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  1. Breaking: Judge who wanted to #ban #mifepristone refuses to dismiss case

    Despite SCOTUS's ruling that the original plaintiffs lacked standing,
    Judge Matthew #Kacsmaryk is allowing three non-Texas states to keep the lawsuit going in his court.
    lawdork.com/p/breaking-judge-w

  2. Breaking: Judge who wanted to #ban #mifepristone refuses to dismiss case

    Despite SCOTUS's ruling that the original plaintiffs lacked standing,
    Judge Matthew #Kacsmaryk is allowing three non-Texas states to keep the lawsuit going in his court.
    lawdork.com/p/breaking-judge-w

  3. Breaking: Judge who wanted to #ban #mifepristone refuses to dismiss case

    Despite SCOTUS's ruling that the original plaintiffs lacked standing,
    Judge Matthew #Kacsmaryk is allowing three non-Texas states to keep the lawsuit going in his court.
    lawdork.com/p/breaking-judge-w

  4. Breaking: Judge who wanted to #ban #mifepristone refuses to dismiss case

    Despite SCOTUS's ruling that the original plaintiffs lacked standing,
    Judge Matthew #Kacsmaryk is allowing three non-Texas states to keep the lawsuit going in his court.
    lawdork.com/p/breaking-judge-w

  5. Breaking: Judge who wanted to #ban #mifepristone refuses to dismiss case

    Despite SCOTUS's ruling that the original plaintiffs lacked standing,
    Judge Matthew #Kacsmaryk is allowing three non-Texas states to keep the lawsuit going in his court.
    lawdork.com/p/breaking-judge-w

  6. The Maga legal networks that could 💥topple Planned Parenthood 💥and gut women’s healthcare:

    In the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency,
    a young lawyer with crisply shorn blond hair approached the podium at a gathering for Texas members of the Federalist Society,
    a conservative legal group that wields immense power in the US judicial system.

    As vice-president of the group’s Fort Worth chapter, #Matthew #Kacsmaryk had the honor of presenting the first speaker.

    “We are blessed to have Judge #Edith #Jones,” Kacsmaryk announced.

    Jones, a longtime judge on the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    stepped on stage to introduce the evening’s guest, her friend,
    the supreme court justice #Clarence #Thomas.
    In her introduction, Jones also hailed the four new conservative judges Trump had appointed to join her on the appeals court.

    “They’ve raised the bar for the fifth circuit since I got on,” she said. “And that’s thanks to the #Federalist #Society, to Leonard.”

    #Leonard #Leo needed no last name in his introduction to this crowd
    as he took his seat in a black leather chair across from Thomas.

    The justice was the featured speaker
    but Leo may have been the most important person in the American legal system in that room
    – a conservative activist who had built the Federalist Society into a political powerhouse
    and helped Trump create the supreme court majority that,
    in 2022, erased federal protections for abortion.

    His influence continues to be on display now in one of the most consequential cases moving through the American legal system
    – one that seeks to strike another blow to abortion rights
    💥and could possibly bankrupt Planned Parenthood,
    one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare for women.

    It’s a lawsuit that has been filed by an anti-abortion activist tied to Leo and heard by judges
    – from the lower courts to the fifth circuit appeals court
    – who are also linked to Leo

    Three of the people on the stage at the Federalist Society event in Fort Worth in 2018
    – Kacsmaryk, Jones and Leo
    – have all played key roles in the case.

    Though the stakes in this case couldn’t be higher for one of the nation’s oldest healthcare providers,
    it is about more than abortion or healthcare.

    The lawsuit is a parable about Leo’s power amid a presidential election season
    whose outcome will probably determine to what extent Leo will continue to reshape the makeup and ideology of the nation’s courts.

    The case was filed in February 2021 by an anti-abortion activist
    who had conducted what he described as an
    “extensive undercover investigation” of the organization.

    He accuses Planned Parenthood of fraud
    – claiming that it owes $1.8bn in fines, fees and reimbursements to the Medicaid program.

    It’s an amount that could force the 108-year-old nonprofit healthcare provider to shutter clinics across the country.

    The lawsuit is titled
    "USA v Planned Parenthood"
    because it was filed under a federal whistleblower law
    that allows citizens to sue on behalf of the US government
    over allegations that federal programs have been defrauded.

    It is the latest in a series of legal actions that started in 2015
    after Texas’s health officials used footage from the activist’s hidden-camera recordings as a basis to expel Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program.

