My assumption is that he thought that allowing the ban on mail to go into immediate effect would have such a negative impact on Republican electoral chances that a temporary stay should be called.
The Supreme Court on Monday restored nationwide access to a widely used abortion medication in a temporary order that will, for now, allow women to once again obtain the pill mifepristone by mail.
In a brief order, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. paused a lower-court ruling from Friday that had prevented abortion providers from prescribing the pills by telemedicine and shipping them to patients, causing confusion for providers and patients. The one-sentence order imposes a pause until at least May 11. He requested that the parties file briefs by Thursday, and then the full court will determine how to proceed.The state of Louisiana sued the Food and Drug Administration to restrict access to mifepristone, saying the availability of the medication by mail has allowed abortions to continue in the state despite its near-total ban.
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Justice Alito’s order, known as an administrative stay, was provisional and expected, but an important interim step for women seeking to obtain mifepristone in the next week. The order does not signal how the full court may eventually handle the case.
Justice Alito acted on his own at this stage because he is the justice assigned to handle emergency applications from the region of the country covered by the Fifth Circuit.
I would not expect this from Alito. I would expect to see delays until the last possible moment, because he is a corrupt son of a bitch.
Also, the case is complete pants, with the state of Louisiana basing its standing on the complete falsehood that mifepristone is so dangerous that it costs them tax money. (It doesn't)
Also, this argument could be used, and would be true, for a state wanting to ban Acetaminophen, which is the most dangerous FDA approved OTC medication, with about 500 deaths and about 26,000 hospitalizations a year.
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