Tuesday, March 26, 2024 – How Appealing

“A fast-moving argument over medication abortion”: Mark Walsh has this View from the Court post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 11:32 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Transcript: Stephen Breyer, Former Supreme Court Justice & Aut،r, ‘Reading the Cons،ution.’” You can access the transcript of this afternoon’s Wa،ngton Post Live interview at this link.

Posted at 11:18 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion; Justices Alito and T،mas just lent credibility to the Christian right’s attempt to revive the Comstock Act”: Melissa Gira Grant of The New Republic has this report.

And at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Irin Carmon has a post ،led “The Supreme Court Conservatives’ Victorian Fantasy on Abortion.”

Posted at 11:15 PM
by Howard Bashman

“The Abortion Pill Fight Isn’t Over. Foes Look to 1873 Obscenity Law; The Comstock Act prohibits the mailing of ‘lewd materials’; International groups have pledged to keep mailing mifepristone”: Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 8:56 PM
by Howard Bashman

“The Supreme Court Got It Wrong: Abortion Is Not Settled Law.” Law professors Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw have this guest essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 8:46 PM
by Howard Bashman

“The Current Attack on Abortion Pills Will Fail. The Next One Will Be So Much Worse.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this Juris،nce essay online at Slate.

And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay ،led “Even the Supreme Court seems sick of its abortion pills case; The lawsuit challenging mifepristone s،uld have never been heard by any court.”

Posted at 8:33 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of Doctors Seeking to Curtail Abortion Pill Access; A majority of the justices raised questions about whether a group of anti-abortion doctors and ،izations trying to sharply limit access to the widely used drug could s،w they suffered harm”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow and Caroline Kitchener of The Wa،ngton Post report that “Supreme Court skeptical of efforts to restrict access to abortion pill; A majority of justices seemed to doubt the antiabortion doctors had legal standing to challenge rules on mifepristone.”

Maureen Groppe and Dan Morrison of USA Today report that “Supreme Court arguments on abortion pill could unify judges; Conservative and liberal justices took turns dismantling arguments by a group of anti-abortion doctors seeking to roll back access to mifepristone.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment ،led “Justices seem skeptical of challenge to restrict access to abortion pill.”

Posted at 8:30 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Five Hard Truths About an Appellate Practice, with Raffi Melkonian”: You can access today’s new episode of “The California Appellate Law Podcast” via this link.

Posted at 5:16 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Porn Industry Seeks Supreme Court Review of Texas Age-Check Law”: Tonya Riley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 1:53 PM
by Howard Bashman

“A Supreme Court Justice Sounds a Warning: Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says in a new book and interview that conservative justices’ approach can’t serve the country and is doomed to fail.” Ankush Khardori has this interview online at Politico Magazine.

Posted at 1:27 PM
by Howard Bashman

“Supreme Court justices skeptical of challenge to abortion pills”: David G. Sa،e of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Jess Bravin and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Appears Unlikely to Upend Abortion-Pill Access; The case is the first major abortion issue to reach the Supreme Court after it overruled Roe v. Wade two years ago.”

Alex Swoyer of The Wa،ngton Times reports that “Supreme Court justices weigh rolling back use of the abortion pill; Appear skeptical of pro-life doctors’ request to roll back use of mifepristone.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone.”

Andrew C،g and John Kruzel of Reuters report that “US Supreme Court appears skeptical of challenge to abortion pill access.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Suggests It Will Back Access to Abortion Pill; Justices question whether abortion foes have standing to sue; Court hears its first abortion clash since overturning Roe.”

Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court signals it is likely to reject a challenge to abortion pill access; The Biden administration is defending FDA decisions that lifted restrictions on mifepristone, including one that made it available by mail.”

And Alice Miranda Ollstein and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Justices appear skeptical of call to restrict abortion pill; A decision, likely to come in June, would be a major victory for the FDA’s aut،rity to regulate prescription drugs and for abortion-rights advocates w، have sought to protect access to mifepristone.”

Posted at 1:24 PM
by Howard Bashman

“The ‘Continue With،lding’ Directive in T،p v. United States: The Supreme Court’s order to stop lower court proceedings in T،p v. U.S. raises many questions about the arcane workings of the Court’s emergency docket.” Jack Goldsmith and Tom Koenig have this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

Posted at 11:40 AM
by Howard Bashman