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Regulations. joe's previous emergency orders weren't this urgent and some of them you might say were symbolic. i can't remember which ones but -- >> the pipeline. >> exactly. that's the problem. there's nobody in charge. say what you will about trump, you probably would have crushed this, he would have dealt with this the way he dealt with the vaccine. he would have had a warp speed with truckers the second you heard about it. they would have fired mayor pete. it would have been hilarious. two months? the crisis is two months? what are you doing. then he would be gone. instead all we get is jo...

Out to -- anyway, and it just seems -- i know this sounds ridiculous, almost un-american. i was told that there are possibilities within the existing law to have the justice department look and see whether are there things that can be done that can limit the independent action of individuals in enforcing a federal -- and a -- and a state law. >> the senate judiciary committee now plans to hold a hearing examining not only the law, but also the high court's decision to allow it to take effect. in a scathing rebuke today, democratic chair dick durban argued quote, the court allowed it to see the...

Law. >> the senate judiciary committee now plans to hold a hearing examining not only the law but also the high court's decision to allow it to take effect. in a scathing rebuke today, democratic chair dick durbin argued the court allowed it to see the light of day without public deliberation and transparency. we must examine the constitutional impact of allowing the law to take effect but the conservative effect's abuse of the shadow docket. a term to describe the use of emergency orders without oral arguments. this was a 5-4 opinion. conservative chief justice john roberts dissented alongsid...

Governor greg abbott issued a fan on school mask mandates. there's now been a court action filed to strike down mask mandates by local officials. they announced any school or local official defying the order will, quote, be taken to court. schools and officials also risk a $1,000 fine. joining us now the mayor of an antonio texas, who is challenging texas governor greg abbott's authority to suspend local emergency orders during the pandemic. thanks for being with us this morning. why did you take this action? >> good morning. we took the action because we have now thousands of students who are...

>> i think so. good for governor abbott. one of the things that i do a lot, what is the governor going to do? what is the state going to do. i think this is another example of the federal government overstepping their bounds. this whole crisis created by them in the first place. they're angry because the governor has no choice but to try to fix it. >> shannon: the ag says the governor's order violates federal law in numerous respects. texas cannot lawfully enforce the order against any private official or party. one of the biggest cases i've ever covered at the supreme court was the state immi...