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US supreme court temporarily restores access to mail-order abortion pills

Order signed by Samuel Alito blocks ruling that prevented providers from prescribing mifepristone through the mail

The Guardian - US

How a Bill Banning AI Companions for Kids Could Usher in Widespread ID Checks Online

Plus: Supreme Court pauses ban on mail-order abortion pills, TikTok's artistic merit, a defense of pickup artists, and more...

Reason

Justice Neil Gorsuch: 'Aspirations for Power Need To Be Checked'

The Supreme Court justice discusses the Declaration of Independence, how unchecked power threatens liberty, and what the Founders can teach future generations.

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Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies

The Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation

The Independent UK

How Bad Facts Make Good First Amendment Law

Jay Near was a hateful man whose litigation set a vital precedent for free speech.

Reason

Supreme Court Asked to Restore Mail Access to Abortion Pill After Sweeping Appellate Ruling

Two makers of the abortion pill mifepristone asked the Supreme Court to block a federal appellate ruling that cut off mail-order access to the drug, in what legal experts are calling the most significant jolt to abortion policy since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Latin Times

Louisiana election delay sparks flurry of court action

The Supreme Court’s decision last week invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map has spawned a fast-moving set of court fights over the state’s ongoing primary, as Gov. Jeff Landry seeks to halt the ongoing primaries to draw a new congressional map. The Supreme Court ruled Louisiana should not have been forced to…

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How the Voting Rights Act reshaped Texas’ electoral maps by empowering voters, candidates of color

The Supreme Court weakened Section 2, the linchpin of the 1965 civil rights legislation that prohibits diluting the electoral power of voters of color. But the statute’s fingerprints can be seen all over Texas’ maps.

The Texas Tribune

Mifepristone Returns to the Shadow Docket

Drug makers seek interim relief after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocks FDA rule allowing mifepristone prescriptions via telemedicine. (With Update Below.)

Reason

ICE is pushing to deport an Anchorage 12-year-old citizen, all because he doesn’t have a paternity test

Evidently, US military parents won’t father children overseas.

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Recent Books on the Constitution

My seminar picks for 2026 (and every year since 2005)

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Appeals court limits abortion pill access

The ruling marks a major win for the anti-abortion movement, which had been pressing for in-person dispensing requirements.

Axios

5th Circuit Panel Blocks 2023 Mifepristone Telemedicine Approval

This case will go to the Supreme Court very quickly.

Reason

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Smart meters, bad metaphors, and the color of state law

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The Supreme Court just handed anti-abortion centers a shield against state probes but the battle over donor lists is far from over

The Supreme Court just handed a major procedural win to a New Jersey crisis pregnancy center fighting a state subpoena for its donor list. According to the New York Post, in a unanimous decision, the justices ruled that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers can challenge the demand in federal court,…

Roll Call

Alabama, Tennessee governors call for special sessions on redistricting

More states on Friday began planning special sessions next week to revisit their congressional maps as they consider the fallout from a Supreme Court ruling this week limiting the Voting Rights Act. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee joined Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey in announcing a special session as states race to…

The Independent UK

DACA renewal delays leave ‘Dreamers’ without status and fearing detention

Some of the program’s beneficiaries have waited months for an answer, only to see their deadline pass without a decision

Roll Call

Redistricting decision hamstrings potential congressional response

The Supreme Court’s decision limiting the Voting Rights Act appears to hamper Congress from passing legislation to restore the law’s protections for minority voters when states draw new congressional districts, legal experts say. In the hours after Wednesday’s 6-3 decision invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.,…

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Photos of the week | April 24-30, 2026

A shooting at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, a visit from King Charles III, and contentious testimony from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the week in Washington politics. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists — plus one from our editor-in-chief.

Euronews

Brazil's Congress reduces ex-President Bolsonaro's coup prison sentence

Lawmakers defied President Lula da Silva’s veto and moved to adopt a bill that would dramatically reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup following his loss in the October 2022 presidential elections.

Reason

Callais Right Away!

It makes no difference when the Court issues its judgment.

Latin Times

Hillary Clinton Calls Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling "Overlooks Reality For a Self-Serving Right-Wing Fantasy"

Hillary Clinton accused the Supreme Court's conservative majority of demolishing what remained of the Voting Rights Act, warning that Republican-led states are already moving to redraw congressional maps in ways that could dilute Black voting power.

The Guardian - US

What is the US supreme court’s voting rights ruling about and will it affect midterms?

Rightwing justices in Louisiana v Callais led 6-3 vote to redraw congressional maps in blow to Voting Rights Act

Roll Call

Louisiana governor postpones House primaries after Supreme Court ruling

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday postponed his state’s May 16 primaries for the House, one day after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s congressional map as an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” “Allowing elections to proceed under an unconstitutional map would undermine the integrity of our system and violate the…

The Mary Sue

The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act and Louisiana’s Black voters are the first casualty

The Supreme Court just delivered a crushing blow to the Voting Rights Act, and Louisiana’s Black voters are feeling the impact first. According to The Guardian, in a 6-3 decision split along partisan lines, the court effectively dismantled Section 2 of the landmark 1965 law, the last stronghold preventing racial…

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