If Alito does retire before the midterm this elections, his replacement could be just as bad or even worse.

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5693380-judge-james-ho-trump-supreme-court/

#USPolitics #USLaw #SupremeCourt #SamuelAlito #JamesHo

Melissa Segura reports on the … mess … lying behind the mifepristone case at the Supreme Court. Judge James Ho of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a Trump appointee, served on the three-judge panel that ruled to restrict access to mifepristone. And the legal group behind the mifepristone case, Alliance Defending Freedom, made at least six payments from 2018 through 2022 to Ho's wife, Allyson, a federal appellate lawyer.

#JamesHo #mifepristone #SupremeCourt

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/judge-james-ho-wife-mifepristone-abortion-pill

The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife’s shadowy connections

Judge James Ho ruled to restrict mifepristone. His wife Allyson is linked to the anti-abortion group that brought the case

The Guardian
Fifth Circuit keeps Texas anti-drag law on ice as appeal proceeds

Judge James Ho, though, wrote that Texas should immediately be allowed to enforce the law — despite a district judge's ruling that the law is unconstitutional.

Law Dork
Trump-Appointed Judge Cites Wildlife Cases As a Reason to Ban Abortion Pills

Doctors love to look at their "unborn patients" much like people like to view animals, argued James Ho, and they suffer an "aesthetic injury" from abortions.

Jezebel

#clarencethomas #jamesho #gop

“Ho is the Federalist Society/MAGA darling of 5th Cir. Court of Appeals who’s written very aggressive opinions, including 1 from 2019 in which he said that
“abortion is the immoral, tragic & violent taking of innocent human life.
”Fmr Prez 🤡rump nominated the TX judge to the appeals court in 2017 &
Ho was sworn in in Jan 2018 by Justice Thomas himself—in Crow’s private library.”https://jezebel.com/judge-set-to-hear-abortion-pill-case-was-sworn-in-at-bi-1850416283

Judge Set to Hear Abortion Pill Case Was Sworn in at Billionaire Harlan Crow’s Library

Trump-nominated federal judge James Ho, who once wrote that abortion is "immoral, tragic, and violent," will hear the mifepristone case on May 17.

Jezebel
The Latest Abortion Pill Hearing Went Fully off the Rails

Trump-appointed federal judge James Ho asked, “Is pregnancy a serious illness? When we celebrated Mother’s Day, were we celebrating illness?”

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So a Judge Tried to Ban the Abortion Pill. What Happens Now?

It's looking very likely that the Supreme Court will soon get to rule on access to medication abortions, which have been safe and common for over 20 years.

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