“F.D.A. Will Permanently Allow Abortion Pills by Mail; The decision will broaden access to medication abortion, an increasingly common method, but many conservative states are already mobilizing against it”: Pam Belluck of The New York Times has this report.
Laurie McGinley and Katie Shepherd of The Washington Post report that “FDA eliminates key restriction on abortion pill as Supreme Court weighs case that challenges Roe v. Wade; The agency did away with a rule that required patients to pick up the drug at hospitals, clinics or doctors’ offices.”
And Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal reports that “FDA Allows Women to Get Abortion Pill by Mail; The decision lifted a restriction requiring women to go to a medical office or hospital to pick up the mifepristone pills.”
“Biden Should Make Stephen Breyer an Offer He Can’t Refuse; The 83-year-old Supreme Court justice has resisted calls for his retirement; But what if he had a better job offer to consider?” Adam Cohen has this post at Balls and Strikes.
“God Save the United States”: At “Dorf on Law,” Sherry F. Colb has a blog post that begins, “I have lately been thinking about the world that our newly constituted Supreme Court will leave to us.”
“Gorsuch’s Crusade Against Vaccine Mandates Could Topple a Pillar of Public Health”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Populism Has Found a Home at the Supreme Court, Too”: Law professors Anya Bernstein and Glen Staszewski have this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“The current Supreme Court’s partisan moment rivals Bush v. Gore”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.
“Supreme Court sends Texas abortion case to appeals court instead of to judge who previously blocked the law”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.
And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Gorsuch deals abortion providers another setback by sending Texas SB8 lawsuit to a conservative appeals court.”
“The Supreme Court, Weaponized”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“En Banc Review Needs To Be Curtailed; The procedure is unnecessary except in rare situations anyway, and it defeats the purpose of randomly selecting judges and politicizes the courts”: Dilan Esper has this post at his Substack site.
“Report: 11 executions in 2021 mark three-decade low.” Michael Tarm of The Associated Press has this article.
“Wisconsin attorney general won’t enforce any abortion ban”: Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has this report.
“3rd Circuit’s Ambro to take senior status, giving Biden third vacancy”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
“Biden set to surpass Trump in first-year judicial nominees; a window into a major Democratic push”: Phil Mattingly of CNN has this report.
“Seven Years of Trying to Fix the Supreme Court: After seven years of trying, Fix the Court is chalking up fixes that are coming to fruition at the Supreme Court.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”
“Elites at Cert”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
