effect, even if an abortion provider wins a case about that abortion. they still have to continue to face suit after suit after suit, because there's no preclusive effect. it turns the provider or the abortion supporter into a permanent defendant -- >> well, council, i don't want to interrupt your answer to justice sotomayor, but just to pick up on a point that you made. and maybe you can clarify this before you finish answering her question, if you haven't finished already. isn't it the case that the texas constitution requires a plaintiff to show injury, in fact, in accordance with the same standard that applies in federal court? one of the first points you made, i think maybe the first point, was that sb-8 allows any person to sue, whether or not that person has suffered any injury. is that accurate under texas law? >> i think the answer is unclear, but in the united states case, in the preliminary