was heard. listening to oral argument for an hour and 40 minutes plus was just powerful in my sense and knowing the wheels of justice begun to turn. carley: give us details on the legal slice of this puzzle. why this is all the way up to the supreme court, why leroy was forced to sue and what you are hoping to get out of this? thanks for asking. the first piece of the puzzle, leroy was forced to sue because he was not accommodated. he came back from iraq with a debilitating lung and brain disease and couldn t perform functions as a texas state trooper and asked to be accommodated and texas didn t do that. he resigned and we filed a lawsuit. we ended with supreme court
great chance given the ruling today from the supreme court, and, overall, the law is still in place, still in effect. abortion is still banned in texas. the five republican-appointed justices in the majority today let it stand. and remember the weird way this ban works. texas didn t just up and declare abortion is a crime and send out the cops to arrest people for it. they made this weird new law that s designed to evade roe v wade, it s designed to get around the fact that abortion is a constitutionally protected right and the way they do it, instead of sending out cops to arrest people for having an abortion, they have a weird scheme where random citizens are invited to bring lawsuits against someone involved in an abortion and if that lawsuit prevails, if they can prove someone provided an abortion or worked as a receptionist and checked someone in at a clinic for an abortion, or you loaned your sister money for an
legal challenge to it as well. today the supreme court ruled on those challenges, and it in a 5-4 ruling they decided they would leave texas abortion ban in place. abortion providers will be allowed to go ahead with some lawsuits trying to legally challenge it in lower courts, but those lawsuits don t stand a great chance given the ruling today from the supreme court. and overhad the law still in place, the law still in effect. abortions still banned in texas. five republican appointed justices who were in the majority today let it stand. and remember the weird way this ban works. texas didn t just up and declare abortions a crime and then send out the cops to arrest people for it. they made this weird new law that s designed to evade roe v. wade. it s designed to get around the fact abortion is a constitutionally protected right. and the way they do it instead of sending out cops to arrest people for having an abortion or
shot in the arm that we needed. not only speaking in terms of vaccines but actually economically we re back on track. the borders are open. bridges are open again. commerce is flowing. tourism is coming back in south texas. and better times are ahead for the working-class american. that is good to hear for the folks in your district. congressman, before voting for the build back better act last week you had voiced concerns. so what changed your mind? well, my only concerns were on the paid fors. we wanted to make sure that texas didn t get targeted just because we re an energy-producing state. but at the end of the day i think we were able to figure it out, and certainly build back better is the largest investment in american history for working-class people. and we couldn t be more proud to have passed this bill. it s going to be transformative and life-changing for many
for him, trump would have happily done it. but he still benefitted from the big trump turnout anyway. donna, i have to ask, a lot of people are surprised that abortion, what s happening in places like texas didn t motivate more voters. is that because a lot of people in places like new jersey, think if this does become a state issue, it won t become illegal in their state. it won t matter to them? well, i do think that we re going to have to figure out how it is democrats how it is to message to those voters who are moved by abortion rights, but i think that there s a limitation, and i think the challenge for democrats is going to be able to find voters to move on one issue and then, you know, try to move voters in the middle and independents on the broader questions in their various congressional districts and