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Thursday, December 16, 2021

“F.D.A. Will Permanently Allow Abortion Pills by Mail; The decision will broaden access to medication abortion, an increasingly common method, but many conservative states are already mobilizing against it”: Pam Belluck of The New York Times has this report.

Laurie McGinley and Katie Shepherd of The Washington Post report that “FDA eliminates key restriction on abortion pill as Supreme Court weighs case that challenges Roe v. Wade; The agency did away with a rule that required patients to pick up the drug at hospitals, clinics or doctors’ offices.”

And Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal reports that “FDA Allows Women to Get Abortion Pill by Mail; The decision lifted a restriction requiring women to go to a medical office or hospital to pick up the mifepristone pills.”

Posted at 11:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden Should Make Stephen Breyer an Offer He Can’t Refuse; The 83-year-old Supreme Court justice has resisted calls for his retirement; But what if he had a better job offer to consider?” Adam Cohen has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 11:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“God Save the United States”: At “Dorf on Law,” Sherry F. Colb has a blog post that begins, “I have lately been thinking about the world that our newly constituted Supreme Court will leave to us.”

Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“En Banc Review Needs To Be Curtailed; The procedure is unnecessary except in rare situations anyway, and it defeats the purpose of randomly selecting judges and politicizes the courts”: Dilan Esper has this post at his Substack site.

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden set to surpass Trump in first-year judicial nominees; a window into a major Democratic push”: Phil Mattingly of CNN has this report.

Posted at 1:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Seven Years of Trying to Fix the Supreme Court: After seven years of trying, Fix the Court is chalking up fixes that are coming to fruition at the Supreme Court.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

Posted at 1:52 AM by Howard Bashman