challenges the state s tactic of evading judicial review by empowering private citizens to sue anyone who aids or abets an abortion after six weeks. the other suit, filed by president biden s justice department, will address the question of whether the federal government has the right to intervene and block the ban. joining me now is former texas state senator wendy davis, also the founding director of deeds not words. good to see you again, it s been a little bit, but i m glad to have you here on this really important day on the issue ahead of tomorrow. these cases will not directly address the constitutionality of abortion, i want to make that very clear. but what is the bigger picture of the impact that they could have? what are you watching for? the bigger picture for us here in texas is whether the supreme court is going to do what it ought to have done the night before this law went into effect. and that is to answer the question whether a law can be structured in such a way th
protected otherwise. that just turns the constitution and all the statutory law upon which the constitution has been built, it just turns it upside down overnight. and the supreme court i think understands by watching what the impact of their failure to intervene here has been, they understand that they re creating a dangerous precedent that could be replicated state by state by state, not just on abortion law, but, as you said, alex, gun laws, gay marriage, and so many other issues. it s stunning to hear you talk about it. when it comes to the second hearing, very quickly, tackling the question whether the federal government has the right to intervene, what kind of a precedent could a ruling on this does it impact, say, florida and arkansas? because you though there are copy cat bills in those states being pushed into law. that s exactly right. i think the court will probably
because in this hearing on the provision that allows the individuals to enforce the law instead of the state, abortion providers told the court, abortion is the target today but tomorrow it might be gun buyers who face private civil liability for firearm purchases. same-sex couples could be sued by neighbors for trying to obtain a marriage license. is this texas law setting a dangerous precedent, is it fueling a sense of, quote, legal vigilantes in neighborhoods across texas or potentially the country? there s no question about that, alex. if you think about the extent to which this kind of law could be applied, it could be fairly limitless. and it provides the ability for someone in another state to enforce a law against someone that they do not know simply because they find their conduct objectionable, and even if that conduct is constitutionally
that stadium as they partake in that chop. this is the same former president who just seven months ago after george after the major league baseball moved the all-star game from this summer from atlanta, out of atlanta, to colorado in protest of those georgia voting restriction measures passed into law earlier this year, former president trump called for a boycott of major league baseball after that but seven months later you see he returned to the baseball stadium, and he partook alongside those atlanta fans. alex? why am i not surprised by the last point. thank you so much. who wants to ask a billionaire about that tax hike that didn t happen in the spending bill? do they deserve to pay more? i m going to ask billionaire tom steyer in the next half hour. m steyer in the next half hour. a unicorn in training. a corner to build a legacy. a vision for tomorrow.
decide to answer this on one or the other of the two questions that are in front of them. they may choose to punt on this question about the united states having standing. but it s a really important question. when an unconstitutional law has been enacted in a state, does the department of justice, standing on behalf of the constitution and the values and the rights through which we should be protected by the constitution, does the department of justice have the right to step forward and be the voice for citizens across that particular state, and essentially across the country, on whether laws can be passed that are directly in contravention to the constitution itself? former texas state senator wendy davis, excellent conversation. thank you so much for your time. so alec baldwin speaks out on camera for the first time since that movie set shooting. considering the sheriff told him