A sharply and bitterly divided U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block a novel Texas law that opponents say could effectively outlaw abortion in the state.issued just before midnight Wednesday, the justices revealed that they split 5-4 in refusing the request from abortion rights advocates to put the Texas law — which went into force early Wednesday — on hold while litigation over the measure proceeds.
Justice Stephen Breyer said the new law's reliance on private individuals rather than prosecutors to handle enforcement, which would come through civil suits, should not immunize it from litigation in the courts. "Today’s ruling illustrates just how far the Court’s 'shadow-docket' decisions may depart from the usual principles of appellate process," Kagan wrote. "The majority’s decision is emblematic of too much of this Court’s shadow-docket decision-making — which every day becomes more unreasoned, inconsistent, and impossible to defend."
The new Texas law bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy — a point at which many women may not even realize they are pregnant. It's possible other legal fights over the measure could return to the high court in the coming weeks or months, but abortions may be hard or impossible to obtain in Texas in the meantime. The justices have already agreed to hear one major abortion case this term: a case over a Mississippi law that seeks to ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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So, they've made their point a few times now. This isn't a 'clerical' or 'wording' thing. This court is doing what this court was designed to do. This was the intention of the Federalist Society all along. This started with the GOP pandering to the Religious Right back in '80.
Roberts seen here mansplaining women’s reproductive rights.
Idiots
It’s a procedural movement. which means objections will move thru the court system until eventually reaching the Supreme Court.
Your thing still isn't fixed
Why are you click-baiting a story from a week ago? Is someone working on commission? COME ON.
If we had proper sex education in this country as they do in say the Netherlands, we wouldn't be in the situation where abortion is necessary.
Your Supreme Court has a Christian bias. I thought judges were supposed to be unbiased. What a bunch of BS.
If only there were two rich white men who moved to TX with gigantic bases of typically apolitical libertarian fanboys that could leverage their considerable social/financial capital to protect reproductive rights... joerogan and elonmusk y'all know anyone who fits the bill?
HYPOCRISY I wonder if they stick to their guns if this were to happen to one of their own?
Correct headline: The conservative judges voted to let Texas Abortion ban remain. Roberts sided with liberals in the minority. Offered no comments for the public.
''Who's BODY ?'---The RepubliCON Party's BODY...🤮 NOT YOURS..(Ladies) IN The ..TALIBAN State of TexASS...🤠
They will hear it when it is enacted, and the first conviction ends up in front of it. And they will rule that it is unconstitutional.
Political chess moves from all 3 branches getting more brazen. Dems pushing the Executive to censor and prosecute political dissenters. GOP got the Judicial reversing 50 year controversial precedent. Legislature throwing impeachment around far too much. Who goes for the King?
It was state supreme court job to stay vigilant.. the nine had no blocking power
The 100 largest companies in TEXAS.
Too bad RBG didn't step down during Obama's presidency.
As a man, I apologize to all women. You have always deserved better than what we have done to you. Don’t stop fighting for equal rights. ProChoice
'The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.' —Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Texas should just change it’s name to Berlin or Munich
Dear Liberals, We don't get homes and healthcare, you don't get abortions. Enjoy your gentrified downtowns. Oh, and wrap it twice for safety 😉 RoeVWade Scotus AbortionBan neoliberalism
If Congress does not legislate, women's rights will go back half a century. We MUST codify Roe v. Wade. This Court will explicitly overrule Roe v. Wade despite the fact that it's functionally overruled by Planned Parenthood v. Casey & Gonzales v. Carhart.
Tax the churches asap.
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