A prominent U.S. lawsuit to ban the abortion pill mifepristone has focused on the drug's safety and approval process. But the outcome may ultimately rest on a different issue: whether Ingrid Skop, an anti-abortion doctor in Texas, and other physicians behind the lawsuit can justify suing in the first place.
The judge that ruled on this case just wanted to get it before the Supreme Court. There is nothing in his ruling that is in good faith. The entire case is bullshit. The Supreme Court is so far right but I do not think even they can agree with this ruling. No legal basis whatsoever. They would look like utter fools if they leave this ruling in place.
If courts were to adopt the plaintiffs’ argument for standing, these experts said, emergency room doctors could sue over almost any regulation that impacted their workload, from oversight of guns to alcohol to teen drivers.
I think this article really shows the ridiculousness if the doctor did have standing to sue like this. It really opens a big can of worms most of which conservatives would not enjoy
Roe v Wade relied on a relatively novel interpretation of the 14th amendment, leaving it vulnerable to a SCOTUS who would allow challenges to their own precedence. Current court is scummy AF for overturning the precedent, and the legal theory they used in the majority decision for Dobbs v Jackson is shaky at best (no surprise, given it's just a way for a politicized court to do what they've wanted for decades), but there's at least some weird mental hoops you can jump through to justify it.
This case though? Slam dunk commerce win IMO. The federal government has the right to regulate interstate commerce, congress delegated authority of drugs to the FDA, and if congress wanted to explicitly limit access to mifepristone they could have overridden the FDA at any time. That's assuming SCOTUS agrees the doctors have standing in the first place, and that's tenuous at best too.
I don't think our current SCOTUS cares about whether their rulings make them look bad or not, but I do think they care about making sure they have some legal foundation to avoid obvious looks of impropriety. I just don't see any way they can twist the law with this case like they did with Jackson.
Christian has released a final update to Apollo with the option to opt out of the refund. I urge everybody that was happy with his contribution to our community to do so since he will have to refund out of his own pocket. And yes, this was for an entire year of the app, but he did I no way know that Reddit was going to change...
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have observed for the first time the faint ripples caused by the motion of black holes that are gently stretching and squee...
The ruling, in a case brought by a Hamburger Mary's restaurant, pauses enforcement of the state's new "Protection of Children" law, which prohibits admitting children to an "adult live performance."
Correct. Misleading wording like this is how they manage to trick ignorant people into supporting hateful laws like this one - assuming they're not supporting these laws precisely because they're hateful.
The LGBTQ+ community (including drag queens) absolutely and unequivocally does NOT support pedophilia in any form. This includes exposing children to pornographic material. That's fucking canon and you can quote me on that shit.
Yep. My family were lifelong subscribers to National Geographic Magazine, and I grew up reading it. And I remember distinctly the change in quality when Fox bought it. The first magazine that was put out under the new management was all about the "facts" of the "real" Jesus, and would have been fit for a History Channel special. It was such a disappointment to see something I loved so much turn into a trash rag.
Germany is to earmark up to 900 million euros ($983 million) in subsidies to expand electric vehicle charging stations for households and companies, the transport ministry said on Thursday.
The ex-president talked about his daughter's breasts and "what it might be like to have sex with her," a former Trump administration official writes in a new book....
This is a bit of an introductory post, but I wanted to put some content in the channel. Even on Reddit, the VHDL forum was relatively slow, so depending on migrations and such this might be even slower, but no reason not to try....
President Joe Biden will tout his economic agenda in remarks Wednesday as he campaigns for a second term amid low polling numbers on his job performance and the direction of the country....
I never wanted Joe Biden to win, but he has completely won me over. He has been an absolute class act. Americans are very fortunate to have a president who has experience with the Cold War right now. I can’t think of any major criticism, besides his age.
The economic policy has been effective, unemployment is low, inflation is under control, working class wages have risen, foreign relations are stronger, the deficit spending has been dropping, and the country feels much less hostile then it did 2-4 years ago.
I seriously was upset he won, but he’s impressed me.
All five Mississippi deputy sheriffs accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in the mouth have been fired.
This whitepaper https://www.aldec.com/en/company/blog/190--development-of-real-time-sdr-systems-with-aldec-hes describes a method by which the designer can leverage the rapid signal prototyping capability in GNU Radio and use it in co-simulation with Aldec Riviera-PRO....
