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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSupreme Court signals skepticism over Texas's six-week abortion ban
Supreme Court signals skepticism over Texas's six-week abortion ban
By John Kruzel - 11/01/21 12:59 PM EDT
The Supreme Court sounded a note of skepticism Monday over Texass controversial six-week abortion ban, appearing ready to allow abortion providers to challenge the law in federal court.
The case did not deal directly with the bans lawfulness. Rather, the justices wrestled with whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) and abortion providers can bring federal lawsuits against Texas or state officials in an effort to block the law.
The challengers argued that Texas has effectively nullified the constitutional right to abortion and urged the justices to rule that federal courts may review, and potentially halt or invalidate, the six-week ban.
The rules that have been created by the Texas legislature ... turn the courts into a weapon that can be used to nullify constitutional right, said Marc Hearron, who represented the abortion providers.
Mondays case marked the second time S.B. 8 has reached the justices. In a previous 5-4 ruling, which broke largely along familiar ideological lines, the conservative-majority court denied abortion providers' emergency request to block the law.
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https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/579367-supreme-court-hears-clash-over-texass-six-week-abortion-ban
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Supreme Court signals skepticism over Texas's six-week abortion ban (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2021
OP
The "hey what if some state did this about guns" question was brought up. n/t
PoliticAverse
Nov 2021
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. The "hey what if some state did this about guns" question was brought up. n/t
Mz Pip
(27,451 posts)2. Kavanaugh asked that
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