abortion rights. the supreme court is going to hear arguments from the state of texas and the doj over the state s ban on abortions after six weeks. and one week later, arguments on a separate mississippi law will be heard. and now we have learned arkansas is likely to be the first state to pass a bill mirroring the texas ban. abortion rights advocates across the country have not faced this serious and this many threats since their cause began. i m joined now by arkansas state representative denise emmett and emily wales. welcome to you both, ladies. thank you both for joining us. emily, i ll start with you and i want to read justice sotomayor s dissent, of course, to the texas six-week ban that will be standing until they hear arguments and make a decision subsequently in the supreme court. and she wrote this. the promise of future adjudication offers cold comfort for texas women seeking abortion care who are entitled to relief now. you can t help but think and
half from now. that s lightning for them. law professor steve vladdic pointing out today he can t think of any recent precedent except for bush v. gore where the court acted so stunningly fast. the arguments are going to be on november 1st, which is very, very soon. still the court deliberately allowed the texas abortion ban to stay in place while they consider the matter, and they didn t have to do that. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor offering a blistering dissent, saying in part today, the promise of future adjudication offers cold comfort for texas women seeking abortion care who are entitled to relief now. these women will suffer personal harm from delaying their medical care and as their pregnancies progress, they may be even unable to obtain abortion care altogether because every day the court fails to grant relief is devastating both for individual women and for our constitutional system as a whole. she says, quote, i dissent.
immediately. so it will remain in place for now. the justices, just like the appeals court previously, did not provide any reasoning behind their decision to allow the law to stand. but justice sonia sotomayor was having none of it, writing this. the promise of future adjudication offers cold comfort for texas women who need relief now. nbc s pete williams and boston law professor wendy murphy, welcome to you both. pete, let me start with you, and folks want clarity on this question. will the supreme court decide the case on the merits of the law or over the justice department s right to sue? or is it really both here, pete? it s both. the supreme court s going to hear both those cases on november 1. that s the lightning speed part of this. the decisions will follow, i suspect, at the court s normal pace, complicated by the fact that on december 1, the court
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