Legal Insurrection by William A. Jacobson Sunday, December 5, 2021
The case was expedited and oral argument held November 1, but it’s been sitting there without decision yet as Texas abortion procedures were cut in half.With everyone focused on the Mississippi abortion law that was argued on December 1, 2021, the other big abortion case in the U.S. Supreme Court has fallen off the media radar despite being argued on November 1, 2021.
That case involved the Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law, which was a consolidation of two cases:
Docket for 21-588
Title:United States, Petitioner v. Texas, et al.
Docket for 21-463
Title:Whole Woman’s Health, et al., Petitioners v. Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge, District Court of Texas, 114th District, et al.
SCOTUS agreed to treat the case as “expedited” on its docket.
More:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/12/supreme-court-sure-is-taking-its-time-deciding-texas-fetal-heartbeat-law-expedited-case/
