Supreme Court Stays Lower Court Ruling That Limited Access to Abortion Pill
Mifepristone will remain on the market for now with no changes to how it can be prescribed.
Mifepristone will remain on the market for now with no changes to how it can be prescribed.
"While I respect the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion, I am not willing to allow an execution to proceed despite so many doubts," said Oklahoma's attorney general.
Weaponization of the federal government, indeed
Other states would do well to enact similar reforms.
Florida will now only require an 8–4 majority for a jury to recommend a death sentence. Alabama is the only other state that allows split juries to recommend death sentences.
The main driver behind the reduction is inflation—inflation that politicians created with their irresponsible spending.
A return to so-called normal order wouldn't fix all of Washington's many problems, but it would be a step in the right direction.
"They put that man in that cell, left him there to die," said an attorney for the man's family. "And that's exactly what happened."
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Today's opinions are a requel to prior splits among the most recent Republican appointees to the Supreme Court.
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Financial institutions have been locked out of the cannabis industry because of a surveillance regime that appears to have done little to stop real criminals.
Officials who often get it wrong can’t be trusted to reliably decree what’s true.
An impasse created by years of politicized, myopic decision making in Washington is pushing the federal government ever closer to a dangerous cliff.
Recent efforts from the governor, the attorney general, and state legislators suggest the state is moving away from capital punishment.
Activists who would like to see more housing built and people who build housing for a living would seem to be natural allies. A new bill in the California Legislature is driving them apart.
Contra the famous quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, there's nothing particularly civilized about the way our governments spend the money we provide.
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The lawsuit blames the companies for stoking "anxiety, depression, thoughts of self-harm, and suicidal ideation."
It'll be another five years before it's operational.
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A bipartisan solution to degree inflation
Those claiming they are subject to unconstitutional agency proceedings need not suffer through agency proceedings before bringing their claims to federal court.
COVID-era problems are partially to blame, but so are outdated government practices.
"These things are just so inexcusable," a judge said. "It's hard to understand."
It's been nearly three years since New York repealed its police secrecy law, and departments are still fighting to hide misconduct records.
Maybe taxpayers would make fewer mistakes if the federal tax code weren't so hopelessly complex.
The appeals court's unpublished order avoids some of the district court's errors, but still has some significant problems, especially with regard to standing.
"They had a duty to protect her," says Ta'Neasha Chappell's sister. "She was not attended to because she was a Black woman and they didn't feel like she was worth getting any attention."
A responsible political class would significantly reform the organization. Instead, they will likely continue to give it more power.
Prosecutors could end up with a trove of patient-level data regarding highly personal drugs like Viagra, abortion pills, and more.
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Robert Delgado's family is now seeking damages.
Companies make decisions all the time, some of them regrettable and unfortunate, that shouldn't be any of the government's business.
Decentralizing power is better than trying to jam one vision down the throats of the unwilling.
The COVID-19 lab leak theory was labeled "misinformation." Now it's the most plausible explanation.
The president signed a Republican-sponsored resolution ending the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump.
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Headlines about the 34 alleged felonies seem to have obscured newly revealed information about the weakness of the charges.
The divergent orders from judges in Washington state and Texas may bring the battle over mifepristone to the Supreme Court.