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Members of Congress weigh in on court fight over abortion drug

WASHINGTON — A Louisiana-based federal appeals court could decide as soon as Wednesday the availability of the nation’s most used medication abortion drug, as members of Congress from both parties weighed in on a lower court ruling that would stop the manufacture and distribution of the drug this Saturday.

Tribune News Service

What to know about the Comstock Act as abortion pill fight escalates

Anti-abortion groups have revived the centuries-old law.

Axios

Members of Congress weigh in on court fight over abortion drug - Roll Call

Members of Congress weighed in on a lower court ruling that would stop the manufacture and distribution of an abortion drug.

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State battles over abortion are leading to state constitutional amendments – an option in all states and available directly to citizens in 18 states

The battles over abortion – who can get one, when they can get one – largely shifted from a focus on the U.S. Supreme Court back to state lawmakers and judges in June 2022. That’s when the Supreme Court ruled that there was no federal constitutional guarantee of the right…

The Conversation

The Supreme Court on Life and Liberty

I participated last Fall on a Wisconsin Law Review symposium panel on "Is the Court out of Control?," and wrote up a short (12-page) article for that. I'm posting it in several pieces; I hope some of you find it interesting, and I also still have time to make any…

Reason

Hope of winning gender bill legal challenge 'vanishingly small', top expert says

HUMZA Yousaf’s chances of winning a legal challenge against the UK Government’s block of Scottish gender reform are “vanishingly small”, a…

The National (Scotland)

Former SNP minister says Humza Yousaf ‘doesn’t have a chance’ of winning gender bill legal battle

Alex Neil said Yousaf should reintroduce the legislation and deal with its “deficiencies” instead of mounting a legal challenge.

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SC agrees to hear on Apr 28 plea challenging constitutional validity of provision of Maternity Benefit Act

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on April 28 a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of a provision of the Maternity Benefit Act. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Yousaf told he ‘doesn’t have a chance’ of winning legal battle over gender Bill

Former SNP MSP Alex Neil has urged the First Minister to change gender recognition reform legislation, instead of going to court over it.

The Independent UK

Court throws out Bob Brown Foundation challenge to MMG mine lease

An environmental group has lost its latest court battle with a mining company that's planning to build a controversial new tailings dam in Tasmania's west.

ABC News

Editorial: Missouri and Kansas AGs want to block abortion pill — for democracy, says Kris Kobach

If in the near future the U.S. Supreme Court decides to ban the abortion pill, you’ll have Andrew Bailey and Kris Kobach to blame.

Tribune News Service

Fate of US abortion drug hangs in balance ahead of Friday deadline

Mifepristone will lose its FDA approval this week unless an appeals court intervenes in a case likely to reach the supreme court

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Clarence Thomas makes a mockery of ethical standards

Clarence Thomas would have been perfect on Philadelphia’s old scandal-plagued Traffic Court, a home for hack judges known for fixing parking tickets and other schemes that ran afoul of the law. But he should not be on the U.S. Supreme Court, where his ethical lapses and extremist views continue to…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Abortion pill rulings in conflict: What happens next?

The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to allow women to continue to be able to access to the most commonly used abortion drug in the U.S. while a lawsuit over it plays out

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Salon

Dems send warning to Roberts over Thomas

If “the Court does not resolve this issue on its own, the Committee will consider legislation to resolve it"

Reason

Satan Clubs Should Be Allowed in Schools

“After School Satan Clubs” cause no direct harm—they merely challenge the relationship between religious institutions and public schools.

Fortune

Entrepreneurs launched startups to provide easy access to abortion pills. Now, the Texas ruling on mifepristone might force them to pivot

Startups Choix and Hey Jane must rethink their business models after a court ruling threatens FDA approval of a common abortion pill.

The Guardian - US

American women, let this be your wake-up call: it won’t end with mifepristone

It doesn’t matter if you think abortion will be legal where you live – the anti-abortion movement wants a national ban

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Clarence Thomas, a billionaire benefactor and the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis

On Thursday, ProPublica revealed that a right-wing billionaire has secretly funded a lavish lifestyle for Justice Clarence Thomas. Then on Friday, a federal judge in Texas tried to block the use around the country of mifepristone, the medication used in half of all abortions. These two dramatic twists are part…

Tribune News Service

Senate Democrats ask chief justice to probe Clarence Thomas’ luxury trips

WASHINGTON — All Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have called on Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate undisclosed luxury trips that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from a wealthy Republican donor.

Salon

Roberts urged to probe Thomas trips

"It is well past time for the Supreme Court to align with the rest of government in a proper code of ethics"

Tribune News Service

Legal fight over abortion drug could quickly hit Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and several Democrat-led states took steps Monday to preserve access to a commonly used medication abortion drug after dueling federal court rulings about its availability.

WEKU

Senate panel will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court's ethical standards

The hearing — which will happen "in the coming days," says Sen. Dick Durbin — comes in the wake of a news report about lavish trips Justice Clarence Thomas took from a friend but did not disclose.

Ballotpedia

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for April 1

Welcome to the April 10 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

WEKU

What's next for the abortion pill mifepristone?

Access to mifepristone, a medication that is used in about half of all abortions nationwide, hangs in the balance of two contradictory court rulings. A date with the Supreme Court is all but certain.

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