Faculty in the Media

CNN April 13, 2023

DOJ will take emergency dispute over medication abortion rules to the Supreme Court

Professor Stephen Vladeck explains in a tweet how the most drastic sections of Judge Kacsmaryk's mifepristone ruling were frozen, but significant limitations on mifepristone access were left in place.

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Bloomberg Law April 13, 2023

Abortion High Court Case May Turn on Doctors’ Power to Sue

Professor Elizabeth Sepper discusses the implications of the Fifth Circuit's mifepristone ruling and points out there is no foundation to claims of injury related to medical abortions.

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Bloomberg Law April 13, 2023

Abortion Pill Prescribers Are Uncertain With New Court Order

Professor Elizabeth Sepper predicts that the suspension of approval of generic mifepristone will reduce supply and availability of medication abortion in an article about the uncertainty surrounding abortion pill access.

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NBC News April 13, 2023

Drug companies raise alarm over loss of ‘gold standard’ FDA approval after abortion pill ruling

Professor Elizabeth Sepper is interviewed for a news segment discussing the Justice Department's attempt to prevent a rollback of mifepristone access.

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CNN April 12, 2023

5 things the Supreme Court might take into account in medication abortion case

Professor Stephen Vladeck offers a quote analyzing the Supreme Court's view of agency authority in regards to the upcoming mifepristone case.

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Wall Street Journal April 9, 2023

Texas Governor Vows to Pardon Man Convicted of Killing BLM Protester

Professor Jennifer Laurin discusses the controversy around a recent announcement by Governor Greg Abbott that he will pardon a man convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protestor in 2019.

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Bloomberg April 6, 2023

Balance of Power (4/6/2023)

Professor Tara Grove is interviewed about ethics rules that apply to Supreme Court justices in relation to reports of Justice Clarence Thomas receiving perks gifted by Republican donor Harlan Crow.

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Texas Standard April 10, 2023

Medication abortion in peril after conflicting court rulings out of Texas and Washington state

Professor Elizabeth Sepper is interviewed on what will happen to abortion access following a set of contradictory rulings from two federal judges on the access to abortion pill mifepristone.

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Bloomberg Law April 10, 2023

Two Judges, Two Abortion Pill Rulings—’Totally Different Worlds’

Professor Elizabeth Sepper and Professor Stephen Vladeck both are quoted in an article about conflicting court rulings from two U.S. district court judges on an abortion drug.

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NPR April 10, 2023

Documents in abortion pill lawsuit raise questions about ex-husband’s claims

Professors Chinmayi Sharma and Mike Golden both are quoted in a news story about new court documents that reveal concerns in digital privacy and reproductive health related to an ongoing abortion pill lawsuit.    

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BuzzFeed News April 7, 2023

Two Federal Judges Have Issued Conflicting Opinions On The FDA’s Approval Of A Medication Abortion Pill, Setting the Stage For A Supreme Court Battle

Professor Stephen Vladeck's tweet predicting that the Supreme Court will soon intervene in the conflicting mifepristone rulings is referenced.

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Lawfare April 7, 2023

Preemption and the Known Unknowns of the Trump Indictment

Professor Lee Kovarsky authors an article discussing the deferral of the reveal of key planks of the state's legal theory in the indictment against former president Donald Trump.

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