    The activist and his allies claimed the videos showed Planned Parenthood was illegally selling fetal tissue and endangering pregnant people’s health.

    Planned Parenthood repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

    Investigations in multiple states triggered by the video resulted in no disciplinary action against the healthcare provider.

    The US government
    – the source of 90% of the Medicaid funds paid to Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas
    – disputes that Planned Parenthood owes the federal government money.

    Federal officials say in a court filing that they found no evidence that Planned Parenthood had improperly billed for its services
    and that they found no reason Planned Parenthood should have been removed from Medicaid.

    Experts in healthcare law expected the case to be dismissed quickly.

    Yet none of these facts are as important to understanding the significance of this case as knowing where it was filed:
    in the federal courthouse in Amarillo, Texas
    – home to zero Planned Parenthood clinics.

    This wasn’t an accident.

    The US district court in Amarillo is under the purview of the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    making it likely that any upward appeals in Planned Parenthood’s case would be heard in the hard-right appeals court,
    including by judges appointed by Trump or other conservative stalwarts like Jones.

    And by the time the Planned Parenthood case was filed, Kacsmaryk
    – that young attorney on stage making introductions at the Federalist Society event in Texas
    – had been serving as the federal district court judge for Amarillo for nearly two years.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o

  7. The Maga legal networks that could 💥topple Planned Parenthood 💥and gut women’s healthcare:

    In the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency,
    a young lawyer with crisply shorn blond hair approached the podium at a gathering for Texas members of the Federalist Society,
    a conservative legal group that wields immense power in the US judicial system.

    As vice-president of the group’s Fort Worth chapter, #Matthew #Kacsmaryk had the honor of presenting the first speaker.

    “We are blessed to have Judge #Edith #Jones,” Kacsmaryk announced.

    Jones, a longtime judge on the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    stepped on stage to introduce the evening’s guest, her friend,
    the supreme court justice #Clarence #Thomas.
    In her introduction, Jones also hailed the four new conservative judges Trump had appointed to join her on the appeals court.

    “They’ve raised the bar for the fifth circuit since I got on,” she said. “And that’s thanks to the #Federalist #Society, to Leonard.”

    #Leonard #Leo needed no last name in his introduction to this crowd
    as he took his seat in a black leather chair across from Thomas.

    The justice was the featured speaker
    but Leo may have been the most important person in the American legal system in that room
    – a conservative activist who had built the Federalist Society into a political powerhouse
    and helped Trump create the supreme court majority that,
    in 2022, erased federal protections for abortion.

    His influence continues to be on display now in one of the most consequential cases moving through the American legal system
    – one that seeks to strike another blow to abortion rights
    💥and could possibly bankrupt Planned Parenthood,
    one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare for women.

    It’s a lawsuit that has been filed by an anti-abortion activist tied to Leo and heard by judges
    – from the lower courts to the fifth circuit appeals court
    – who are also linked to Leo

    Three of the people on the stage at the Federalist Society event in Fort Worth in 2018
    – Kacsmaryk, Jones and Leo
    – have all played key roles in the case.

    Though the stakes in this case couldn’t be higher for one of the nation’s oldest healthcare providers,
    it is about more than abortion or healthcare.

    The lawsuit is a parable about Leo’s power amid a presidential election season
    whose outcome will probably determine to what extent Leo will continue to reshape the makeup and ideology of the nation’s courts.

    The case was filed in February 2021 by an anti-abortion activist
    who had conducted what he described as an
    “extensive undercover investigation” of the organization.

    He accuses Planned Parenthood of fraud
    – claiming that it owes $1.8bn in fines, fees and reimbursements to the Medicaid program.

    It’s an amount that could force the 108-year-old nonprofit healthcare provider to shutter clinics across the country.

    The lawsuit is titled
    "USA v Planned Parenthood"
    because it was filed under a federal whistleblower law
    that allows citizens to sue on behalf of the US government
    over allegations that federal programs have been defrauded.

    It is the latest in a series of legal actions that started in 2015
    after Texas’s health officials used footage from the activist’s hidden-camera recordings as a basis to expel Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program.

    The activist and his allies claimed the videos showed Planned Parenthood was illegally selling fetal tissue and endangering pregnant people’s health.

    Planned Parenthood repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

    Investigations in multiple states triggered by the video resulted in no disciplinary action against the healthcare provider.

    The US government
    – the source of 90% of the Medicaid funds paid to Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas
    – disputes that Planned Parenthood owes the federal government money.

