The Legality of the FDA’s Drug Approval Process In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed nearly 50 years of precedent by overturning Roe v. Wade’s holding that the right to an abortion is protected in the U.S. Constitution. Now, two years later, the court is considering another major case that could greatly curtail access to one of the most common forms of abortion. The lawsuit, brought by a group of antiabortion medical groups and doctors, challenges the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rules regulating the abortion drug mifepristone, which is used in conjunction with misoprostol to terminate a pregnancy. Read…

The 119th Congress makes major immigration changes Immigration reform continues to be a priority on Capitol Hill. In January, the first immigration bill passed by the 119th Congress became law. The Laken Riley Act passed the Senate and House of Representatives with bipartisan support, which may lead the way for other immigration measures to successfully become law.  The Laken Riley Act amended the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that provides when detention of certain non-U.S. nationals (defined as “aliens” under federal law) is mandatory.  Specifically, the act requires the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to detain individuals unlawfully…

On March 20, President Donald J. Trump passed an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The order directed the Secretary of Education to return authority over education to the states “while ensuring the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services.” Congress assigned many of the DOE’s responsibilities, so the president can’t dismantle the department without an act of Congress or legally direct the agency to refrain from actions it is required to do by law. The executive order already faces numerous legal challenges. Republican lawmakers also proposed legislation to dissolve the DOE on Nov. 21, 2024, in…