The Court has not yet decided on the constitutionality of the Texas law. The matter before them for today as whether the law can be stopped by forcing Texas officials to stop enforcing it. The Court ruled that there is no constitutional grounds to stop state officials from enforcing their laws.
The question of whether the Texas law is unconstitutional is still pending. We now know with certainty that Roberts will vote that it is unconstitutional. So the conservative majority on the Court is truly 5-4, with no margin for error.
The Mississippi case is a more direct Roe v Wade challenge. This one is also important, but is less restrictive than MS, and therefore doesn't represent the same "overturning Roe v Wade" significance.
I don’t understand - this isn’t the big SCOTUS case we were all anticipating right?
The Court has not yet decided on the constitutionality of the Texas law. The matter before them for today as whether the law can be stopped by forcing Texas officials to stop enforcing it. The Court ruled that there is no constitutional grounds to stop state officials from enforcing their laws.
The question of whether the Texas law is unconstitutional is still pending. We now know with certainty that Roberts will vote that it is unconstitutional. So the conservative majority on the Court is truly 5-4, with no margin for error.
Thank you for that explanation that makes way more sense now
Barrett will fuck this up. I hope not, but unless she’s playing rope-a-dope, I think she’s compromised.
she's been a cunt from day 1. she's likely not compromised.
The Mississippi case is a more direct Roe v Wade challenge. This one is also important, but is less restrictive than MS, and therefore doesn't represent the same "overturning Roe v Wade" significance.