with private bounty hunters, so that there be no texas state official that can be sued. but judges still have to issue orders, enforcing the law, if someone wins a lawsuit. so the judge seems to be the right defendant here, if that suit doesn t work, there s also a separate suit, with the united states is suing texas directly. there s some complications as to whether or not the united states is allowed to do that. but one thing that makes the u.s. different, is that the u.s. is allowed to sue a state directly, in a way that private parties are. not interesting. john, let zero in on three specific justices for. mitt roberts, kavanaugh, finn bera. what challenges are each one, facing and could one of them be a swing vote in this particular case? we saw roberts already toying with the liberal justices, with regards to texas on the losing side. roberts has raised questions