The Justice Department sued the state of Texas Thursday over its new six-week abortion ban, which the Supreme Court declined to block last week.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1387156
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1387156
Round up the posse and go get 'em, Merrick.
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Hoisted by their own Con-tard!
They can run, but they can’t Hyde.
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Well, he said he was gonna do something about it.
Now he has.
How fast does anyone think this will get through the system? Is this in any way an effective deterrent to the other States that have promised to use the Texas template for this law to create similar laws in their own States?
While this moves through the system, how many women’s lives will be ruined or lost?
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The other Red states are gonna be so pissed that Garland is shortcutting their drafting of copycat laws. Good.
Assuming this works…
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The conservative Court, however, has become increasingly comfortable using it [the shadow docket] to decide complex, even controversial, questions without the benefit of full briefings and oral arguments.
The “conservative” majority now considers full briefings and oral arguments to be an impediment to legislating from the bench, not a benefit to well reasoned legal decisions.
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Fast, and then slow. The preliminary injunction will get decided in fairly short order, but then it’s up to the 5th Circuit and the Supreme Court to decide what to do with the statute while the rest of the case is being heard. I’m hopeful, but by no means optimistic, that the higher courts will be more deferential to DOJ on this than they were with the Texas plaintiffs last week.
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The argle bargle and jiggery pokery will be interesting to read.
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O/T, but more good news:
Biden administration to extend vaccine mandate to U.S. companies
President Biden is announcing sweeping new vaccine mandates Thursday that will impact tens of millions of Americans, pushing all businesses with more than 100 employees to require their workforces to be inoculated or face weekly testing.
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This is terrible! How many days did it take the DOJ to analyze the situation, determine their response, draft up the paperwork and take action!?!? We know for a fact that TPM poster @daytrader could have done the whole thing in one day, while still managing to get all those TFG appointees off those critical consultative committees!
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GREAT NEWS from AG Garland today! Filing this lawsuit against Texas unconstitutional law SB 8, was desperately needed.
I only hope the five (5) SCOTUS jurors are reminded, their silence will no longer threaten the constitutional law enshrined in Roe v Wade, which remains the LAW OF THE LAND and that they too realize they must UPHOLD OUR CONSTITUTION! PERIOD! And not make decisions based on their fake religious beliefs!!!
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Now, just look what you’ve gone and done. 
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So will the mandate allow companies to get off the dime and say, look, we’re doing this because the Feds have said we must?
What happens with companies like Hobby Lobby and others of their ilk that think Federal interference is a bane of their existence and they start cutting staff to get under the 100 employee limit, thereby contributing to a rising unemployment rate?
How long before the Right Wing media lose their minds over this?
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I am unaware of any other “effective deterrent” Merrick has in his arsenal.
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Qui, moi? 
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Oui.
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Where were those mandates on January 20th is my question.
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I don’t disagree, but will those States that are already drafting their bills put a pause on them until such time as the lawsuit is completed?
That’s the question I’m asking. Of course, Garland doesn’t have much else he can do than this.
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Well, to be fair Joe was only sworn in at noon, so I’m sure folks would understand if they weren’t ready until early the next day… 
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