October 23, 2021 Abortion in the Court: The Supreme yesterday refused to block the Texas law that effectively bans abortion after six weeks but fast-tracked arguments by Justice Department and Texas abortion providers for November 1st.   Only Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented. “For …

Banned Again: A three judge panel of a federal appeals court has ruled 2-1 that the Texas law severely restricting abortion can remain in effect until challenges to it wend their way through the courts. A federal trial-level judge had previously …

Non-Executive Privilege: Former President Donald Trump is trying to exert executive privilege over documents sought by the Congressional committee investigating the January 6th insurrection.   Responding to the committee’s request for 40 documents,  Trump said in a letter to the National Archives that “I hereby …

Messing With Texas: A federal judge in Texas has blocked enforcement of the state’s strict abortion law, which bars the procedure as early as six weeks into pregnancy.   US District Judge Robert Pitman in a 113-page order granted the Biden administration’s request …

Inside Baseball: In what may be part of an organized Republican Party effort to block the steamrolling candidacy of Donald Trump, one time presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to deliver what’s being described as a “major” speech today on the …

War in Paris: The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the six coordinated attacks in Paris last night that left at least 128 people dead. An ISIS statement called the attacks “the first of a storm.” France closed its borders …

The Supremes: The court issued rapid-fire decisions yesterday on executions, voting districts, air pollution, and Texas abortion clinics. The court gave Oklahoma the go-ahead to use an execution sedative that three inmates had argued is insufficient to avoid excruciating pain. …

Syria: Israeli jets yesterday hit two Syrian bases to destroy Russian missiles they say were intended for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which is fighting in support of the Syrian regime. Israel has said it will do what’s necessary to …