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Not put the state in position of being sued. when it went to the u.s. supreme court, the court in effect was stumped by this, dissent from four judges, including chief justice, said you're doing an unconstitutional think, but you confounded the court with the mechanism you've got. it raises a ton of questions. >> explain the $10,000, is it reward, bounty? i don't mean to, i mean, it is bizarre. why would somebody who decides to take it in their own hands to stop or help identify an illegally done abortion according to texas law, why should they get rewarded with $10,000? >> the authors of this...

Unusual way to try to get around the constitutionality of the law. >> it is new. that's why it confounded the courts like it did. ordinarily, they would say state of texas will enforce, if you don't like it, you sue state of texas in this. since you don't have an actor, you don't have executive or government authority, they basically crowd sourced it. until someone files a suit, you don't have a test case. >> like everything with the abortion debate. at the end of the day, nobody wants to take ownership of some of the laws, they kind of want to work around the system. ross, thank you. up nex...

As we said, the supreme court decision not to block texas restrictive abortion law came in a 5-4 vote last night. in her dissent, sotomayor called the law a breathtaking act of defines of the constitution, of this court's precedents, and the rights of women seeking abortions throughout texas. this comes a month before the court is set to hear arguments on an abortion case out of mississippi in a new law there. to breakdown legal implications of this decision by this court, joined by "the washington post" supreme court reporter, robert barns. robert, i think to me the big news, we sort of saw t...