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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

“Transcript: Stephen Breyer, Former Supreme Court Justice & Author, ‘Reading the Constitution.’” You can access the transcript of this afternoon’s Washington Post Live interview at this link.

Posted at 11:18 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



“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 organizations trying to sharply limit access to the widely used drug could show they suffered harm”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow and Caroline Kitchener of The Washington 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 titled “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



“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. Savage 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 Washington 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 Chung 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 authority to regulate prescription drugs and for abortion-rights advocates who have sought to protect access to mifepristone.”

Posted at 1:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“The ‘Continue Withholding’ Directive in Trump v. United States: The Supreme Court’s order to stop lower court proceedings in Trump 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