Judicial Rulemaking Body Moves To Block Conservative Strategy Behind Abortion Pill Case
9 months, 1 week ago

Judicial Rulemaking Body Moves To Block Conservative Strategy Behind Abortion Pill Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Judicial Conference of the United States announced new rules for the federal judiciary Tuesday that would prevent the practice of judge-shopping, where litigants choose where to file their suit based on the near-certain knowledge that a specific judge will hear their case. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, shown here at a 2017 confirmation hearing, has been a favorite of judge-shopping conservatives seeking rulings that would strike down Biden administration policies. Senate Judiciary Committee via Associated Press The new rules issued by the Judicial Conference, the 26-member body that sets rules for the entire federal judiciary, save for the U.S. Supreme Court, would prevent such judge-shopping. Instead of allowing litigants to file suit in single-judge geographical divisions, the new rules, which take effect immediately, will require that a case seeking to bar or mandate actions by federal or state governments be randomly assigned to a judge from within the whole district, not just the smaller, single-judge division. David Erickson via Associated Press In 2021, Paxton filed suit in Kacsmaryk’s courthouse to block the Biden administration from reversing the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy.

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Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

LA Times  

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations if they would break Texas law. The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans. The justices did not detail their reasoning for …

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in
8 months ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess
8 months, 3 weeks ago

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess

LA Times  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. repeatedly suggested during an oral argument that government officials could use a 19th century law to ban the distribution of abortion pills through the mail. Politics Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills Supreme Court justices question whether a group of Texas doctors had legal standing to sue …

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills

LA Times  

Misoprostol is typically used with mifepristone, which the FDA approved in 2000 for abortion and further loosened restrictions on in 2016 and 2021. U.S. Supreme Court justices sounded skeptical Tuesday about imposing new limits on the dispensing of abortion medication through pharmacies or by mail. She noted that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, who issued an injunction …

Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court
9 months ago

Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court based in New Orleans has become a prime destination for conservatives pursuing legal strategies to bolster gun rights, stop abortion or — as was the case Wednesday — block immigration. ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION Even before the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, 5th Circuit judges had a history of chipping away at …

Appeals court again blocks controversial Texas immigration law
9 months ago

Appeals court again blocks controversial Texas immigration law

LA Times  

Migrants wait to be processed by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas. A federal appeals court late Tuesday issued an order that again prevents Texas from arresting migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the strict new immigration …

Divided Supreme Court clears way for Texas to arrest migrants suspected of illegal entry
9 months ago

Divided Supreme Court clears way for Texas to arrest migrants suspected of illegal entry

LA Times  

A man pleads with a member of the National Guard after burrowing through razor wire in an effort to cross the border along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that allowing the Texas law to go into effect “will not only make communities in Texas less safe, it will also burden law …

US Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions
1 year ago

US Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to rule on restrictions imposed by a lower court on a widely used abortion pill in the latest skirmish in the battle over reproductive rights in the United States. The lower court ruling imposing restrictions on the use of the abortion drug mifepristone has been on hold pending a decision by the conservative-dominated Supreme Court …

US Supreme Court to decide on access to abortion pill in major case
1 year ago

US Supreme Court to decide on access to abortion pill in major case

Al Jazeera  

The Biden administration aims to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been approved by the FDA. The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to preserve access to the abortion pill, setting up another major ruling on reproductive rights set to come in a presidential election year. The justices took …

Biden administration warns of major disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
1 year, 1 month ago

Biden administration warns of major disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule

Associated Press  

The Biden administration on Tuesday urged an appeals court to allow sweeping new asylum restrictions to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border. The new restrictions made it far more difficult to qualify for asylum if a migrant didn’t first apply online or traveled through another country, such as Mexico, and didn’t seek …

Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit from states demanding that Biden administration boost deportations
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit from states demanding that Biden administration boost deportations

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Republican-led challenge to a Biden administration policy that prioritizes the deportation of immigrants who are deemed to pose the greatest risk to public safety or were picked up at the border. At the center of the case is a September 2021 directive from the Department of Homeland Security that paused deportations …

Supreme Court stays order banning abortion drug mifepristone
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court stays order banning abortion drug mifepristone

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court stayed a lower court ruling on Friday that would have blocked access to medication abortion throughout the United States. Earlier this month, District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee in Amarillo, Texas, ruled to block the Food and Drug Administration's long-standing authorization of the abortion drug mifepristone, overruling both the expert medical opinion of regulators and two …

Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill

NPR  

Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill Enlarge this image toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Jacquelyn Martin/AP The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked lower court decisions banning or limiting the FDA-approved use of the abortion pill mifepristone for the foreseeable future. President Biden on Friday said that his administration will continue to defend …

