Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk asked attorneys in a pivotal case over the abortion pill mifepristone to not disclose a key hearing set for Wednesday.
as well as Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who supports abortion rights. His nomination was also opposed by abortion and LGBTQ rights groups such as Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign.
An attorney from the Justice Department, Julie Straus Harris, asked the judge whether the date of the hearing would be made public on the court docket. Kacsmaryk responded that he would make it public on Tuesday but it "may even be after business hours," shortly before the Wednesday morning hearing. Although Kacsmaryk sought to delay sharing the date of the hearing until late Tuesday, media outlets sent a letter to the court on Monday urging the judge to immediately disclose the date. The court shared the date of the hearing on the docket later that afternoon.
"The Court's attempt to delay notice of and, therefore, limit the ability of members of the public, including the press, to attend Wednesday's hearing is unconstitutional, and undermines the important values served by public access to judicial proceedings and court records," Steffensen wrote.
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