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Old 10-28-2013, 04:18 PM
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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...onday/?hpid=z1

Texas loses battle over key parts of their anti abortion rights law.
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Old 10-28-2013, 04:39 PM
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This admitting privileges BS is being shot down by the courts, and it absolutely should be.
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Old 10-28-2013, 04:43 PM
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The 20 week prohibition is already being litigated in other states so, we can expect that to go away also.
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Old 10-28-2013, 09:33 PM
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Their moronic voter suppression laws need to be struck down too.
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Old 10-28-2013, 09:40 PM
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Their moronic voter suppression laws need to be struck down too.
Even Wendy Davis had to jump through extra hoops today to vote in Texas.
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Old 10-29-2013, 11:41 AM
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It's not quite as good as kicking them out of the union would be but it's not bad either.


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Old 10-31-2013, 09:03 PM
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WTF? 5th Circuit court of appeals overturns lower court's decision.
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Sets up SC test.
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Sets up SC test.
Something was lost in the translation here. The original article mentioned that the district court entered a permanent injunction. But from looking at a story, it sounds like the Fifth Circuit took an interlocutory appeal on the injunction issue alone. So I think what we really had was a temporary injunction to keep the law at bay while it's constitutionality was being litigatedW

One of the factors courts consider in deciding whether to issue an injunction pending litigation is the "probability of success on the merits." It sounds like the Fifth Circuit and the district judge had a differing view of the chance of success on the merits, but the ultimate decision regarding the constitutionality of the law is still in play at the district court level. And then the Court of Appeals. And then the Supremes.

What this means is that while the litigation is pending, there will be hundreds of women who lose access to services while the lawyers fight it out.

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Old 10-31-2013, 10:17 PM
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Something was lost in the translation here. The original article mentioned that the district court entered a permanent injunction. But from looking at a story, it sounds like the Fifth Circuit took an interlocutory appeal on the injunction issue alone. So I think what we really had was a temporary injunction to keep the law at bay while it's constitutionality was being litigatedW

One of the factors courts consider in deciding whether to issue an injunction pending litigation is the "probability of success on the merits." It sounds like the Fifth Circuit and the district judge had a differing view of the chance of success on the merits, but the ultimate decision regarding the constitutionality of the law is still in play at the district court level. And then the Court of Appeals. And then the Supremes.

What this means is that while the litigation is pending, there will be hundreds of women who lose access to services while the lawyers fight it out.

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