US Supreme Court upholds temporary access to abortion pill
1 year, 8 months ago

US Supreme Court upholds temporary access to abortion pill

Al Jazeera  

Lower courts had issued restrictions on access to the abortion pill, used in about half of all US abortions. The United States Supreme Court has extended a temporary ruling that allows access to the abortion pill mifepristone, as anti-abortion rights groups seek to roll back approval for the medication, which is used in about half of all of the country’s …

Anti-abortion groups urge US top court to restrict abortion pill
1 year, 8 months ago

Anti-abortion groups urge US top court to restrict abortion pill

Al Jazeera  

Groups push the US Supreme Court to reject a Biden administration request to halt a Texas ruling limiting access to pill. Anti-abortion groups have submitted a filing urging the United States Supreme Court to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, challenging the medication’s federal approval and asking the justices to implement the curbs ordered by a conservative judge …

High court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill
1 year, 8 months ago

High court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it was temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement Friday evening that the administration continues “to stand by FDA’s evidence-based approval of mifepristone, …

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks ruling limiting access to abortion pill mifepristone
1 year, 8 months ago

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks ruling limiting access to abortion pill mifepristone

Firstpost  

The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that limited access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone. In its Supreme Court filing, the Justice Department argued that the lower court orders on the abortion pill “will upend the status quo.” Row after Texas judge ordered nationwide ban mifepristone “That disruptive result would profoundly harm women, …

President Joe Biden's administration to petition US Supreme Court to stop abortion pill curbs
1 year, 8 months ago

President Joe Biden's administration to petition US Supreme Court to stop abortion pill curbs

Firstpost  

As President Joe Biden’s administration tries to protect access to the abortion medication mifepristone, US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday that the Justice Department will petition the Supreme Court to intervene to prohibit limits imposed by a federal judge on the medicine. The administration will seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court to defend the US Food and …

Biden administration will ask Supreme Court to preserve full access to abortion pills
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden administration will ask Supreme Court to preserve full access to abortion pills

LA Times  

Gen. Merrick Garland says the justices will be asked to preserve full and easy access to mifepristone, one of the medications in the most-used method of ending early pregnancies. Gen. Merrick Garland said Thursday that the Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court to preserve full and easy access to the abortion medication that has become the most-used method of …

Trump-appointed appeals court judges allow abortion pill restrictions to take effect
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump-appointed appeals court judges allow abortion pill restrictions to take effect

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. Two Trump appointees on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision late Wednesday allowing parts of a Texas judge's widely denounced abortion pill ruling to take effect, a move that will restrict access to mifepristone as the case proceeds. But the Trump appointees, whose nominations were vocally opposed by rights groups, …

Biden administration to bring abortion pill case to Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden administration to bring abortion pill case to Supreme Court

Al Jazeera  

The decision comes shortly after an appeals court left numerous restrictions on abortion pill access in place. The United States Department of Justice will ask the Supreme Court to halt restrictions on the sale of the abortion pill mifepristone, shortly after a decision by an appeals court that narrowed an earlier ruling that would have revoked the pill’s approval for …

Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge
1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented ruling halting approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a religious liberty legal group with a long history pushing conservative causes. But the number of conservative lawsuits filed in Amarillo has spawned accusations of “judge shopping” or that right-wing plaintiffs …

Judge in Washington orders feds to keep abortion pill access
1 year, 8 months ago

Judge in Washington orders feds to keep abortion pill access

Associated Press  

SPOKANE, Wash. — A federal judge in Washington state on Friday ordered U.S. authorities not to make any changes that would restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone in 17 Democratic-led states that sued over the issue, countering a ruling by a judge in Texas on the same day that ordered a hold on federal approval of the drug. The …

Column: How right-wing judges in Texas are erasing Americans’ rights everywhere
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: How right-wing judges in Texas are erasing Americans’ rights everywhere

LA Times  

You might have thought that, more than a dozen years after its enactment, the Affordable Care Act was finally safe from interference by right-wing judges carrying water for religious fanatics and anti-government activists. Among them are Steven Hotze, a self-described Christian owner of a “wellness” center who complained that the Affordable Care Act mandate to provide anti-HIV drugs would “facilitate …

Abortion pill ruling: Texas judge revokes FDA approval, but another judge contradicts him
1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion pill ruling: Texas judge revokes FDA approval, but another judge contradicts him

LA Times  

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug combination used in more than half of all U.S. abortions, particularly those conducted early in pregnancy. Kacsmaryk, who has long held antiabortion views, said the FDA “omitted any evaluation of the psychological effects of the drug or an evaluation of the long-term medical consequences of the drug.” The judge — who consistently used the …