    Federal officials say in a court filing that they found no evidence that Planned Parenthood had improperly billed for its services
    and that they found no reason Planned Parenthood should have been removed from Medicaid.

    Experts in healthcare law expected the case to be dismissed quickly.

    Yet none of these facts are as important to understanding the significance of this case as knowing where it was filed:
    in the federal courthouse in Amarillo, Texas
    – home to zero Planned Parenthood clinics.

    This wasn’t an accident.

    The US district court in Amarillo is under the purview of the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    making it likely that any upward appeals in Planned Parenthood’s case would be heard in the hard-right appeals court,
    including by judges appointed by Trump or other conservative stalwarts like Jones.

    And by the time the Planned Parenthood case was filed, Kacsmaryk
    – that young attorney on stage making introductions at the Federalist Society event in Texas
    – had been serving as the federal district court judge for Amarillo for nearly two years.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o

  8. The Maga legal networks that could 💥topple Planned Parenthood 💥and gut women’s healthcare:

    In the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency,
    a young lawyer with crisply shorn blond hair approached the podium at a gathering for Texas members of the Federalist Society,
    a conservative legal group that wields immense power in the US judicial system.

    As vice-president of the group’s Fort Worth chapter, #Matthew #Kacsmaryk had the honor of presenting the first speaker.

    “We are blessed to have Judge #Edith #Jones,” Kacsmaryk announced.

    Jones, a longtime judge on the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    stepped on stage to introduce the evening’s guest, her friend,
    the supreme court justice #Clarence #Thomas.
    In her introduction, Jones also hailed the four new conservative judges Trump had appointed to join her on the appeals court.

    “They’ve raised the bar for the fifth circuit since I got on,” she said. “And that’s thanks to the #Federalist #Society, to Leonard.”

    #Leonard #Leo needed no last name in his introduction to this crowd
    as he took his seat in a black leather chair across from Thomas.

    The justice was the featured speaker
    but Leo may have been the most important person in the American legal system in that room
    – a conservative activist who had built the Federalist Society into a political powerhouse
    and helped Trump create the supreme court majority that,
    in 2022, erased federal protections for abortion.

    His influence continues to be on display now in one of the most consequential cases moving through the American legal system
    – one that seeks to strike another blow to abortion rights
    💥and could possibly bankrupt Planned Parenthood,
    one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare for women.

    It’s a lawsuit that has been filed by an anti-abortion activist tied to Leo and heard by judges
    – from the lower courts to the fifth circuit appeals court
    – who are also linked to Leo

    Three of the people on the stage at the Federalist Society event in Fort Worth in 2018
    – Kacsmaryk, Jones and Leo
    – have all played key roles in the case.

    Though the stakes in this case couldn’t be higher for one of the nation’s oldest healthcare providers,
    it is about more than abortion or healthcare.

    The lawsuit is a parable about Leo’s power amid a presidential election season
    whose outcome will probably determine to what extent Leo will continue to reshape the makeup and ideology of the nation’s courts.

    The case was filed in February 2021 by an anti-abortion activist
    who had conducted what he described as an
    “extensive undercover investigation” of the organization.

    He accuses Planned Parenthood of fraud
    – claiming that it owes $1.8bn in fines, fees and reimbursements to the Medicaid program.

    It’s an amount that could force the 108-year-old nonprofit healthcare provider to shutter clinics across the country.

    The lawsuit is titled
    "USA v Planned Parenthood"
    because it was filed under a federal whistleblower law
    that allows citizens to sue on behalf of the US government
    over allegations that federal programs have been defrauded.

    It is the latest in a series of legal actions that started in 2015
    after Texas’s health officials used footage from the activist’s hidden-camera recordings as a basis to expel Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program.

    The activist and his allies claimed the videos showed Planned Parenthood was illegally selling fetal tissue and endangering pregnant people’s health.

    Planned Parenthood repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

    Investigations in multiple states triggered by the video resulted in no disciplinary action against the healthcare provider.

    The US government
    – the source of 90% of the Medicaid funds paid to Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas
    – disputes that Planned Parenthood owes the federal government money.

    Federal officials say in a court filing that they found no evidence that Planned Parenthood had improperly billed for its services
    and that they found no reason Planned Parenthood should have been removed from Medicaid.

    Experts in healthcare law expected the case to be dismissed quickly.

    Yet none of these facts are as important to understanding the significance of this case as knowing where it was filed:
    in the federal courthouse in Amarillo, Texas
    – home to zero Planned Parenthood clinics.

    This wasn’t an accident.

