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June 18, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Judge Who Tried to Kill Abortion Pill Now Takes Aim at Gun Control
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has blocked a rule from the ATF expanding gun control regulations.
April 24, 2024
Matt Ford
How to Fix the Right-Wing Racket in the Texas Courts
The Fifth Circuit's become little more than a junior varsity version of the Supreme Court. Sending some new judges to the Lone Star State will help put things right.
March 29, 2024
Matt Ford
The Fifth Circuit’s Reign of Error Is in Jeopardy
Right-wingers have been boosting their nuttiest cases by filing them in Texas. But judge-shopping is about to get harder.
March 21, 2024
Matt Ford
The Most Conservative Jurists in America Have Lost the Supreme Court
The Fifth Circuit’s well-documented judicial shenanigans have earned a surprising rebuke from the high court.
October 25, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
The Absurd Lawsuit That Could Bankrupt Planned Parenthood
An anti-abortion activist and Texas’s attorney general have teamed up to try to force the organization out of the state—and now an anti-abortion judge has advanced their cause.
September 26, 2023
Tori Otten
“Unconstitutionally Vague”: Federal Judge Smacks Down Texas’s Drag Ban
This is a major setback for those in Texas waging war against drag performers.
September 26, 2023
Matt Ford
A Right-Wing Judge Aims to Undo Free Speech, One Drag Show at a Time
Puritanical Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk doesn’t like the way everyone interprets the First Amendment.
August 17, 2023
Matt Ford
How the Supreme Court Could Ban the Abortion Pill
A conservative judge advanced a new legal theory in the recent mifepristone ruling. But will it prove to be too radical for the high court?
April 24, 2023
Brynn Tannehill
The End of Trans America Comes Into Focus
The laws proposed around the country by Republicans would make life for transgender people functionally impossible. The danger is in being under-wrought, not overwrought.
April 12, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Conservatives Are Turning to a 150-Year-Old Obscenity Law to Outlaw Abortion
With the Comstock Act of 1873 coming back to life, reproductive care, LGBTQ protections, and a host of other civil rights are now at risk.
April 11, 2023
Matt Ford
Why Mifepristone Might Not Be Doomed at the Supreme Court
On abortion medication, the justices would have very good reasons to leave the status quo intact for FDA drug approvals.
March 22, 2023
Grace Segers
What to Expect If the Abortion Drug Mifepristone Gets Banned
A Texas judge’s decision on access to medication abortion has reproductive rights advocates on edge and providers bracing for a fresh round of chaos.
March 15, 2023
Tori Otten
Who Is Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Judge Who Could Pull Abortion Pills From the Market?
The Trump-appointed judge is set to issue a decision on mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortion. Here’s what his track record reveals.
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