Tag: Judiciary

Biden Health Secretary Says Ignoring Court Order Against Abortion Drug Is ‘On the Table’

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Sunday that the Biden administration is considering defying a conservative federal judge’s order that suspends the approval of mifepristone, the nation’s most widely used abortion drug. “We want the courts to overturn this reckless decision,” Becerra said on CNN’s “State of the Union” of the ruling issued…


Biden Health Secretary Suggests Ignoring Court Order Against Abortion Drug Is ‘On the Table’

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra said Sunday that the Biden administration is considering defying a conservative federal judge’s order that suspends the approval of mifepristone, the nation’s most widely used abortion drug. “We want the courts to overturn this reckless decision,” Becerra said on CNN’s “State of the Union” of the ruling…


Former AG Bill Barr: Bragg’s Case Against Trump ‘A Political Act,’ Will ‘Gravely Weaken Trump’

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment against Donald Trump is “transparently an abuse of prosecutorial power to accomplish a political act,” which will rally a big portion of his base but “gravely weaken Trump” in the general election, former Attorney General William Barr said April 9 on ABC’s “This Week.” Trump pleaded not guilty to…


Proud Boys Defendants Ask Court to Dismiss Jan. 6 Obstruction Charges

Two defendants in the Proud Boys seditious-conspiracy trial filed a motion in federal court to dismiss obstruction-related charges in light of a fractured U.S. Court of Appeals ruling on the law used to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants. On April 8, attorneys for defendants Zachary Rehl and Ethan Nordean filed motions with U.S. District…


‘They Want to Destroy Him’: Negative Coverage of Clarence Thomas Aims to Delegitimize Supreme Court, Says Attorney, Friend

A news report claiming conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics rules by not disclosing accepting luxury vacations from his wealthy friend marks the left’s latest attempt to delegitimize the country’s highest court, according to attorney Mark Paoletta. “They hate Clarence Thomas, and they want to destroy him, and they are trying…


Federal Judge Orders FDA to Freeze Approval of Abortion Pill Mifepristone

A federal judge in Texas, in an unprecedented move, has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to temporarily halt its approval of mifepristone, a drug used for abortion. U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee in Amarillo, Texas, signed an injunction directing the FDA to stay mifepristone’s approval, while the lawsuit that…


Appeals Court Upholds DOJ’s Novel Use of Obstruction Law Against Jan. 6 Defendants

A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on April 7 upheld the U.S. Department of Justice’s novel use of a felony evidence-tampering statute against Jan. 6 criminal-case defendants. The appeals judges issued a broad interpretation of the crime of “obstruction” that is almost certain to be appealed…


2 Supreme Court Justices Dissent on Ruling in Key Transgender Case

A majority of the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a transgender individual to continue to participate in a girls’ track team as a lower court considers the case—but two justices dissented. Justice Samuel Alito, in an opinion (pdf) backed by Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote that the dispute that was dismissed on Thursday “concerns an important issue…


Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Denies Wrongdoing

After a news report highlighted luxurious vacations Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas allegedly accepted from a wealthy friend, Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to report the trips. In a new statement, Thomas denied any wrongdoing and vowed to follow new reporting requirements imposed on the federal judiciary. Thomas’s critics in Congress promptly…


SCOTUS Refuses to Reinstate West Virginia Law Keeping Males Off Female Sports Teams

The Supreme Court refused on April 6 to lift a federal appeals court order blocking West Virginia’s law preventing male athletes from playing on school sports teams designated for females. Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, dissented from the court’s refusal to remove the injunction. West Virginia enacted the Save Women’s Sports Act…