    The US district court in Amarillo is under the purview of the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    making it likely that any upward appeals in Planned Parenthood’s case would be heard in the hard-right appeals court,
    including by judges appointed by Trump or other conservative stalwarts like Jones.

    And by the time the Planned Parenthood case was filed, Kacsmaryk
    – that young attorney on stage making introductions at the Federalist Society event in Texas
    – had been serving as the federal district court judge for Amarillo for nearly two years.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o

  9. The Maga legal networks that could 💥topple Planned Parenthood 💥and gut women’s healthcare:

    In the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency,
    a young lawyer with crisply shorn blond hair approached the podium at a gathering for Texas members of the Federalist Society,
    a conservative legal group that wields immense power in the US judicial system.

    As vice-president of the group’s Fort Worth chapter, #Matthew #Kacsmaryk had the honor of presenting the first speaker.

    “We are blessed to have Judge #Edith #Jones,” Kacsmaryk announced.

    Jones, a longtime judge on the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    stepped on stage to introduce the evening’s guest, her friend,
    the supreme court justice #Clarence #Thomas.
    In her introduction, Jones also hailed the four new conservative judges Trump had appointed to join her on the appeals court.

    “They’ve raised the bar for the fifth circuit since I got on,” she said. “And that’s thanks to the #Federalist #Society, to Leonard.”

    #Leonard #Leo needed no last name in his introduction to this crowd
    as he took his seat in a black leather chair across from Thomas.

    The justice was the featured speaker
    but Leo may have been the most important person in the American legal system in that room
    – a conservative activist who had built the Federalist Society into a political powerhouse
    and helped Trump create the supreme court majority that,
    in 2022, erased federal protections for abortion.

    His influence continues to be on display now in one of the most consequential cases moving through the American legal system
    – one that seeks to strike another blow to abortion rights
    💥and could possibly bankrupt Planned Parenthood,
    one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare for women.

    It’s a lawsuit that has been filed by an anti-abortion activist tied to Leo and heard by judges
    – from the lower courts to the fifth circuit appeals court
    – who are also linked to Leo

    Three of the people on the stage at the Federalist Society event in Fort Worth in 2018
    – Kacsmaryk, Jones and Leo
    – have all played key roles in the case.

    Though the stakes in this case couldn’t be higher for one of the nation’s oldest healthcare providers,
    it is about more than abortion or healthcare.

    The lawsuit is a parable about Leo’s power amid a presidential election season
    whose outcome will probably determine to what extent Leo will continue to reshape the makeup and ideology of the nation’s courts.

    The case was filed in February 2021 by an anti-abortion activist
    who had conducted what he described as an
    “extensive undercover investigation” of the organization.

    He accuses Planned Parenthood of fraud
    – claiming that it owes $1.8bn in fines, fees and reimbursements to the Medicaid program.

    It’s an amount that could force the 108-year-old nonprofit healthcare provider to shutter clinics across the country.

    The lawsuit is titled
    "USA v Planned Parenthood"
    because it was filed under a federal whistleblower law
    that allows citizens to sue on behalf of the US government
    over allegations that federal programs have been defrauded.

    It is the latest in a series of legal actions that started in 2015
    after Texas’s health officials used footage from the activist’s hidden-camera recordings as a basis to expel Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program.

    The activist and his allies claimed the videos showed Planned Parenthood was illegally selling fetal tissue and endangering pregnant people’s health.

    Planned Parenthood repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

    Investigations in multiple states triggered by the video resulted in no disciplinary action against the healthcare provider.

    The US government
    – the source of 90% of the Medicaid funds paid to Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas
    – disputes that Planned Parenthood owes the federal government money.

    Federal officials say in a court filing that they found no evidence that Planned Parenthood had improperly billed for its services
    and that they found no reason Planned Parenthood should have been removed from Medicaid.

    Experts in healthcare law expected the case to be dismissed quickly.

    Yet none of these facts are as important to understanding the significance of this case as knowing where it was filed:
    in the federal courthouse in Amarillo, Texas
    – home to zero Planned Parenthood clinics.

    This wasn’t an accident.

    The US district court in Amarillo is under the purview of the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    making it likely that any upward appeals in Planned Parenthood’s case would be heard in the hard-right appeals court,
    including by judges appointed by Trump or other conservative stalwarts like Jones.

