Remember SB8, when they functionally overturned Roe on the shadow docket?
May 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Remember SB8, when they functionally overturned Roe on the shadow docket?
EVERYONE SAY HELLO TO MY NEW BABY !!!! 😇😇😇😇😇
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
EVERYONE SAY HELLO TO MY NEW BABY !!!! 😇😇😇😇😇
Are these guys going to SB8 medication abortion and just not act on the application before 5 PM ET???
May 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Are these guys going to SB8 medication abortion and just not act on the application before 5 PM ET???
This is lawless. It is, however, not much different than what the SCOTUS far-right majority did when it allowed Texas's SB8 vigilante abortion law to go into effect in 2021 despite it clearly being unconstitutional under Roe/Casey.
BREAKING: SCOTUS will hear a case over whether it should overrule Humphrey's Executor — in a shadow docket order that also allows Trump's firing of Rebecca Slaughter as an FTC commissioner to take effect while the appeal is considered, which should not be allowed under Humphrey's Executor.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A264 (25-332)
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. U. REBECCA KELLY SLAUGHTER, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[September 22, 2025]
The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The July 17, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 25-cv-909, ECF Doc. 52, is stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following ques-tions: (1) Whether the statutory removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission violate the separation of powers and, if so, whether Humphrey's Executor
v. United States, 295 U. S. 602 (1935), should be overruled.
(2) Whether a federal court may prevent a person's removal from public office, either through relief at equity or at law.
The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2025 argument session. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiatn7hy67rd6co3ichuyzatyrlbh6wvclmhfzv25lsb3tgntp2z54)
September 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is lawless. It is, however, not much different than what the SCOTUS far-right majority did when it allowed Texas's SB8 vigilante abortion law to go into effect in 2021 despite it clearly being unconstitutional under Roe/Casey.
there are government-toppling ramifications of sb8 everywhere for those with eyes to see
TX Judge O'Connor is going to war with RI Judge McElroy over DOJ subpoenas for trans kids' medical records.
She quashed the subpoenas. He orders the RI hospital to comply, and orders them not to seek relief in any venue but NDTX, Fifth Circuit, or SCOTUS.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
She quashed the subpoenas. He orders the RI hospital to comply, and orders them not to seek relief in any venue but NDTX, Fifth Circuit, or SCOTUS.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
there are government-toppling ramifications of sb8 everywhere for those with eyes to see
i’m getting very strong “the SB8 case is NOT about roe v wade, it’s about who has standing and who is the proper defendant” vibes from this
Lots of confusion out there about what Scotus will consider on birthright citizenship. It's actually pretty clear: They are NOT ruling on the legality of Trump's EO, though the subject will surely come up and the decision will determine whether the restrictions go into partial effect right away. 1/3
April 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
i’m getting very strong “the SB8 case is NOT about roe v wade, it’s about who has standing and who is the proper defendant” vibes from this
According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.
Report: Sepsis, maternal deaths surged in Texas following abortion bans
A new ProPublica analysis finds a 50 percent increase in life-threatening infections since SB8 took effect in 2021.
www.motherjones.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.
The supreme court judges do not admit that they are part of the government. That was the whole conceit behind Texas SB8.
February 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The supreme court judges do not admit that they are part of the government. That was the whole conceit behind Texas SB8.
Lauren Miller, who was a plaintiff in the lawsuit over SB8, testified against SB31 in the TX Senate last week.
We should be listening to women and the advocates who work so hard to help women. Please contact your legislators. #txlege
We should be listening to women and the advocates who work so hard to help women. Please contact your legislators. #txlege
March 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Lauren Miller, who was a plaintiff in the lawsuit over SB8, testified against SB31 in the TX Senate last week.
We should be listening to women and the advocates who work so hard to help women. Please contact your legislators. #txlege
We should be listening to women and the advocates who work so hard to help women. Please contact your legislators. #txlege
I hope by now everyone gets that all struggles are intertwined, but if you had any doubt—
this bounty hunter model is based off of Texas’ SB8, which was the death knell for Roe—
& allowed ppl to pull these same vigilante lawsuits against anyone assisting in someone getting abortion care.
this bounty hunter model is based off of Texas’ SB8, which was the death knell for Roe—
& allowed ppl to pull these same vigilante lawsuits against anyone assisting in someone getting abortion care.
Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
January 28, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I hope by now everyone gets that all struggles are intertwined, but if you had any doubt—
this bounty hunter model is based off of Texas’ SB8, which was the death knell for Roe—
& allowed ppl to pull these same vigilante lawsuits against anyone assisting in someone getting abortion care.
this bounty hunter model is based off of Texas’ SB8, which was the death knell for Roe—
& allowed ppl to pull these same vigilante lawsuits against anyone assisting in someone getting abortion care.
Illinois would benefit greatly from a true safe storage law that requires all firearms to be securely locked up when not in use. SB8 is not that bill. SB8 would not even apply to the 70% of Illinois households that don't have minor children. #needsimprovement 😐
May 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Illinois would benefit greatly from a true safe storage law that requires all firearms to be securely locked up when not in use. SB8 is not that bill. SB8 would not even apply to the 70% of Illinois households that don't have minor children. #needsimprovement 😐
9/1/21: SCOTUS denies a request to block TX’s vigilante abortion ban.
9/3/21: Josseli Barnica has a miscarriage; doctors don’t treat her because of SB8.
9/7/21: Josseli is rushed back to the hospital after losing huge quantities of blood. She dies there.
The Supreme Court killed Josseli Barnica.
9/3/21: Josseli Barnica has a miscarriage; doctors don’t treat her because of SB8.
9/7/21: Josseli is rushed back to the hospital after losing huge quantities of blood. She dies there.
The Supreme Court killed Josseli Barnica.
And this happened in 2021, about 10 months before Roe was overturned—but after Texas’ SB8, the “heartbeat” bill, had gone into effect.
When the Supreme Court let that law stand, it sent the signal that Roe’s days were numbered.
When the Supreme Court let that law stand, it sent the signal that Roe’s days were numbered.
Doctors said it was “inevitable” that Josseli Barnica would miscarry.
Yet they waited 40 hours for the fetal heartbeat to stop.
She died of an infection 3 days later.
Yet they waited 40 hours for the fetal heartbeat to stop.
She died of an infection 3 days later.
October 30, 2024 at 1:07 PM
9/1/21: SCOTUS denies a request to block TX’s vigilante abortion ban.
9/3/21: Josseli Barnica has a miscarriage; doctors don’t treat her because of SB8.
9/7/21: Josseli is rushed back to the hospital after losing huge quantities of blood. She dies there.
The Supreme Court killed Josseli Barnica.
9/3/21: Josseli Barnica has a miscarriage; doctors don’t treat her because of SB8.
9/7/21: Josseli is rushed back to the hospital after losing huge quantities of blood. She dies there.
The Supreme Court killed Josseli Barnica.
That would be the same Jonathan Mitchell who designed SB8, the TX abortion bounty law. He's also representing the TX man suing three women for helping his ex-wife get an abortion.
Update: Jonathan Mitchell tells me he is now representing Donald Trump in both of the Fourteenth Amendment petitions at SCOTUS. (He wasn’t on the initial cert petition filed by Trump.)
NEWS: Jonathan Mitchell—former Texas SG—is representing Donald Trump in the SCOTUS petition brought by the Colorado Republican Party. Not immediately clear to me how this fits with his own petition, as Mitchell is not one of the lawyers listed on that petition. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...
January 5, 2024 at 4:27 PM
That would be the same Jonathan Mitchell who designed SB8, the TX abortion bounty law. He's also representing the TX man suing three women for helping his ex-wife get an abortion.
Texas - just more dead women. 😞 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Report: Sepsis, maternal deaths surged in Texas following abortion bans
A new ProPublica analysis finds a 50 percent increase in life-threatening infections since SB8 took effect in 2021.
www.motherjones.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Texas - just more dead women. 😞 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is murder
Where are the medical societies?
Where is the uproar from doctors?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Where are the medical societies?
Where is the uproar from doctors?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Report: Sepsis, maternal deaths surged in Texas following abortion bans
A new ProPublica analysis finds a 50 percent increase in life-threatening infections since SB8 took effect in 2021.
www.motherjones.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is murder
Where are the medical societies?
Where is the uproar from doctors?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Where are the medical societies?
