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The Supreme Court heard arguments challenging access to the abortion pill Mifepristone. Rachel Maddow joins Joy Reid to discuss.
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It always seemed farfetched that anti-abortion doctors could argue that they have the right to ask a court to severely restrict a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration simply because they don't want to treat women who might experience complications. Do they even have standing to bring this case? Do they have any proof they have been so harmed or injured that it justifies restricting FDA-approved access to mifepristone, the first in a two-drug regimen for medication abortion?...
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(The Center Square) - The United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of a man suing the FBI over what he feels is a violation of his Fifth Amendment right to due process. The court ruled that the government cannot "use legal gamesmanship to dodge citizens’ attempts to assert their constitutional rights," according to a press release from the Liberty Justice Center. The ruling means that the man's lawsuit, which the FBI wanted to dismiss, can continue. ...
Supreme Court Rules Public Officials May Block Their Constituents On Social Media Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Public officials may block people on social media in certain situations, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on March 15. People leave the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 21, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) At the same time, the court held that public officials who post about topics pertaining to their work on their personal...
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Donald Trump has now filed his brief at the Supreme Court arguing why he should be immune from prosecution in his federal election interference case. He asks the justices to dismiss special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment, which we don’t expect to happen. But even in the likely event that the high court doesn’t kill the case, Trump’s filing highlights a factor that could lead to further delay in the already-delayed case. That’s the possibility of “further fact-finding” on “remand,” as the filing...
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Tuesday to hear arguments in a case involving a commonly used abortion pill and recent actions by the Food and Drug Administration to make the medication easier to obtain.At the center of the legal battle is the pill mifepristone, which is taken along with another drug to terminate an early pregnancy. Approved by the FDA in 2000, more than 5 million patients have taken mifepristone, according to the agency, and studies cited in court filings have...