ban. the gop s reaction in texas ban is silence. punk waited by laws about the law itself. the most obvious answer is that republicans are the dog that caught the car, fearful of the ramifications of their own victory. your reaction? yeah. i think nationally i don t know if this is exactly what the republican national committee would want to focus on. i think if you look at all statistical analysis and data at this point it appears that at least as early on republicans seem to be in a good spot to regain control of the house. the last thing that any strategist would want is to risk ginning up energy on the other side which can make that task of regaining control of the house tougher by virtue of what you see in texas and nationally i think probably waiting to see what the circuit court is going to do. some ways the supreme court honestly doesn t want to get involved with this at all.
silent. calling the op-ed this is exactly the type of thing that could challenge this texas law and have it subsequently overturned because it is not constitutional. that is exactly right. we are in this terrible stalemate because the u.s. supreme court and the 5th circuit denied the relief to stop this law while it s constitutionality is tested and clinics are complying with the law. many closed down completely for fear of frivolous lawsuits so the anti-abortion groups are having the best of all worlds right now. their shutt down abortion and not filed a single suit and expressed today they ll not sure they ll sue the doctor. it just demonstrates why the supreme court s actions and the
understand politically electorally why they are silent. we can debate whether that s right or not. that s a different conversation. as it pertains to the supreme court i think chief justice roberts specifically but likely not to have to deal with this at that level. there s others and conservative justices that i think would love an opportunity to rule in some manner on this case and i think the question becomes does the supreme court side with texas completely or say maybe we ll lessen how late a woman can have an abortion. i think the jury is out on that question pertaining to how the court will decide but from the chief justice perspective he has almost been very clear in many ways and legal zo lars have stated this on his unwillingness to get into these state and political issues and so i really think in some ways he may have lost control of the court at least by virtue of the recent
herrin for center for reproductive rights. mark i want to kind of understand the legal challenges ahead at this point if he has any for dr. braid. sure. so there s several cases pending right now. there s the federal lawsuit that s currently pending in court of appeals where the supreme court denied an injunction. justice department filed a lawsuit but this law is in effect for two weeks. over 85% of patients in texas are toned away from exercising the constitutional rights and travel hundreds of miles to go outside the state. clinics in oh states are jam packed with patients from texas. there s a clinic in kansas where half of the patients coming from texas now. the doctor took a courageous act to provide care. he had a duty of care to the
so i think the republican party again nationally is in a quagmire and the state party may enjoy this thing but i don t think they re looking at the overall impact to have on republicans odds to regain control of the house and maybe even the senate for that matter. two things. what makes you think that the supreme court doesn t want to be involved? it seems to be sent that way. because to challenge the law it could go all the way up if not beyond the texas supreme court to the federal supreme court. to the supreme court itself. to overturn the texas law, a. why not speak out? if this isn t the narrative for the party come the midterms why not speak up? look. i don t think they want to take the risk of angering a very important part of the republican base and that s evangelicals. that s been a part of republican voters for 40, 50 years now so i