In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the oral arguments in a case challenging FDA approval of the abortion pill Mifepristone, where a panel of 5th Circuit judges appeared likely to restrict access to the drug.

In the full episode, Preet and Joyce break down:

• Writer E. Jean Carroll’s new defamation allegations against former President Donald Trump; 
• The evidence that special counsel Jack Smith is reportedly compiling in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation; 
• The resignation of former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Rachael Rollins after a DOJ inspector general’s ethics probe found various instances of misconduct.

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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:

U.S. Constitution Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 – Standing

18 U.S. Code §1461 – Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter

“Appeals court appears likely to restrict access to key abortion pill,” WaPo, 5/17/23