The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone is now before the Supreme Court, after a fifth-circuit appeals panel of three judges ruled against its distribution last summer.

According to a new report, the wife of one of those judges—James Ho, a Trump appointee who previously served as the solicitor general of Texas—took at least six payments between 2018 and 2022 from the conservative legal group that brought the case to court.

  • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    It’s all about perspective. Do you profit of prison labor? Do you get paid for defending pieces of shit? America sounds fuckin awesome for those people.

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      7 months ago

      Considering this guy was a lawyer defending Republican politicians, there’s no question about the latter.

      That said, he wasn’t 100% optimistic about Trump’s legal woes, so at least he’s a little worried.