Showing posts with label Pitman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pitman. Show all posts
Friday, October 8, 2021
Federal Judge Halts Enforcement of Texas Abortion Law - The New York Times
… In his 113-page ruling, Judge Robert L. Pitman, a Federal District Court judge in Austin, sided with the Biden administration, which had sued to halt a law that has changed the landscape of the abortion fight and further fueled the national debate over whether abortion will remain legal...
Opinion | The federal court ruling blocking Texas’s abortion law is a marvel - The Washington Post
… Wow. What just happened here? First, Pitman's ruling makes a mockery of the Supreme Court's thin argument that the law was so "complex" that the court couldn't possibly agree to issue an injunction on an emergency basis. There is nothing complex — or constitutional — about Texas's scheme to set up bounties for those who seek abortions.
Second, Pitman lays bare the deceitful crafting of a bill that seeks to rob people of their constitutional rights. And unlike the Supreme Court, he is not willing to play along with a ruse that would emasculate federal courts. Apparently, he has more institutional reverence for the federal judiciary than do the right-wing Supreme Court justices who allowed state lawmakers to skirt around the courts...
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