This headline is clickbaity over exaggeration. It didn't "gut protections". The protections were already pretty terrible so this was more of a clarification. Prior, the court had sort of waffled on what "true threat" meant. This... didn't really help a great deal but it did clarify that both the reasonable person test and the reckless disregard tests had to be applied. I recommend reading Ken White's article https://popehat.substack.com/p/supreme-court-clarifies-true-threats. The big takeaway:
So. To the practitioner, or to the internet tough-talker, what does this mean? It means that the law of the land, at least 7-2, is that a threat is only outside the protection of the First Amendment if:
A reasonable person, familiar with the context, would interpret the threat as a sincere statement of intent to do harm, and
The speaker was reckless about whether the threat would be taken sincerely — that is, they “consciously disregarded a substantial risk” that it would be taken seriously.
Colorado's law played pretty loose with the reckless disregard aspect.
All that said, we need a better test, or better criteria to sort between some kid on LoL forums who trash talks and gets some mother in Canada worried (this actually happened) and when a woman reasonably fears for her safety based on persistent stalking.
Ron DeSantis the "worst candidate I've ever seen"—Former GOP strategist (www.newsweek.com)
Jeff Timmer of The Lincoln Project was reacting to the 2024 hopeful saying he would be in favor of axing four federal agencies if elected president.
Hide posts in other languages?
Is there any way to hide posts in other languages? My homepage is filled with German posts, which would be great if I spoke German...
US supreme court rules against affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases
From The Guardian...
US abortion pill access could hinge on whether doctors had right to sue (www.reuters.com)
A prominent U.S. lawsuit to ban the abortion pill mifepristone has focused on the drug's safety and approval process. But the outcome may ultimately rest on a different issue: whether Ingrid Skop, an anti-abortion doctor in Texas, and other physicians behind the lawsuit can justify suing in the first place.
How does reputation work on KBin?
I'm a little confused about how the upvote/downvote system works as related to your reputation on KBin. Can someone explain?
Final update to Apollo with an option to opt out of the refund (i.imgur.com)
Christian has released a final update to Apollo with the option to opt out of the refund. I urge everybody that was happy with his contribution to our community to do so since he will have to refund out of his own pocket. And yes, this was for an entire year of the app, but he did I no way know that Reddit was going to change...
Scientists have finally ‘heard’ the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe (www.thestar.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have observed for the first time the faint ripples caused by the motion of black holes that are gently stretching and squee...
DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president (www.nbcnews.com)
Florida's Republican governor said he would seek to abolish the departments of Education, Commerce and Energy, as well as the IRS....
Judge blocks a Florida law that would punish venues where kids can see drag shows (www.npr.org)
The ruling, in a case brought by a Hamburger Mary's restaurant, pauses enforcement of the state's new "Protection of Children" law, which prohibits admitting children to an "adult live performance."
National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers (www.washingtonpost.com)
Germany to earmark 900 million euros in subsidies for e-car charging systems (www.reuters.com)
Germany is to earmark up to 900 million euros ($983 million) in subsidies to expand electric vehicle charging stations for households and companies, the transport ministry said on Thursday.
Trump Made Disturbing Comments About Having Sex With Ivanka, Ex-Staffer Claims (www.huffpost.com)
The ex-president talked about his daughter's breasts and "what it might be like to have sex with her," a former Trump administration official writes in a new book....
Verification Resources to Learn
This is a bit of an introductory post, but I wanted to put some content in the channel. Even on Reddit, the VHDL forum was relatively slow, so depending on migrations and such this might be even slower, but no reason not to try....
"Bidenomics" - Biden's vision for economic growth 'from the middle out and bottom up' aims to move beyond 'trickle down' economics (www.nbcnews.com)
President Joe Biden will tout his economic agenda in remarks Wednesday as he campaigns for a second term amid low polling numbers on his job performance and the direction of the country....
Deputies accused of abusing Black men are fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe (apnews.com)
All five Mississippi deputy sheriffs accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in the mouth have been fired.
Blending GNU Radio and Aldec Riviera-PRO for verification of Software Defined Radio
This whitepaper https://www.aldec.com/en/company/blog/190--development-of-real-time-sdr-systems-with-aldec-hes describes a method by which the designer can leverage the rapid signal prototyping capability in GNU Radio and use it in co-simulation with Aldec Riviera-PRO....
Don't you think kbin has really gone downhill since the good old days?
I don't actually think that, but wanted to be the first to complain about it.
Supreme Court guts protections for cyberstalking victims (www.fastcompany.com)