    And by the time the Planned Parenthood case was filed, Kacsmaryk
    – that young attorney on stage making introductions at the Federalist Society event in Texas
    – had been serving as the federal district court judge for Amarillo for nearly two years.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o

  10. The Maga legal networks that could 💥topple Planned Parenthood 💥and gut women’s healthcare:

    In the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency,
    a young lawyer with crisply shorn blond hair approached the podium at a gathering for Texas members of the Federalist Society,
    a conservative legal group that wields immense power in the US judicial system.

    As vice-president of the group’s Fort Worth chapter, #Matthew #Kacsmaryk had the honor of presenting the first speaker.

    “We are blessed to have Judge #Edith #Jones,” Kacsmaryk announced.

    Jones, a longtime judge on the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    stepped on stage to introduce the evening’s guest, her friend,
    the supreme court justice #Clarence #Thomas.
    In her introduction, Jones also hailed the four new conservative judges Trump had appointed to join her on the appeals court.

    “They’ve raised the bar for the fifth circuit since I got on,” she said. “And that’s thanks to the #Federalist #Society, to Leonard.”

    #Leonard #Leo needed no last name in his introduction to this crowd
    as he took his seat in a black leather chair across from Thomas.

    The justice was the featured speaker
    but Leo may have been the most important person in the American legal system in that room
    – a conservative activist who had built the Federalist Society into a political powerhouse
    and helped Trump create the supreme court majority that,
    in 2022, erased federal protections for abortion.

    His influence continues to be on display now in one of the most consequential cases moving through the American legal system
    – one that seeks to strike another blow to abortion rights
    💥and could possibly bankrupt Planned Parenthood,
    one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare for women.

    It’s a lawsuit that has been filed by an anti-abortion activist tied to Leo and heard by judges
    – from the lower courts to the fifth circuit appeals court
    – who are also linked to Leo

    Three of the people on the stage at the Federalist Society event in Fort Worth in 2018
    – Kacsmaryk, Jones and Leo
    – have all played key roles in the case.

    Though the stakes in this case couldn’t be higher for one of the nation’s oldest healthcare providers,
    it is about more than abortion or healthcare.

    The lawsuit is a parable about Leo’s power amid a presidential election season
    whose outcome will probably determine to what extent Leo will continue to reshape the makeup and ideology of the nation’s courts.

    The case was filed in February 2021 by an anti-abortion activist
    who had conducted what he described as an
    “extensive undercover investigation” of the organization.

    He accuses Planned Parenthood of fraud
    – claiming that it owes $1.8bn in fines, fees and reimbursements to the Medicaid program.

    It’s an amount that could force the 108-year-old nonprofit healthcare provider to shutter clinics across the country.

    The lawsuit is titled
    "USA v Planned Parenthood"
    because it was filed under a federal whistleblower law
    that allows citizens to sue on behalf of the US government
    over allegations that federal programs have been defrauded.

    It is the latest in a series of legal actions that started in 2015
    after Texas’s health officials used footage from the activist’s hidden-camera recordings as a basis to expel Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program.

    The activist and his allies claimed the videos showed Planned Parenthood was illegally selling fetal tissue and endangering pregnant people’s health.

    Planned Parenthood repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

    Investigations in multiple states triggered by the video resulted in no disciplinary action against the healthcare provider.

    The US government
    – the source of 90% of the Medicaid funds paid to Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas
    – disputes that Planned Parenthood owes the federal government money.

    Federal officials say in a court filing that they found no evidence that Planned Parenthood had improperly billed for its services
    and that they found no reason Planned Parenthood should have been removed from Medicaid.

    Experts in healthcare law expected the case to be dismissed quickly.

    Yet none of these facts are as important to understanding the significance of this case as knowing where it was filed:
    in the federal courthouse in Amarillo, Texas
    – home to zero Planned Parenthood clinics.

    This wasn’t an accident.

    The US district court in Amarillo is under the purview of the US fifth circuit court of appeals,
    making it likely that any upward appeals in Planned Parenthood’s case would be heard in the hard-right appeals court,
    including by judges appointed by Trump or other conservative stalwarts like Jones.

    And by the time the Planned Parenthood case was filed, Kacsmaryk
    – that young attorney on stage making introductions at the Federalist Society event in Texas
    – had been serving as the federal district court judge for Amarillo for nearly two years.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o

  11. Things That Matter, Desperately

    “Whether it’s #Comstock, #Trump, Judge #Kacsmaryk, or #JDVance, women don’t need men to tell them what they can do. They just don’t.

