The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear oral arguments in a case that would decide access to one of the two pills used for medication abortions – the most common type of abortion in the U.S.The case centers around the Food and Drug Administration's expansion of access to mifepristone, including allowing mail-orders. Medical groups who oppose abortion alleged the agency acted unlawfully when it relaxed the rules.The court isn’t expected to make a decision on the case until the...
March 27 (UPI) — A federal appeals court panel voted 2-1 on Wednesday to keep a hold in place blocking a Texas immigration law from going into effect as it continues to be litigated. The three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued the decision overnight on Senate Bill 4, which would allow Texas state […] The post U.S. appeals court extends hold on Texas immigration law first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
U.S. Supreme Court justices did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
U.S. Supreme Court justices did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago
Mexico filed a brief in a U.S. court Thursday asking judges to block Texas from enforcing its strict new immigration law, saying it’s unfairly frightening Mexicans who live in the state.
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. A British court says Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges, unless authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty. The ruling is a partial victory for the Wikileaks founder in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents. Two high court judges say they would grant […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a Texas case in which a former council member sued the city of Castle Hills, arguing that she was arrested in retaliation for criticizing the city manager.
The U.S. Supreme Court has for the second time extended its stay of a controversial Texas law that would allow state and local police to arrest people they suspect of crossing the border illegally. In a Monday filing, Justice Samuel Alito extended a pause on the legislation as the court weighs an emergency application from the Biden White House to block the law. Unlike the two previous stays issued by the high court, this one doesn't end at a set time but rather when Alito or the full...
Senate Bill 4 was passed in late 2023 as part of a priority package of immigration and border security bills championed by Gov. Greg Abbott and other far-right leaders.
A Texas law that allows local and state police officers to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally is now in effect after a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. Immigrant rights groups and the Biden administration have argued the law is unconstitutional and will unfairly target Texans of color.
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