I'm just over here panic-refreshing the Supreme Court's website, a totally normal thing I have to do now.
Just how far will these fascists go to oppress women? Does their hatred for women surpass their will to obey their corporate overlords? WE SHALL SEE!
The fact that SCOTUS is still yet to release an order on the mifepristone case is NOT A GREAT SIGN.
The later it gets in the day, the sicker to my stomach I feel.
If SCOTUS allows the 5th Circuit's mifepristone ruling to stand, it will be a public announcement that the rule of law is fully dead in this country.
There is absolutely no coherent legal theory of why these people have standing or on the merits undoing an FDA approval. None.
I am a person who can appreciate a good argument I disagree with, especially if we are talking about something like standing. In fact, I have my doubts about certain aspects of our current standing doctrine!
There is no good argument for standing here. It simply doesn't exist.
And while a ruling on standing may seem like punting on the merits of a case, It's not. Standing is a constitutional requirement. If there is no standing, there can be no case. Period.
Tired: Doomscrolling Twitter.
Wired: Frantically refreshing supremecourt.gov.
Alright. I'm walking into yoga and I'm going to try my damndest to not think about this for the next 70 minutes.
It would be amazing to return to good news, but I'm not holding my breath.
Oh my gosh! I did get good news!
SCOTUS extends the stay of the insane Kacsmaryk and 5th Circuit rulings. In sum, mifepristone remains FDA approved and available while this ridiculous litigation unfolds.
We live to fight another day!
@jamielynn But women still have to live in fear of the lower courts putting them through the wringer over this again, right?
Unless Biden can wrangle the right to abortion out of *this* congress :(
@anathema_device It's true, this is not the end of this absurd litigation. And don't ever think I would trust these fascists for half a second.
But this is great news for today and a good sign for the future, as is the fact that there were only 2 recorded dissents.
We fight on.
@jamielynn I hope you're going to expound on Alito's dissent, because damn, what the ever loving hell is he going on about?!
I pride myself on being a logical person and using logic in arguments, thus I like a good argument also, but this dissent is a bit confusing.
@jamielynn I've been asking and pondering this very question...what is the legal theory they think they're using? (Mostly rhetorical)
The so-called plaintiffs have not been injured, in any way. So, I'm just confused.
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