    It’s hard to stay focused on just one issue in the times we live in, but #Abortion is a big deal. It’s important in and of itself—it’s health care, it’s the right to determine your own future, it’s the ability to preserve #fertility or choose when it’s the right time to have a #family

    But it’s also a marker of the larger issue of whether women are first-class citizens with the same rights as men. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance don’t think so.

    joycevance.substack.com/p/thin

  12. Things That Matter, Desperately

    “Whether it’s #Comstock, #Trump, Judge #Kacsmaryk, or #JDVance, women don’t need men to tell them what they can do. They just don’t.

    It’s hard to stay focused on just one issue in the times we live in, but #Abortion is a big deal. It’s important in and of itself—it’s health care, it’s the right to determine your own future, it’s the ability to preserve #fertility or choose when it’s the right time to have a #family

    But it’s also a marker of the larger issue of whether women are first-class citizens with the same rights as men. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance don’t think so.

    joycevance.substack.com/p/thin

  13. Things That Matter, Desperately

    “Whether it’s #Comstock, #Trump, Judge #Kacsmaryk, or #JDVance, women don’t need men to tell them what they can do. They just don’t.

    It’s hard to stay focused on just one issue in the times we live in, but #Abortion is a big deal. It’s important in and of itself—it’s health care, it’s the right to determine your own future, it’s the ability to preserve #fertility or choose when it’s the right time to have a #family

    But it’s also a marker of the larger issue of whether women are first-class citizens with the same rights as men. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance don’t think so.

    joycevance.substack.com/p/thin

  14. Things That Matter, Desperately

    “Whether it’s #Comstock, #Trump, Judge #Kacsmaryk, or #JDVance, women don’t need men to tell them what they can do. They just don’t.

    It’s hard to stay focused on just one issue in the times we live in, but #Abortion is a big deal. It’s important in and of itself—it’s health care, it’s the right to determine your own future, it’s the ability to preserve #fertility or choose when it’s the right time to have a #family

    But it’s also a marker of the larger issue of whether women are first-class citizens with the same rights as men. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance don’t think so.

    joycevance.substack.com/p/thin

  15. Things That Matter, Desperately

    “Whether it’s #Comstock, #Trump, Judge #Kacsmaryk, or #JDVance, women don’t need men to tell them what they can do. They just don’t.

    It’s hard to stay focused on just one issue in the times we live in, but #Abortion is a big deal. It’s important in and of itself—it’s health care, it’s the right to determine your own future, it’s the ability to preserve #fertility or choose when it’s the right time to have a #family

    But it’s also a marker of the larger issue of whether women are first-class citizens with the same rights as men. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance don’t think so.

    joycevance.substack.com/p/thin

  16. Individual #physicians & the #AHM filed suit in Amarillo, #Texas, where the ONLY sitting Dist Court #judge is #MatthewKacsmaryk, a #Trump appointee known for longstanding opposition to #abortion. [+ #evangelical #Christian activist #judicial opinions]
    #Kacsmaryk’s 2023 ruling would have removed the #medication from the market, but the #5thCircuit scaled it back. It was the first time a judge suspended longtime approval of a medication despite oppo from the #FDA & the manufacturer.

    #law #SCOTUS

  17. Individual #physicians & the #AHM filed suit in Amarillo, #Texas, where the ONLY sitting Dist Court #judge is #MatthewKacsmaryk, a #Trump appointee known for longstanding opposition to #abortion. [+ #evangelical #Christian activist #judicial opinions]
    #Kacsmaryk’s 2023 ruling would have removed the #medication from the market, but the #5thCircuit scaled it back. It was the first time a judge suspended longtime approval of a medication despite oppo from the #FDA & the manufacturer.

    #law #SCOTUS

  18. Individual #physicians & the #AHM filed suit in Amarillo, #Texas, where the ONLY sitting Dist Court #judge is #MatthewKacsmaryk, a #Trump appointee known for longstanding opposition to #abortion. [+ #evangelical #Christian activist #judicial opinions]
    #Kacsmaryk’s 2023 ruling would have removed the #medication from the market, but the #5thCircuit scaled it back. It was the first time a judge suspended longtime approval of a medication despite oppo from the #FDA & the manufacturer.

    #law #SCOTUS

  19. Individual #physicians & the #AHM filed suit in Amarillo, #Texas, where the ONLY sitting Dist Court #judge is #MatthewKacsmaryk, a #Trump appointee known for longstanding opposition to #abortion. [+ #evangelical #Christian activist #judicial opinions]
    #Kacsmaryk’s 2023 ruling would have removed the #medication from the market, but the #5thCircuit scaled it back. It was the first time a judge suspended longtime approval of a medication despite oppo from the #FDA & the manufacturer.

