Posted on 10/08/2020 4:08:41 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to act on a Trump administration request to reinstate a rule mandating that abortion-inducing drugs be taken in the presence of a doctor
Instead, the justices returned the case to a federal trial court in Maryland and gave the judge there 40 days to rule on the administration's request.
The administration is expected to ask the judge to either lift or narrow an order he entered in July that suspended a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule requiring women to take abortion pill in the presence of a doctor.
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang, an Obama appointee, agreed in July to temporarily lift the in-person requirement during the health emergency, citing the risks of face-to-face contact.
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit from the American College Of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as doctors and patients.
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Roberts was afraid that he'd get reversed in the Northern District of California, the New Supreme Court.
ND California probably would have had one of their magistrate judges spank Roberts, instead of bothering one of the Article III district judges with this kind of light work. 
Judge Theodore Chuang, an Obama appointee,
LOL. These jurists sure like to punt things around.
Yes the Obongo Judge citing the risks of face-to-face contact what BS and Roberts let’s it stand.
Clarence Thomas is always right.
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