unconstitutional law designed to evade judicial scrutiny. a majority of justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand. and then it makes note that last night the supreme court effectively did not rule in time to meet a deadline, so the law did go into effect last night simply because the court hadn t ruled on this emergency application from clinics. so sotomayor goes on to say, last night the court silently acquiesced in the state s enactment of a lou that flouts nearly 50 years of federal precedent. today the court belatedly explains that it declined to grant relief because of procedural complexities of the state s own invention. so we re still reading through it. but this is a very strong dissent from the liberals here. thanks to cnn s ariane de vogue for that report from
roberts, no liberal, joined the three progressive members of the court to say exactly that, this is a situation where the state has maneuvered to keep us from trying to review it. we must have the power and we do have the power now to at least not let it go into effect until we can look at its constitutionality. but the five, you know, ultra conservative members of the court very boldly ignored the chief justice and ram rodded it through. it s a stunning day i think as justice sotomayor said in dissent. and harry, do you think there s any possibility because there will be a groundswell over this, do you think that the democrats could push to expand the u.s. supreme court on the basis of this? because it does threaten roe versus waud as you pointed out. yeah. so that just, rosemary, invokes
and it s arguable that there s a way to combat it, but that hasn t been tried before. they will also hope a challenge could still be made by someone who can prove they re being injured, for instance, they re being denied an abortion. but the statute is set up to make it so difficult and exact such penalty not only on women but on providers that right now all the clinics have said we give up, we re closing our shop because otherwise we could be subject to a crime. and that s really a chilling effect that s going to make it hard to challenge this and again put texas completely out beyond the pale of where the law really remains in this country until the supreme court says otherwise. and haverry, this is so draconian, that if a young girl
information. we are open to, you know, any informants. we ve been working with a network of pro-life attorneys and pro-life activists around the state. and so, if necessary, we will bring these suits against the abortion industry if they decide not to comply with the law. and that s what we re closely monitoring. reporter: the texas law took effect after both the fifth circuit and the supreme court stayed silent, refusing to step in to block the law. the lack of action comes amid question about whether the supreme court could overturn roe v. wade. the 1973 case that declared a constitutional right to abortion prior to viability, which is around 23 weeks. the high court is scheduled to hear a case out of mississippi in the coming weeks that bans abortion after 15 weeks. the fact that they let this go into effect tells us, if nothing else, that they are not nearly as bothered by the impact of the law on the ground here in texas as they have clearly been bothered by restrictions on re
that performs the abortion, it s the staff, it s anyone who might help pay for the abortion, even a lyft driver who takes you to the clinic could be on the hook in court. maybe you think that sounds extreme, maybe illegal. well, for a time the supreme court would have agreed with you. they would have said this type of law violates the set of cases that came in the years after roe versus wade when the court said that states can t impose what s known as an undue burden on the right to abortion before a fetus is viable. but it s a different day with a different court and now this court just let the most restrictive abortion law in the country go into effect overnight, guys. why this is such a big deal not just for women in texas is because it sends a chill down the spine to every woman in this country worried about their state fearing they may use this as a blueprint for what could be a way to get around roe versus