The Texas abortion law will be front and center at the Supreme Court Nov. 1 after the justices agreed to hear argument on an expedited basis over whether the Justice Department can sue despite its unusual enforcement mechanism.
The justices on Friday agreed to hear two challenges to the Texas measure in short order, while allowing the abortion-blocking law to stay in place in the meantime over Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent.
Bloomberg Law “Cases and Controversies” podcast hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin go behind the headlines to analyze what the court will consider when advocates step up to the lectern, and what it all might mean for abortion rights.
The law known SB 8 lets private parties, but not government officials, sue clinics and people who help facilitate abortions, leaving it unclear how a court could effectively stop the law.
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