Merits of roe v. wade and the texas law, and then there s a discussion of process and procedure and what merrick garland calls a scheme. i m going to ask you in the limited way in which we can do on television to explain what the department of justice is now doing in the face of what happened at the supreme court last week. well, you re right, ali, this is a little bit nuanced, but maybe this will help folks understand. what doj did today was they threw the supreme court s decision in the case last week back in its face. last week, the supreme court said gee, we ve never seen this sort of private enforcement scheme before where texas has turned anyone who wants to be a vigilante against abortion into a vigilante who can go out and find these women and claim a $10,000 bounty if they sue the people around them who aided and abetted them in having an abortion. and the supreme court just sort of said, yeah, texas, you have
And then there s this discussion of processing procedure in what mayor garland calls a scheme. i m going to ask you, in a limited way in which we can do on television. to explain what the department of justice is now doing. in the face of what happened at the supreme court last week. you re right allie. this is a little bit nuanced. but maybe this will help folks understand. what doj did today, was they through the supreme court s decision in the case last week, back in its place. last week the supreme court said, she we ve never seen this sort of private enforcement scheme before. where texas has turned anyone who wants to be. a vigilante against abortion. into a vigilante. who can go out and find these. women and plame a 10,000-dollar bounty if they sue the people around them. who aided and abetted them and having an abortion. the supreme court just said yeah texas, you outsmarted. us we re not going to keep this law from going into effect. because we don t know how to
The lawyer said for the government, your honor. josh gardner. and jody hunt, assistant attorney general for the civil division. the judge said mr. gardner, i know you are on vacation so i hated to interrupt that. that s the way they start. it s a sign that something is unusual here. josh gardner is the justice department career lawyer who has been handling the case for the justice department defending what the trump administration was trying to do with the census and he lost that case at the supreme court last week. the justice department conceded as of last night that it s over and the trump administration won t be adding the new question to the census. that it s done. the guy has been handling the case for the justice department lost the case and told the court they are conceding and it s done. now that it s done, that dude has gone on vacation. so why is he back in this hearing today phoning into this emergency hearing? apparently this is not done. if you want to know why he has to
Justice department defending what the trump administration was trying to do with the census and he lost that case at the supreme court last week. the justice department conceded as of last night that it s over and the trump administration won t be adding the new question to the census. that it s done. the guy has been handling the case for the justice department lost the case and told the court they are conceding and it s done. now that it s done, that dude has gone on vacation. so why is he back in this hearing today phoning into this emergency hearing? apparently this is not done. if you want to know why he has to call in because it s not done is because of the other guy from the justice department who phoned in with him. the head of the civil division, jeff sessions s recent chief of staff and seen what happens to senior justice department officials in the trump administration when they don t give trump what he wants no matter what it is. so you have the trial attorney
Trump beating the ghost of jeff sessions all over again, for sessions refusing to do what he wanted the justice department to do. and this is how it all came out. at this hearing today. just remarkable. so, the judge starts off and says good afternoon. and he asks the plaintiffs to introduce themselves. they do so. then he said for the government? the lawyer said for the government, your honor. josh gardner. and jody hunt, assistant attorney general for the civil division. the judge says, mr. gardner, i know you re on vacation, so i hated to interrupt that. that s the way they start. right away, it s a sign that something is unusual here, right? josh gardner is the justice department lawyer, career lawyer who has been handling this case for the justice department, defending what the trump administration was trying to do with the census. he just lost that case at the supreme court last week. i mean, the justice department has conceded, as of last night, that it s over, that the trump ad