Today, Liz and Andrew break down Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s late-night Friday stay order that essentially overrules the FDA and removes mifepristone (the abortion pill) from the list of approved drugs.
How bad is it? Is a parallel decision from a federal court on Washington part of the solution? What’s next? Listen and find out!
Notes
OA 707 on Kacsmaryk
https://openargs.com/oa707-peter-navarro-gets-spanked-by-government-in-presidential-records-case-with-major-implications-for-trump/
Kacsmaryk Order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.370067/gov.uscourts.txnd.370067.137.0_14.pdf
Washington v. FDA
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.waed.102225/gov.uscourts.waed.102225.80.0.pdf
United States v. One Package
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14734857310809857501
FDA on unapproved drugs
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/enforcement-activities-fda/unapproved-drugs
Comstock Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1461
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1461
5 U.S.C. § 705
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/705
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