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'No Reasonable Officer' Would Have Arrested a Guy for a COVID-19 Joke, the 5th Circuit Says

The appeals court ruled that a Facebook post alluding to World War Z was clearly protected by the First Amendment.

Reason

Lawmakers urge Supreme Court to keep domestic violence gun law - Roll Call

Two groups of lawmakers urged the Supreme Court to reverse a decision that struck down a nearly 30-year-old gun control law.

Roll Call

Appeals Court Rules in Much-Anticipated Abortion Pills Case

Plus: Court urged to stop Arkansas' social media age verification law from taking effect in September, legalizing medical marijuana linked to lower insurance premiums, and more...

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5th Circuit Says Prosecuting a Cannabis Consumer for Possessing Guns Violated the Second Amendment

The decision casts further doubt on the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a felony for illegal drug users to own firearms.

Reason

Court pauses order limiting Biden administration contact with social media companies

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' communications with social media companies about controversial online posts.

WEKU

Supreme Court to decide gun rights case on domestic violence

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether federal law can prohibit gun possession for people who are subject to domestic violence orders, the first Second Amendment case at the Supreme Court since a decision last year that expanded the right to carry firearms in public.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court to decide gun rights case on domestic violence - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will decide whether federal law can prohibit gun possession for people who are subject to domestic violence orders.

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UT-Austin only Texas public university affected by Supreme Court’s ending use of race in admissions

No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.

The Texas Tribune

Court exempts a Texas company from following anti-discrimination law protecting LGBTQ+ workers

A federal appeals court says a government agency cannot enforce anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination employment rules against a Texas company owned by a conservative Christian

The Independent UK

Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alabama case

The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decision’s importance in ongoing litigation over Texas’ political maps will largely be felt in what didn’t happen.

The Texas Tribune

3 judges who chipped away abortion rights to hear federal abortion pill appeal

Three appeals court judges with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion will hear arguments May 17 on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available

The Independent UK

How will the Supreme Court's decision on mifepristone affect abortion access? 4 questions answered

On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone, which is used in more than half of all abortions in the U.S., could remain accessible without restrictions – at least for now. The decision is temporary, however, buying time as an appeals court weighs the…

The Conversation

Supreme Court leaves abortion drug on the market, for now

The legal challenge to mifepristone now returns to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

The Texas Tribune

Medication abortion restrictions could worsen delays for Texans at out-of-state clinics

Texans are flooding abortion clinics in New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado. A recent court ruling could imperil access in those states.

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Dallas judge would be first Latina on 5th Circuit appeals court with Biden nomination

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has picked a longtime federal magistrate in Dallas for the influential 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Independent UK

Latest abortion pill ruling could hit some safe havens hard

States that are trying to position themselves as safe havens for women seeking abortions could be most affected by the latest court ruling restricting access to an abortion pill

Axios

All eyes on SCOTUS for abortion pill ruling

A decision could come Friday — and could effectively override the Food and Drug Administration's decision-making.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Abortion pill ruling means more painful, later terminations

The conservative 5th Circuit has blocked part of a Texas judge’s decision to pull abortion drug mifepristone off the market, but leaves in place onerous and outdated restrictions that the Food and Drug Administration determined in 2016 were medically unnecessary.

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Appeals court keeps abortion drug on the market, with some limits - Roll Call

A federal appeals court allowed the nation’s most-used medication abortion drug to remain on the market after Saturday.

Reason

Restraining Orders Do Not Prove That People Are 'Dangerous'

The Biden administration is defending a federal law that disarms Americans based on "boilerplate language" in orders that judges routinely grant.

Reason

The Ruling Upholding the Gun Rights of People Subject to Restraining Orders Is Not As Crazy As You Might Think

The 5th Circuit noted that such orders can be issued without any credible evidence of a threat to others.

Reason

Federal Courts Clash Over Financial Watchdog's Constitutionality

The CFPB funding scheme is constitutional, the 2nd Circuit says.

Reason

The 5th Circuit Rebukes the FDA for Flouting the Law While Imposing a De Facto Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes

The appeals court says regulators violated the Administrative Procedure Act when they tried to pull menthol vapes off the market.

The Independent UK

Court blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US gov't workers

A federal appeals court has blocked President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court case features twist on appropriations power

WASHINGTON — Congress has used a clause in the Constitution for more than two centuries to control how the federal government spends funds, but the Supreme Court is poised to decide whether that same language also limits what lawmakers can do.

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