    #law #SCOTUS

  20. Individual #physicians & the #AHM filed suit in Amarillo, #Texas, where the ONLY sitting Dist Court #judge is #MatthewKacsmaryk, a #Trump appointee known for longstanding opposition to #abortion. [+ #evangelical #Christian activist #judicial opinions]
    #Kacsmaryk’s 2023 ruling would have removed the #medication from the market, but the #5thCircuit scaled it back. It was the first time a judge suspended longtime approval of a medication despite oppo from the #FDA & the manufacturer.

    #law #SCOTUS

  21. When your claim to be promoting a moral cause requires you to lie, you may want to reconsider whether you're actually promoting a moral cause. If you cannot convince people to adopt your moral cause by presenting them with facts and reasoning with them, you're admitting that your moral cause isn't as moral as you pretend it is.

    #abortion #mifepristone #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt

    dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/12

  22. When your claim to be promoting a moral cause requires you to lie, you may want to reconsider whether you're actually promoting a moral cause. If you cannot convince people to adopt your moral cause by presenting them with facts and reasoning with them, you're admitting that your moral cause isn't as moral as you pretend it is.

    #abortion #mifepristone #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt

    dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/12

  23. When your claim to be promoting a moral cause requires you to lie, you may want to reconsider whether you're actually promoting a moral cause. If you cannot convince people to adopt your moral cause by presenting them with facts and reasoning with them, you're admitting that your moral cause isn't as moral as you pretend it is.

    #abortion #mifepristone #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt

    dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/12

  24. When your claim to be promoting a moral cause requires you to lie, you may want to reconsider whether you're actually promoting a moral cause. If you cannot convince people to adopt your moral cause by presenting them with facts and reasoning with them, you're admitting that your moral cause isn't as moral as you pretend it is.

    #abortion #mifepristone #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt

    dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/12

  25. When your claim to be promoting a moral cause requires you to lie, you may want to reconsider whether you're actually promoting a moral cause. If you cannot convince people to adopt your moral cause by presenting them with facts and reasoning with them, you're admitting that your moral cause isn't as moral as you pretend it is.

    #abortion #mifepristone #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt

    dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/12

  26. CW: US Politics

    US judge Matthew Kacsmaryk redacted name of corporation he owned stock in on disclosure forms en.wikinews.org/wiki/Reports:_

    In 2021, at least 85% of Kacsmaryk's reported wealth originated from the holding, worth between US million and US5 million.

    #Kacsmaryk #JudicialTransparency

  27. CW: US Politics

    US judge Matthew Kacsmaryk redacted name of corporation he owned stock in on disclosure forms en.wikinews.org/wiki/Reports:_

    In 2021, at least 85% of Kacsmaryk's reported wealth originated from the holding, worth between US million and US5 million.

    #Kacsmaryk #JudicialTransparency

  28. CW: US Politics

    US judge Matthew Kacsmaryk redacted name of corporation he owned stock in on disclosure forms en.wikinews.org/wiki/Reports:_

    In 2021, at least 85% of Kacsmaryk's reported wealth originated from the holding, worth between US million and US5 million.

    #Kacsmaryk #JudicialTransparency

  29. CW: US Politics

    US judge Matthew Kacsmaryk redacted name of corporation he owned stock in on disclosure forms en.wikinews.org/wiki/Reports:_

    In 2021, at least 85% of Kacsmaryk's reported wealth originated from the holding, worth between US million and US5 million.

    #Kacsmaryk #JudicialTransparency

  30. CW: US Politics

    US judge Matthew Kacsmaryk redacted name of corporation he owned stock in on disclosure forms en.wikinews.org/wiki/Reports:_

    In 2021, at least 85% of Kacsmaryk's reported wealth originated from the holding, worth between US million and US5 million.

