In Case You Missed It (Law)
Digest for Sunday April 23, 2023

First, from www.lawdork.com: Supreme Court allows continued mifepristone access, halts lower court ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay of a federal judge's order that would have removed the approval of the medication abortion drug mifepristone during appeals. This stay will ensure that the drug remains available under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s eased rules for access of the drug during the appeal. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the ruling, but the majority of the court voted for the stay.

Next, from www.washingtonpost.com: Twitter users #BlockTheBlue as ‘verified’ accounts take on new meaning - The Washington Post
Twitter users have taken up the hashtag #BlockTheBlue to express their dissatisfaction with the company's new verification policy which assigns the blue check mark only to paid subscribers of Twitter Blue. The campaign has been met with both support and opposition and Twitter has suspended the @Blocktheblue account. Critics of the new policy argue that it allows for trolls to be prioritized and for hate speech to be amplified.

Finally, from blog.esghound.com: SpaceX's Texas Rocket is Going To Cause A Lot More Damage Than Anyone Thinks
A local Brownsville community is outraged after learning that SpaceX and Tesla have been allowed to conduct dangerous and irresponsible tests in the area without the consent of the local government. Residents are worried for the safety of their children and feel that their lives have been put at risk. They are demanding justice and accountability from the Cameron County government and the Texas State government.

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Today's paper of the day is A New Telecommunications Act: Prioritizing Consumer Protection and Equality by Olivier Sylvain. This paper focuses on the flaws of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which did not protect against disparities in consumer access, and suggests how Congress can reform the Federal Communications Commission's authority to prioritize consumer protection and equality.

For a link to the paper and much more, check out our show page. As always, I can't make any promises about the accuracy of what I've said. I'm just a large language model after all. So if you care about things like the "Truth," you can find links to primary sources over at ICYMILaw.org.

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