ball. why is the doj going straight to the supreme court instead of the full fifth circuit and when might we see movement by the justices? reporter: hallie, i m immersened-of-ed in it and still feels like a ping bong ball to me. you re absolutely right. right now the justice department will ask the supreme court to stay that latest injunction from the fifth circuit. we know it came from just three judges on that circuit, but the most conservative in the country. there wasn t a lot of hope that if they got all of the judges, what you call on bond to weigh in, they would reverse that decision. they re going to the supreme court already. they say they intend to do this. this follows ar the justice department did ask the court to reverse its decision. now they intend to go up to the supreme court. it s up to the justices when they will decide, but what s different now, hallie, from when the justice department weighed in before. remember, last month they declined to put a stay on the orde
we ll see how this stakes shape, but it won t be my call. nih director, i have to ask. dr. collins, thank you for coming on the show. big day. important to have your perspective, thank you. as reported earlier this hour, the justice department intending to take this to the supreme court. the law, most restrictive in the country, still in effect forcing people to make very difficult choices over unplanned or unintended pregnancies. the fallout, felt most by women of color in communities of fewer economic resources to be able to navigate this new law. i want to bring in our msnbc reporter. tremaine, glad to have you on. i appreciate you having me on. you mentioned, sb8 only law the
it s different now, it s that the justice department is involved s when the supreme court weighed in, they were responding to challenges from texas abortion rights advocates, saying they couldn t proceed on procedural questions. now the justice department has refined the claim. they are going after the law itself, and so the supreme court could finally be asked to weigh in on the constitutionality of this law. even with all the ping-pong balls going back and forth, few times except in the district court in texas when ut law was overturned or put on hold, they actually weighed in whether or not this law was constitutional. what they ve been weighing in on otherwise, whether or not the justice department or anyone suing over this law has the right to do so. julia ainsley. thank you for that breakdown. i know you ll stay on top of this for us. appreciate it. coming up, how ta that abortion law is having the biggest impact on people of color in texas. first, live one-on-one with
him a message that said the following take down the part about being in the building. they are currently investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. look out. and said to him, obstruction of justice is a very serious allegation. and also said, i m a police officer who agrees with your political stance. so based on that, and several other messages in which he keeps telling the man to take down social media suggesting he was in the capitol, he s chargesed with obstruction of jut is. leigh ann, capitol police. what do you hear? reporter: capitol police responded. michael riley put on administrative leave. he s been with the police force, capitol police force, for 25 years. he actually was a capitol police officer of the month back in february of 2011, but head of the capitol police tom major did put out a statement saying that obstruction of justice is a very serious allegation. he goes on to say the department was notified about this