request to put on hold a Texas court ruling overturning FDA approval of the abortion pill, but allowed restrictions that were lifted since 2016 to be reinstated.

Reason

AHM v. FDA: A Contrary View and a Rejoinder

ADF's Erin Hawley responds to my post on the jurisdictional problems in AHM v. FDA and I reply.

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