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Saturday, September 11, 2021

“Worse Than Texas: S.B. 8 will eventually be defeated but not the six conservatives on the Supreme Court.” Jay Michaelson has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

Posted at 10:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Not one vigilante lawsuit yet, but new Texas law has cut abortion to a trickle and kept courts busy; Justice Department effort to block SB 8 is one of many legal skirmishes as law deters clinics and shuts out pregnant women”: Todd J. Gillman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Dallas Morning News.

And online at The New Republic, Jason Linkins has a post titled “Why Would Corporate America Save Reproductive Rights? Major U.S. companies apparently don’t see Texas’s abortion ban as an economic threat.”

Posted at 10:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why a deadly 1894 railroad strike may be key to DOJ’s Texas abortion law challenge”: Alison Frankel has this essay online at Reuters.

Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Moussaoui case judge says terror trials should be held in U.S. courts; U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema and others are critical of the military’s failure to try 9/11 defendants after 20 years”: Tom Jackman has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard Bashman



“Vaccine Resisters Seek Religious Exemptions. But What Counts as Religious? Major denominations are essentially unanimous in their support of the vaccines against Covid-19, but individuals who object are citing their personal faith for support.” Ruth Graham of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Biden Tests Limits of Presidential Power in Pushing Vaccinations; White House officials said the president was ‘committed to pulling every lever possible’ in the fight against the pandemic”: Michael D. Shear and Noam Scheiber have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In commentary, online at The New York Times, Robby Soave has a guest essay titled “Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Is a Big Mistake.”

And online at The Washington Post, columnist Henry Olsen has an essay titled “Biden’s covid vaccine mandates are unconstitutional — and unnecessary.”

Posted at 9:54 AM by Howard Bashman