Where is the uproar from doctors?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
👇🏾 my head went to SB8 too, like, Supreme Court shadow docket blessing of a state blatantly, flagrantly violating the rights of their residents and federal law
This is a disturbing shadow docket decision, up there with the 2021 shadow docket decision allowing Texas’s S.B. 8 vigilante abortion law to go into effect despite Roe.
October 30, 2024 at 2:55 PM
👇🏾 my head went to SB8 too, like, Supreme Court shadow docket blessing of a state blatantly, flagrantly violating the rights of their residents and federal law
Hospitals have been complying in advance since SB8 and Dobbs. Hospitals have been letting women die.
“Defending” women while banning abortion, limiting recourse for pregnancy discrimination, engaging in a campaign to deport families, seeking to revoke birthright citizenship. Don’t be deputized to enact their cruelty.
January 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Hospitals have been complying in advance since SB8 and Dobbs. Hospitals have been letting women die.
Sept 1, 2021, SCOTUS via shadow docket declined to ban SB8, TX’ unconstitutional abortion ban.
It was clear then that they would undo Roe and any other judicial president that suited their craven agenda.
Black & Brown communities are harmed first in every decision.
The system works by design.
It was clear then that they would undo Roe and any other judicial president that suited their craven agenda.
Black & Brown communities are harmed first in every decision.
The system works by design.
April 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Sept 1, 2021, SCOTUS via shadow docket declined to ban SB8, TX’ unconstitutional abortion ban.
It was clear then that they would undo Roe and any other judicial president that suited their craven agenda.
Black & Brown communities are harmed first in every decision.
The system works by design.
It was clear then that they would undo Roe and any other judicial president that suited their craven agenda.
Black & Brown communities are harmed first in every decision.
The system works by design.
June 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Notably, Barnica died in September 2021—months before the June 2022 Dobbs decision. She was killed by SB8, Texas’ pre-Dobbs 6-week ban, which the Supreme Court allowed to go into effect on September 1, 2021. Barnica started miscarrying on September 2.
ProPublica has unearthed two more women who were killed by abortion bans, this time in Texas. The first was Josseli Barnica. She was 28. www.propublica.org/article/joss...
A Texas Woman Died After Waiting 40 Hours for Miscarriage Care
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat s...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Notably, Barnica died in September 2021—months before the June 2022 Dobbs decision. She was killed by SB8, Texas’ pre-Dobbs 6-week ban, which the Supreme Court allowed to go into effect on September 1, 2021. Barnica started miscarrying on September 2.
As @jessicafortexas.bsky.social points out, this bill does nothing to protect women. In fact, it opens up women to extremely invasive “investigations” about their sex.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the government forcing genital checks on women before going to the bathroom. #SB8 #txlege
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the government forcing genital checks on women before going to the bathroom. #SB8 #txlege
August 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
As @jessicafortexas.bsky.social points out, this bill does nothing to protect women. In fact, it opens up women to extremely invasive “investigations” about their sex.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the government forcing genital checks on women before going to the bathroom. #SB8 #txlege
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the government forcing genital checks on women before going to the bathroom. #SB8 #txlege
If politicians keep trying to dehumanize & kill #women..
guess what happens to politicians for deliberately trying to find clever ways to dehumanize & kill our wives, our daughters, our moms, girlfriends, nieces, aunts, friends?
or kill any other #women?
Guess.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
guess what happens to politicians for deliberately trying to find clever ways to dehumanize & kill our wives, our daughters, our moms, girlfriends, nieces, aunts, friends?
or kill any other #women?
Guess.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Report: Sepsis, maternal deaths surged in Texas following abortion bans
A new ProPublica analysis finds a 50 percent increase in life-threatening infections since SB8 took effect in 2021.
www.motherjones.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
If politicians keep trying to dehumanize & kill #women..
guess what happens to politicians for deliberately trying to find clever ways to dehumanize & kill our wives, our daughters, our moms, girlfriends, nieces, aunts, friends?
or kill any other #women?
Guess.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
guess what happens to politicians for deliberately trying to find clever ways to dehumanize & kill our wives, our daughters, our moms, girlfriends, nieces, aunts, friends?
or kill any other #women?
Guess.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hey so Texas law SB8 passing house and senate and going to the governers desk is like bad bad right?
August 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Hey so Texas law SB8 passing house and senate and going to the governers desk is like bad bad right?