There is absolutely nothing wrong with a stable birth rate for any country.
August 22, 2018
By Jonathan Stempei
A federal appeals court (click here) on Wednesday upheld a permanent injunction blocking Alabama from banning the most common method of second-trimester abortion.
But two judges from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta used the 3-0 decision to cast doubt on the Supreme Court's abortion jurisprudence, including that terminating a pregnancy is a constitutional right.Some states are passing restrictive abortion laws they hope might win favor from a conservative Supreme Court.
Alabama was trying to enforce a 2016 law criminalizing the dilation and evacuation (D&E) procedure, which the state called "dismemberment abortions."
That law was challenged by the West Alabama Women's Center and Alabama Women's Center, the state's only abortion clinics performing the procedure. The American Civil Liberties Union represented them.
Last October, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson blocked enforcement, saying the law would effectively ban abortions in Alabama after 15 weeks.
In Wednesday's decision, the first by a federal appeals court on the issue, Chief Judge Ed Carnes said the law imposed an "undue burden" on the right to end pregnancy before the fetus is viable....
How many current judges belong or had belonged to the Federalist Society? I expect the US Senate to be asking questions about their involvement to The Federalist Society and what exactly that means to their judgeship.
August 21, 2018
By Mike Scarcella
Jonathan Kobes, (click here) for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Kobes, since 2016, has served as general counsel to U.S. Sen. Michael Rounds of South Dakota. He formerly served as director of corporate compliance at the agriculture industry manufacturer Raven Industries Inc. His primary duties there focused on “general compliance for the company’s business operations and specifically export compliance.” His earlier professional associations include the American Bar Association (2002-03); Association of Corporate Counsel (2008-14); Federalist Society (1999-2004); and the National Rifle Association (2013-14). Kobes was an assistant U.S. attorney in Rapid City, South Dakota, from 2003 to 2005. The White House counsel’s office in June 2017 reached out to Kobes to ask about his interest in serving on the Eighth Circuit.
