Interim Dean Rachel Rebouche talks about Texas’s abortion law, its real life impact, and its potential impact on the future of Roe v. Wade. Read more at KYW.

SCOTUS’s decision not to act on Texas’s extreme abortion ban has cast a spotlight on its so-called “shadow docket.” What is it, and what does it say about the Court? Prof. Laura Little explains on KYW’s InDepth podcast. Read more at KYW.

New work by Prof. Craig Green on the legal history of statehood is reviewed on Legal Theory Blog.

As lawsuits mount over Gov. Wolf’s mask mandate, Prof. Burris says the facts are not on their side – and that at least to courts, facts still matter. Read more at The Morning Call.

The DOJ has sued the state of Texas over its extreme abortion ban. But does the federal government have standing to do so? Interim Dean Rachel Rebouche isn’t so sure. Read more at Verywell Health.

Abortion and racial justice have been “explicit co-travelers” in the evolution of conservative politics, says interim Dean Rachel Rebouche. Read more at The New York Times.

Prof. Paul Gugliuzza has been monitoring the situation in Waco as a federal district court becomes a hotspot for patent litigation. His research could prove helpful as unhappy defendants make their way to patent appeals court. Read more at Bloomberg Law.

Interim Dean Rachel Rebouche and co-author Mary Ziegler unpack what’s unique about the federal government’s lawsuit over Texas’s abortion ban – and why it’s a good thing, even if it fails. Read more at Washington Post.

Prof. Scott Burris explains how employer vaccine mandates work for KYW’s InDepth podcast. Read more at KYW.

Planned Parenthood has won a temporary restraining order blocking anti-abortion activists from enforcing Texas’s abortion ban. Interim Dean Rebouche says that such state court action might be the best strategy at this time. Read more at Bloomberg Law.