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Friday, April 19, 2024

“Yet another same-sex wedding cake case will test California civil rights law”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Medical emergencies collide with abortion bans at Supreme Court; Greater access to medication abortion and protecting access to emergency reproductive care headlined President Joe Biden’s response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization; The Supreme Court put both policies on its docket this term”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 3:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Newman’s Counsel Says Supreme Court’s Agreement with Her Dissent Proves Mental Fitness”: Eileen McDermott has this post at the “IPWatchdog” blog.

Posted at 3:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fetal Personhood Fight Underlies Supreme Court Abortion Case; Idaho abortion ban conflicts with federal law, US says; Reading of statute key question in appeal”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule; Hospitals are required to stabilize anyone experiencing a medical emergency; Two lawsuits question whether that includes performing an abortion, despite state laws.”

Posted at 1:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom”: Amanda Seitz of The Associated Press has this report.

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“DEI ‘lives on’ after Supreme Court ruling, but critics see an opening; Legal experts largely agreed the Muldrow decision lowered the bar in workplace bias claims, but views diverged on how that standard would play out in DEI cases”: Julian Mark of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jan. 6 Case Will Test the Supreme Court’s Hypocrisy; The court’s conservative justices love to call themselves textualists; This case gives them a chance to prove it”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Asks What Enron Has to Do with January 6th — and Trump; The former President notwithstanding, the government’s position in Fischer v. United States is unsettling”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this Daily Comment online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fifty-Time Supreme Court Litigator Keeps Justices on Their Toes; Lisa Blatt the first woman to argue 50 cases at high court; Advocates for women to have passions separate from profession”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman