In Nine Black Robes, the new book by CNN Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic, I am never mentioned by name. I am referred to only as “another boy.” Biskupic suggests, as many others on the Left have over the past few years, that I was “the boy” in the room when a teenage Brett Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted a girl named Christine Blasey Ford in the summer of 1982.
appeal is underway. that process . of course, all lives will be on the white house to further lay out exactly what they will do to try to safeguard access to abortion and this really unprecedented time camera legal battles playing out now, jasmine , right? thank you. so this case almost guaranteed to go to the u. s supreme court. joining us now is cnn s senior supreme court analyst and the author of the new book, nine black robes. joan biskupic. joan thank you so much for joining us. so how quickly could we expect this to get to this supreme court? well, good morning. things are going to happen fast because the judge said that the federal government had only seven days to act and try to get a longer suspension and enforcement of his ruling. so we re already seeing, you know, papers going to the lower courts headed up toward the supreme court. so i think that depending on what the regional fifth circuit does, which is
pair of dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge is halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pret zone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later. conflicting court ruling out of washington state the federal judge, they re protecting access to the drug in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, which suit to protect the medication. the two decisions are the most significant on the on abortion since the supreme court overturned roy roe v. wade last summer here with us now is cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez. cubic joan. good to see you also, you re the author of the new book, nine black robes. so two rulings now two very different decisions. what happens next? well, this puts the abortion issue right back on the path to the supreme court.
medication abortion. here with us, now cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez cubic, who is the author of the new book, nine black robes, joan, welcome back . so where do these rulings leave the status of this drug right now? good afternoon, fredricka. the more important ruling is, of course, the one out of texas where judge matthew has merrick invalidated. the fda is approval, which dates back to the year. 2000 for this medication, abortion drug, but he did suspend his ruling for seven days. so we re going to see appeals coming from the department of justice. and the first step is usually the fifth circuit court of appeals regional appellate court and then bound for the u. s. supreme court. attorney general america garland when he revealed last night that the government would be appealing. this decision, stressed that the food and drug administration had undertaken a very comprehensive review and decided that you know, based on