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Thursday, June 13, 2024

AP online, headline, "Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication."

The item noted: 

The nine justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the medication, mifepristone, and the FDA’s subsequent actions to ease access to it. The case had threatened to restrict access to mifepristone across the country, including in states where abortion remains legal.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was part of the majority to overturn Roe, wrote for the court on Thursday that “federal courts are the wrong forum for addressing the plaintiffs’ concerns about FDA’s actions.”

In closing, the item noted that -

[T]he high court is separately considering another abortion case, about whether a federal law on emergency treatment at hospitals overrides state abortion bans in rare emergency cases in which a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk.

In other actions AP separately noted, SCOTUS ruled:

Today’s other opinions: The Court made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks. In a seperate case, the Court ruled against a man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase “Trump too small.”

At a bet. "Trump too small minded," might not have fared better. AP, here:

It is one of several cases at the court relating to former President Donald Trump. Last week, the court laid out standards for when public officials can be sued for blocking critics from their social media accounts. These cases were also related to Trump.

The Justice Department supported President Joe Biden’s predecessor and presumptive opponent in the 2024 election. Government officials said the phrase “Trump too small” could still be used, just not trademarked because Trump had not consented to its use. Indeed, “Trump too small” T-shirts can already be purchased online.

Elster’s lawyers had argued that the decision violated his free speech rights, and a federal appeals court agreed.

At arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts said that if Elster were to win, people would race to trademark “Trump too this, Trump too that.”

A massive plethora of this-and-that possibilities exists, Trump being Trump.

How about: "Trump too much in Roy Cohn's Image"? A two-for.

Or, "Trump too _______________ (fill in the blank)."

For some reason, the word "Fascist" just sprang to mind.