here. what was at issue here was that the government, the state, can t let some random entity, a church, a school, some other private entity make that decision. it s a governmental decision. you cannot delegate it to a private entity to make that determination for its own purposes. that is standing supreme court precedent from 1982, that decision. that professor who took it to the united states and won named lawrence tribe has sort of set off a flare warning that the texas abortion ban that the u.s. supreme court let pass into law last week, he said that s basically the grendel s den case all over again. he said, as with the massachusetts liquor law, the texas abortion law delegates quintessentially governmental power to private parties. but this time it s a state delegating authority to, as he puts it, quote, literally anyone
implications. in other words, nobody has got a right to have a liquor license. that was not what was at issue here. what was at issue here was that the government, the state, can t let some random church, a school, some oth precedent from 1982, that decision. that professor who took it to the united states and won named lawrence tribe has sort of set off a flare warning that the texas abortion ban that the u.s. supreme court let pass into law last week, he said that s basically the grendel s den case
0 that is all in for this tuesday evening, the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. good evening chris, thank you my friend. much appreciated. happy to join you this hour. president biden was in new york and of hurricane ida hitting just those two states. that extreme flash flooding that tore through the most populated part of the country last wednesday night, president biden today meeting with local officials and local residents about the ongoing cleanup efforts there. president biden was in louisiana on friday where 400,000 americans are now in their second week without power amid extreme heat in louisiana and extremely challenging conditions, conditions that get more and more challenging with each day passing with the power still not returned. reviewing the damage today, president biden said, quote, the evidence is clear. climb change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy. the threat is here. it s not going to get any better. the storms are