Column: A national abortion ban won’t fly. But a handpicked Trump judge could do something almost as extreme
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: A national abortion ban won’t fly. But a handpicked Trump judge could do something almost as extreme

LA Times  

It took President Trump three tries to get reliably, radically conservative Matthew Kacsmaryk confirmed as a federal judge. As his staunchly antiabortion sister recently told the Washington Post about her big brother’s role in the abortion pill case: “I feel like he was made for this. His confirmation hearings showcased not only his antiabortion advocacy, but also his views that …

Texas judge in abortion pill case is a conservative favorite
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas judge in abortion pill case is a conservative favorite

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Texas judge hearing a case that could throw into jeopardy access to the nation’s most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a Christian legal group who critics say is being sought out by conservative litigants because they believe he’ll be sympathetic to their causes. Before the abortion pill case, Kacsmaryk was at the center …

Texas judge to consider halting sale of abortion pill across US
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas judge to consider halting sale of abortion pill across US

Al Jazeera  

Anti-abortion groups are pushing to revoke or suspend approval of pill used in more than half of all US abortions. US federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a conservative appointee of former President Donald Trump, has yet to issue a ruling after more than four hours of argument over whether to ban mifepristone, an abortion pill approved by the Food and Drug …

Abortion pill access case: Judge wants ‘less advertisement’
1 year, 9 months ago

Abortion pill access case: Judge wants ‘less advertisement’

Associated Press  

AMARILLO, Texas — A federal judge overseeing a high-stakes case that could threaten access to medication abortion across the nation asked lawyers for the “courtesy” of not publicizing upcoming arguments, according to a court record released Tuesday that reveals new details of a move experts say is outside the norm for the U.S. judicial system. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk …

Could a Texas judge halt abortion pill access, even in safe havens like California?
1 year, 9 months ago

Could a Texas judge halt abortion pill access, even in safe havens like California?

LA Times  

A conservative federal judge in Texas is poised to rule in a lawsuit that could disrupt abortion access across the nation by halting distribution of a key abortion pill, mifepristone, which was approved by the FDA more than two decades ago. He opposed same-sex marriage, writing that “the Catechism holds that ‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.’” He criticized the Supreme …

Supreme Court temporarily blocks the end of Trump-era immigration policy
2 years ago

Supreme Court temporarily blocks the end of Trump-era immigration policy

LA Times  

Acting on an emergency appeal from some Republican-led states, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a temporary order Monday that will preserve — for now — a Trump-era policy that turned away most migrants seeking asylum at the southern border. It remains unclear whether Roberts or the full Supreme Court will make a decision on the appeal before Wednesday, …

Supreme Court wrestles with Biden’s deportation policy
2 years ago

Supreme Court wrestles with Biden’s deportation policy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with a politically tinged dispute over a Biden administration policy that would prioritize deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. On Tuesday, the administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer told the justices that federal law does “not create an unyielding mandate to apprehend and remove” every …

Judge blocks enforcement of Idaho’s abortion ban in medical emergencies day before it was set to take effect
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge blocks enforcement of Idaho’s abortion ban in medical emergencies day before it was set to take effect

CNN  

CNN — A US district court on Wednesday evening granted a Biden administration request, temporarily blocking Idaho’s ban on abortion in situations where the ban conflicts with federal standards for emergency care. It does.” The Biden administration had challenged parts of Idaho’s abortion ban, which was set to take effect on Thursday, under a law known as the Emergency Medical …

Federal judge blocks Biden's directives to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination
2 years, 5 months ago

Federal judge blocks Biden's directives to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination

Salon  

Two new directives put into motion by Biden with the purpose of protecting LGBTQ people from being discriminated against at school and at work have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. "Defendants' guidance directly interferes with and threatens Plaintiff States' ability to continue enforcing their state laws," U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley Jr. of the Eastern District of Tennessee …

Abortion, guns, police immunity and religion in schools: The Supreme Court’s dramatic streak of rulings
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion, guns, police immunity and religion in schools: The Supreme Court’s dramatic streak of rulings

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Donald Trump’s three appointments – Amy Coney Barrett, …

Judge to block Florida abortion ban; Kentucky ban on hold
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge to block Florida abortion ban; Kentucky ban on hold

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida judge said Thursday that he will temporarily block a 15-week ban on abortions in his state, but his bench ruling won’t take effect before the ban becomes law Friday — an issue that could cause confusion for patients as well as abortion providers. The owner of North Dakota’s only abortion clinic — which is operating …

Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’
2 years, 9 months ago

Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday dealt essentially a final blow to abortion clinics’ best hopes of stopping a restrictive law that has sharply curtailed the number of abortions in the state since September and will now fully stay in place for the foreseeable future. Abortions in Texas have plummeted by about 50% since the law took …

