Specifically to deflect legal challenges. we see some of those challenges present themselves here. for example, they re suing the state of texas, but the state has previously pointed out in other litigation that it s not responsible for enforcing this law. instead, this law deputizes any citizen of texas to take action against anyone who aids or abets someone trying to obtain an abortion after six weeks. in his press conference, the attorney general talked about why that makes it difficult to bring legal challenges about his results, so exactly why he needs to bring this lawsuit. let s take a listen to what he said. the statute includes an unprecedented scheme to, in the chief justice s words, quote, insulate the state from responsibility, close quote. it does not rely on the state s executive branch to enforce the law as is the norm in texas and everywhere else. rather, the statute deputizes all private citizens without any
Landscape. first dive into the specific situation in texas and the white house response. joining me, executive editor of texas tribune, ross ramsey. ross, start with a simple question. this is now the law of the land in texas, law of the state land there. how does this get enforced? who s in charge of enforcing this law? they wrote this to stump the courts. they re not putting the state or any part of the state, local prosecutors or anything like that in position of enforcing this. instead, as you mentioned in the lead in, they re crowd sourcing enforcement, allowing people to go to civil means to go after anyone who aids or abets someone seeking an abortion. you can t sue the person getting or seeking the abortion, but you can sue the doctor, sue the uber driver, anybody that helps pay for it. the thought was they can accomplish a ban on abortion and
And say i shouldn t have to pay this bounty, this fine, because it s unconstitutional. but roe v. wade was supposed to take care of all of this. an individual person or somebody who aids or abets is not supposed to have to case by case at the whim of a private citizen have to defend against what roe v. wade already said they could do. before we get into what the supreme court may or may not do next month, just i don t even understand how it would work. if everyone is deputized to call in a neighbor, to call in some revenge hit on an ex-girlfriend, to call in on a stranger, i don t understand how this can ever be enforced on the uber driver, the school counselor, et cetera. and that s the brilliance, the wicked brilliance, alisyn, of the law. these lawsuits may never come to pass. but the fact that that law is on the books now will have a significant chilling effect on abortion clinics in the state of texas. we ve already seen several of
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If you just follow this man, what he wants to do, you ll be better off for this. people think like that. that 42% has turned a blind eye to what he s doing. or are they actively cheering it if you look at some of those rallies what he s doing. they re part of it. there is no separation from me between the person who has the racist philosophy and the person who supports the person with the racist philosophy. david? do you agree? well, look. there s no doubt that there s been ample evidence. this is not a new story. i mean, i m of the mind if the tape surfaced, it would surprise no one. and charles is quite right, that the president s supporters have stuck with him through many, many chapters of evidence that he aids and abets racism in this