evade judicial protection of that right in federal or state court. texas delegated enforcement to literally any person, anywhere, except its own state officials. the only conceivable reason for doing so was to evade federal court review under ex parte young. texas then created special rules, applicable only to sb-8 claims, that make it all but impossible to protect one s constitutional s rights in state court. for a single abortion, the law authorizes limitless suits in all 254 counties and provide that a victory in one has no preclusive effect in any other. texas incentivized enforcement through awards of at least $10,000 per prohibited abortion against each defendant, without any showing of injury, and it added draconian, one-sided fees provisions, with liability extended even to attorneys themselves. the combined effect is to transform the state courts from a forum for the protection of
0 weeks. lindsey? gabe gutierrez, thank you. and in just seconds, we ll take you inside the supreme court to hear arguments in two challenges to the texas abortion law. i m lindsey reiser in for stephanie ruhle. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. it s 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. and we begin with something that hasn t happened before. for the first time ever, msnbc will bring you live oral arguments from the u.s. supreme court as it takes up two cases stemming from the controversial texas abortion law. this will be audio only, as the supreme court does not allow television cameras. the first case is whole women s health versus jackson. it was filed by abortion providers, challenging a law that effectively bans abortions in texas and shifts enforcement from the state to private citizens who can sue anyone seeking an abortion or anyone who helps a woman obtain one. with me now so break this all down, nbc news corresponde