Texas clinics battle strict abortion law as legal hopes dim
2 years, 10 months ago

Texas clinics battle strict abortion law as legal hopes dim

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The nation’s strictest abortion law went before the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday but an attorney representing abortion clinics said he no longer sees a way in this case to halt the law. The Austin-based court took no immediate action over Texas’ restrictive law, which since September has banned abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy and has …

Supreme Court won’t speed challenge to Texas abortion limits
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court won’t speed challenge to Texas abortion limits

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In the latest setback for abortion rights in Texas, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to speed up the ongoing court case over the state’s ban on most abortions. Over dissents from the three liberal justices, the court declined to order a federal appeals court to return the case to a federal judge who had temporarily blocked the …

Supreme Court won’t speed up challenge to Texas abortion limits
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court won’t speed up challenge to Texas abortion limits

LA Times  

The Supreme Court declined to order a federal appeals court to return the case to a federal judge who had temporarily blocked the law’s enforcement. In the latest setback for abortion rights in Texas, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to speed up the ongoing court case over the state’s ban on most abortions. Over dissents from the three liberal …

Supreme Court returns Texas abortion case to appeals court
3 years ago

Supreme Court returns Texas abortion case to appeals court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has formally returned a lawsuit over Texas’ six-week abortion ban to a federal appeals court that has twice allowed the law to stay in effect, rather than to a district judge who sought to block it. In last week’s majority opinion written by Gorsuch, the Supreme Court limited who can be sued by the clinics …

Supreme Court: Two conservative justices appear open to abortion providers being able to challenge Texas law
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court: Two conservative justices appear open to abortion providers being able to challenge Texas law

CNN  

CNN — Two key conservative justices seemed open to arguments from abortion providers that they should be able to challenge a Texas abortion six-week ban in federal court as the Supreme Court grappled with the issue for nearly three hours on Monday. In a separate challenge, brought by the Department of Justice, however, several conservative justices did express some reservations …

Liberal justices warn that guns, same-sex marriage and religious rights could face limits if Texas wins abortion case
3 years, 1 month ago

Liberal justices warn that guns, same-sex marriage and religious rights could face limits if Texas wins abortion case

CNN  

CNN — Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that constitutional rights enshrined in Supreme Court decisions concerning gun rights, same-sex marriage, birth control and other contentious issues could be open to attack depending on how the court handled the Texas abortion ban cases that were in front of it Monday. Justice Stephen Breyer at Monday’s hearing referenced the desegregation battles of the …

US Supreme Court hears challenges to Texas abortion ban
3 years, 1 month ago

US Supreme Court hears challenges to Texas abortion ban

Al Jazeera  

Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy has prompted mass protests in defence of reproductive rights. The United States Supreme Court has heard challenges to a Texas law that has effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Abortion providers have asked the Supreme Court to block state clerks in Texas from accepting lawsuits under the law, formally …

Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the measure’s constitutionality plays out in the courts. The administration also took the unusual step of telling the justices they could grant the Texas law full review and decide its fate this term, which already includes a major …

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to block Texas’ 6-week abortion ban
3 years, 2 months ago

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to block Texas’ 6-week abortion ban

CNN  

CNN — The Justice Department formally asked the Supreme Court Monday to step in and block a controversial Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while legal challenges play out. In September, the first time the Supreme Court allowed the law to go into effect as a part of another challenge, it did so on its …

Justice Department to ask Supreme Court to block Texas’ 6-week abortion ban
3 years, 2 months ago

Justice Department to ask Supreme Court to block Texas’ 6-week abortion ban

CNN  

CNN — The Department of Justice will ask the Supreme Court to step in and block a controversial Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while legal challenges play out, a department spokesperson said Friday. On September 1, a deeply divided court allowed the Texas law to go into effect, as a part of a different …

Biden administration to ask top court to block Texas abortion law
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden administration to ask top court to block Texas abortion law

Al Jazeera  

US Justice Department says it will ask US Supreme Court to block contentious law that bans abortions after six weeks. The Biden administration will ask the US Supreme Court to block a Texas law that outlaws most abortions, the Justice Department has said, as the legal battle over abortion rights in the United States escalates. A US Justice Department spokesperson …

US judge blocks Texas near-total abortion ban while legal challenges continue
3 years, 2 months ago

US judge blocks Texas near-total abortion ban while legal challenges continue

ABC  

A US federal judge temporarily blocked a near-total ban on abortion in Texas, the toughest such law in the United States, following a challenge from President Joe Biden's administration after the US Supreme Court let it proceed. Key points: The Biden administration says the Texas law is unconstitutional and improperly interferes with the operations of the federal government An attorney …

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