Unanimous Supreme Court Shoots Down Bid To Restrict Abortion Drug Mifepristone

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Told ya so.

Garland Says DOJ Will Seek Emergency Relief From Supreme Court After 5th Circuit Mifepristone Ruling

Some of them – specifically, Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch – are smart enough to recognize that bad precedent can be turned against them later. Judicial conservatives abhor any kind of bank-shot standing claims. There’s a decent chance they’ll squash it here, thereby preventing future busybodies from suing oil companies and financial institutions.

Justice Department Asks Supreme Court To Block Mifepristone Order – TPM – Talking Points Memo

Okay, but no standing means they don’t ever reach the merits of the case. The whole case just goes away because they haven’t alleged a viable injury, meaning there’s no “Case or Controversy” as required by the Constitution for the federal courts to exercise their jurisdiction.

Supreme Court Issues Stay, At Least Temporarily Blocking Mifepristone Restrictions From Taking Effect

Because lots of do-gooders like to file lawsuits against bad actors when they don’t have any actual injury. Conservatives like bad actors because that’s where the money is. Conservatives hate do-gooders because they interfere with the process of money-grubbing. Kacsmaryk and the Fifth Circuit are trying to adopt a do-gooder standard of standing that would give actual do-gooders standing to fuck up carbon emitters and water polluters and big finance.

Supreme Court Extends Pause On Mifepristone Rulings

Handmaid’s Tale is a law professor. She’s not going to just rubber-stamp any dumb bullshit you shovel her way. She’s got standards to uphold.