    #Kacsmaryk #JudicialTransparency

  31. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  32. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20 #mifepristone #kacsmaryk #abortion #corruption #texas

  33. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20 #mifepristone #kacsmaryk #abortion #corruption #texas

  34. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20 #mifepristone #kacsmaryk #abortion #corruption #texas

  35. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20 #mifepristone #kacsmaryk #abortion #corruption #texas

  36. "“Kacsmaryk’s entire net worth seems to be wrapped up in the one stock that is redacted,” Palin said. “It negates the entire purpose of the financial disclosures if 96 percent of this judge’s net worth is hidden from the general public."
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

    #Kacsmaryk #Corruption #Judiciary #Texas #USA

  37. "“Kacsmaryk’s entire net worth seems to be wrapped up in the one stock that is redacted,” Palin said. “It negates the entire purpose of the financial disclosures if 96 percent of this judge’s net worth is hidden from the general public."
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

    #Kacsmaryk #Corruption #Judiciary #Texas #USA

  38. "“Kacsmaryk’s entire net worth seems to be wrapped up in the one stock that is redacted,” Palin said. “It negates the entire purpose of the financial disclosures if 96 percent of this judge’s net worth is hidden from the general public."
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

    #Kacsmaryk #Corruption #Judiciary #Texas #USA

  39. "“Kacsmaryk’s entire net worth seems to be wrapped up in the one stock that is redacted,” Palin said. “It negates the entire purpose of the financial disclosures if 96 percent of this judge’s net worth is hidden from the general public."
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

    #Kacsmaryk #Corruption #Judiciary #Texas #USA

  40. "“Kacsmaryk’s entire net worth seems to be wrapped up in the one stock that is redacted,” Palin said. “It negates the entire purpose of the financial disclosures if 96 percent of this judge’s net worth is hidden from the general public."
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

    #Kacsmaryk #Corruption #Judiciary #Texas #USA

  41. "The unhinged rationale behind this case, that somehow the FDA’s approval of a drug with decades of exemplary safety data could be tossed aside by a reactionary Trump-appointed judge with an anti-abortion vendetta, shows the rot of a system stacked with right-wing political actors wielding legal opinions in place of legislation and impervious to the will of the voters."

    #abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
    /2

  42. "The unhinged rationale behind this case, that somehow the FDA’s approval of a drug with decades of exemplary safety data could be tossed aside by a reactionary Trump-appointed judge with an anti-abortion vendetta, shows the rot of a system stacked with right-wing political actors wielding legal opinions in place of legislation and impervious to the will of the voters."

    #abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
    /2

  43. "The unhinged rationale behind this case, that somehow the FDA’s approval of a drug with decades of exemplary safety data could be tossed aside by a reactionary Trump-appointed judge with an anti-abortion vendetta, shows the rot of a system stacked with right-wing political actors wielding legal opinions in place of legislation and impervious to the will of the voters."

    #abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
    /2

  44. "The unhinged rationale behind this case, that somehow the FDA’s approval of a drug with decades of exemplary safety data could be tossed aside by a reactionary Trump-appointed judge with an anti-abortion vendetta, shows the rot of a system stacked with right-wing political actors wielding legal opinions in place of legislation and impervious to the will of the voters."

    #abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
    /2

  45. "The unhinged rationale behind this case, that somehow the FDA’s approval of a drug with decades of exemplary safety data could be tossed aside by a reactionary Trump-appointed judge with an anti-abortion vendetta, shows the rot of a system stacked with right-wing political actors wielding legal opinions in place of legislation and impervious to the will of the voters."

    #abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
    /2

  46. "News yesterday that a majority of justices on the Supreme Court would keep the abortion drug mifepristone legal, at least for the time being, was good for reproductive rights and frankly, the rule of law. But that this ever should have been a question is proof of how normalized once laughably fringe legal theories have become in our current judicial environment."

    ~ Elliot Kirschner and Dan Rather

    #abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
    /1

    steady.substack.com/p/an-activ

  47. "News yesterday that a majority of justices on the Supreme Court would keep the abortion drug mifepristone legal, at least for the time being, was good for reproductive rights and frankly, the rule of law. But that this ever should have been a question is proof of how normalized once laughably fringe legal theories have become in our current judicial environment."

    ~ Elliot Kirschner and Dan Rather

    #abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
    /1

    steady.substack.com/p/an-activ

  48. "News yesterday that a majority of justices on the Supreme Court would keep the abortion drug mifepristone legal, at least for the time being, was good for reproductive rights and frankly, the rule of law. But that this ever should have been a question is proof of how normalized once laughably fringe legal theories have become in our current judicial environment."

    ~ Elliot Kirschner and Dan Rather

    #abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
    /1

    steady.substack.com/p/an-activ

  49. "News yesterday that a majority of justices on the Supreme Court would keep the abortion drug mifepristone legal, at least for the time being, was good for reproductive rights and frankly, the rule of law. But that this ever should have been a question is proof of how normalized once laughably fringe legal theories have become in our current judicial environment."

    ~ Elliot Kirschner and Dan Rather

    #abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
    /1

    steady.substack.com/p/an-activ