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The future accountable. look, they're all going to pay some political price. liz cheney probably top of the list of that. and i think when you see happening now, republicans are rallying around kevin mccarthy and other republicans against her. >> okay. thank you very much. joe crowley, thanks david jolly. we have breaking news from the supreme court on that controversial abortion law. nbc news' correspondent pete williams with details. >> they've taken challenges on sb 8 that banned abortion on six weeks of pregnancy. the courtological hear a straight-up challenge to the constitutionality of...

And partners to take up their challenge to this abortion law in texas. what are you watching for there? >> thursday at noon is what we're all watching for. that's the due date for two responses from texas. a response to the federal government's request to the supreme court to lift the stay that would put the district court judges order back in place. that would halt enforcement. so the justice department is asking the supreme court to block sb-8 for now. texas has to respond to that by thursday. and texas also has to respond to this private lawsuit that was filed by abortion providers in texas...

Is much stronger because the government has powers private parties don't. the court turned away the first in september by a vote of 5-4. the court said it was too complicated. there were questions about whether the court had the authority to hear it, given the unusual structure of sb-8. in the latest challenge, the biden administration said texas can't take away the right of access to abortion without providing a means to defend that right in court. unlike every other abortion restriction that's ever come before the supreme court, sb-8 does not depend on state officials to enforce it. anybody ...

Supreme court will view this petition by doj as an effort to join this case, the texas case, with the mississippi case the court will hear in december and decide both of those matters together. >> pete, there's also a separate appeal to the supreme court, and this one is coming from pro-choice groups. can you explain? >> that was the first lawsuit that was filed here. it's the one that the supreme court declined to issue the stay on in september that allowed sb-8 to go into effect. that's sitting on the court's doorstep. now the justice department says it, too, should take this case that the g...

>> government's case here is very strong. to pete's point, the justice department can do something the private litigants in the earlier case couldn't do. doj has the ability to sue the state of texas directly. that's what they've done in this lawsuit. that i-- they're telling the supreme court, you can't let a state violate a law, roe versus wade. you can't let the state of texas circumvent that with tricks saying the state of texas is preventing anyone from going to court to protect their rights. doj says because we have the unique ability to sue the state of texas, you need to hear our lawsu...