Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/21/kacsmaryk-stock-redact-abortion-pill/ #mifepristone #kacsmaryk #abortion #corruption #texas

"“Kacsmaryk’s entire net worth seems to be wrapped up in the one stock that is redacted,” Palin said. “It negates the entire purpose of the financial disclosures if 96 percent of this judge’s net worth is hidden from the general public."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/21/kacsmaryk-stock-redact-abortion-pill/

#Kacsmaryk #Corruption #Judiciary #Texas #USA

"The unhinged rationale behind this case, that somehow the FDA’s approval of a drug with decades of exemplary safety data could be tossed aside by a reactionary Trump-appointed judge with an anti-abortion vendetta, shows the rot of a system stacked with right-wing political actors wielding legal opinions in place of legislation and impervious to the will of the voters."

#abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
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"News yesterday that a majority of justices on the Supreme Court would keep the abortion drug mifepristone legal, at least for the time being, was good for reproductive rights and frankly, the rule of law. But that this ever should have been a question is proof of how normalized once laughably fringe legal theories have become in our current judicial environment."

~ Elliot Kirschner and Dan Rather

#abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt
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https://steady.substack.com/p/an-activist-court

Senator Josh #Hawley Linked to Abortion Pill Judge Matthew #Kacsmaryk https://jezebel.com/lets-look-at-senator-josh-hawleys-connections-to-the-ab-1850359797

If you ever want to be a federal judge, or more importantly, a Justice on the US Supreme Court, the best way is to just lie during your Senate confirmation.

Because there are no repercussions.

#SCOTUS #ConeyBarrett #Alito #Kavanaugh #Kacsmaryk

Trump Judge Who Suspended Abortion Pill BUSTED Hiding Info During Confirmation Hearing(video)..#Kacsmaryk..#GOP..#whitenationalism..#Texas..#choice https://youtu.be/E9SOnAJB6-o

NEW: Supreme Court says abortion pill mifepristone will remain broadly available during the legal battle with #Texas Christian Nationalist #Kacsmaryk. https://religiondispatches.org/christian-nationalist-judge-strikes-down-safe-medication-for-brazenly-ideological-reasons/

"Given the #GOP House majority and the stiff two-thirds requirement for removal by the Senate, neither #Thomas nor #Kacsmaryk will get impeached, let alone removed. However, following a full investigation they should be referred, if warranted, to their state bar associations for discipline.

If the rule of law means anything, it means that judges must adhere to the same ethical standards and rules that all public officials must follow."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/21/newsletter-crisis-in-courts/

#SCOTUS #Judiciary #Law #Ethics

"just after Kacsmaryk was first interviewed for consideration for a judgeship, he demanded his name be taken off a law review article that “argues against a 2016 Department of Health and Human Services rule forbidding doctors to discriminate against patients who seek gender-affirming care or pregnancy termination.”

...“exactly the kind of material the Senate Judiciary Committee is trying to gather in the judicial confirmation process.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/21/newsletter-crisis-in-courts/

#Texas #Kacsmaryk #LGBTQ

"Kacsmaryk’s abject power-grab in one of the nation’s most divisive culture wars is an insult to the rule of law and the legitimacy of the judicial branch of the federal government. This much should starkly be evident to at least five members of the right-leaning Court."

~ Kimberly Wehle

#abortion #Kacsmaryk #SupremeCourt

https://www.thebulwark.com/the-abortion-pill-the-fda-and-supreme-court/

#SupremeCourt extends nationwide #abortion pill access through Fri

Decision had been expected by Wed evening, but #SCOTUS gave itself more time to decide whether #mifepristone, which has been used to terminate early pregnancies for 23 yrs, should remain available nationwide.

(They shouldn’t need more time, this is an easy decision, unless they’re trying desperately to find a way to uphold the #Kacsmaryk ruling.)

#JudicialActivism #FDA #RoeVWade #AbortionRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/19/supreme-court-abortion-pill-ruling/

#Dominion #law #legalsystem #politics

My wife Kathy is an attorney and I own a software business. We were talking about the Dominion case and Clarence #Thomas on the Alie walk this morning.

She, as many people have done here regarding Dominion, argue "this is what the law says and this is how the courts work".

Being a software guy, we look at broken and arbitrary processes (the law is a process) and try and find fixes that make the process better and less arbitrary. Here I'm referring to business software primarily.

What I see with #Fox and the Dominion settlement is a good example of a legal system that is broken and arbitrary.

The #GOP and the #Republicans on #SCOTUS, as well as the Federal judge #Kacsmaryk in Texas, and many other examples, have proven that laws can be written and interpreted in ways that fit a political narrative.

The #DOJ showing with #Trump and the classified documents case that the investigative process and decision to investigate is arbitrary and subject to politics.

"I'd ask...every American to look around at the women in their world...[are] you telling me a quarter of them...are evil murderers?...women care about their families...the world and improving it...how anybody can...equate what they're...legislating with the world...around them."
"We're never gonna give up and we're gonna win."
- Dr. Elizabeth Newhall

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/refuse-fascism/episodes/The-Fascist-Attack-On-Medication-Abortion-e22fkns
#RefuseFascism #RiseUp4AbortionRights #AbortionIsHealthcare #HerBodyHerChoice #AbortionRights #Kacsmaryk #mifeprestone

The judge who issued the recent ruling against #mifepristone seems to have deliberately hidden evidence of his writings from the Senate Judiciary Committee, in violation of rules about how confirmations work, when he was under consideration for the bench.

IOW, Matthew #Kacsmaryk may have lied about his background, probably under oath, in order to secure his current position.

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/abortion-pill-texas-judge-matthew-kacsmaryk-rcna79997 #USPol #abortion

The Extreme Court
by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

"I know nothing about medicine, but I'm gonna ban a drug because I don't like it!"

"And I'm not a woman and know nothing about your situation, but I'm going to decide what you do with your body!"

#EditorialCartoon #Cartoon #Kacsmaryk #Healthcare #Abortion #WomensRights #HumanRights #BodilyAutonomy #Freedom #USA

The controversial article Matthew #Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate.

👉 The judge who delivered a high-stakes abortion pills ruling last week removed his name from a law review article during his judicial nomination process, emails show.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/15/matthew-kacsmaryk-law-review/

First line of the article: "Because humans are embodied beings, all religions feature teachings, doctrines, or dogmas relevant to the human body and
its manifestation in the male or female form." https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxwJ7kjwYA7FeXNoZUZaTjlmWms/view?resourcekey=0-SCB5U127telKXA00Hr9TEQ

The controversial article Matthew #Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate
The judge who delivered a high-stakes abortion pills ruling last week removed his name from a law review article during his judicial nomination process, emails show https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/15/matthew-kacsmaryk-law-review/

I'd like a society where judges were held to a high standard. When found lying, they would be removed from the bench, from the bar, and all their previous cases would be re-examined by someone we trusted.

Matthew #Kacsmaryk lied to the Senate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/15/matthew-kacsmaryk-law-review/

Criminal Judge 🤬🤬🤬

The controversial article Matthew Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate

“As a lawyer for a conservative legal group, Matthew #Kacsmaryk in early 2017 submitted an article to a #Texas law review criticizing #Obama-era protections for #transgender people and those seeking #abortion s.”

#Trans #LGBTQ #mifepristone #Misefeprone
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/15/matthew-kacsmaryk-law-review/