Update (Sept. 2, 8:40 p.m. EST): The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said Tuesday it will hear oral argument on Sept. 12 on Texas’ request to stay the trial court ruling pending appeal. The appeals court criticized as “tardy”—and too long—Texas’ late Sunday filing seeking emergency relief. Read the court’s two-page order here.
A Texas law imposing new regulations on abortion clinics fell into Labor Day limbo Monday after a federal appeals court made no response to an urgent plea from the state to let the statute take effect.
