Court precedent. Instead the statute includes an unprecedented scheme to, in the chief justices words, quote, insulate the state from responsibility, closed quote. It does not rely on the states Executive Branch to enforce the law as is the norm in texas and everywhere else. Rather, the statute deputizes all private citizens, without any showing of personal connection or injury, to serve as bounty hunters. The obvious and expressly acknowledged intention of this statutory scheme is to prevent women from exercising their constitutional rights by thwarting Judicial Review for as long as possible. Thus far the law has had its intended effect. The department of justice has a duty to defend the constitution of the United States and to uphold the Rule Of Law. Today we fulfill that duty by filing the lawsuit i have just described. This action from the Biden Justice Department is described by the Wall Street Journal today as certain to set off a Federal Versus State Clash over the future of ab
Administration, as we head into the final months of 2021. Reproductive freedom advocates, of Womens Health Care workers, are grappling. With how to protect women in the wake of the Supreme Courts audacious refusal, to block a lot, that all but bans abortion in americas second largest state. Late on friday, a Texas Judge granted a restraining order. Blocking the states largest Anti Abortion group, that would be texas right to life. From using the Abortion Ban to sue planned parenthood. But its New York times reported, the orders reaches narrow, and it is set to expire on september 17th. That is 11 days from today. Its a very small in very temporary, victory as abortion advocates assess their limited options, to fight back against the ban. One of the most effective strategies, will No Doubt be public opinion. And ads like this one from bestselling Author And Activist don winds. Lower likely a preview of whats to come in terms of motivating women, and democratic voters to activism. Watch.
Years and the template other states are replicating. The Supreme Court decided to let it stand. And while these politicians claimed republican politicians claim to be prolife, lets get real. Theyre pro birth. Its easier to carry a gun in texas without License And Training than it is for a woman to make a choice about her own health. These republicans only seem to heed the mantra my body, my choice. Just as hospitals are being overrun with covid cases and folks with other lifethreatening grimaldis are turned away at the door. What is truly concerning about the about what the Supreme Court did in texas is the impact it could have on other constitutional rights. And could other legal precedents such as the ruling that legalized Samesex Marriage be in danger . Joining me now is my colleague ruth marcus, Columnist And Deputy Editorial Page Editor for the Washington Post. Neal Katyal Msnbc Contributor and former acting Solicitor General of the united states, and cecile richards, Cochair Of A
Tony blinken warning a catastrophe on the ground in afghanistan when the u. S. Withdraws. It is the situation we are seeing right now. The diplomat calls for a swift evacuation of afghanistan. The cdc reports covid19 for children reaching the highest as ever. D. C. Police arrested a man who he claims to have a bomb. Lets bring in John Harwood and author of Joe Biden, the life, the run and what matters now. John, the president is insisting the afghanistan withdrawal is going as well as it could have. But in the memo raises questions about his Administration Handling of it. What do you know . Well, look, theyre clearly people within the government who felt there was greater urgency to the situation than the administration was reflecting. We have seen it in the state department memo, we have seen it in the leaks of the Intelligence Community suggesting there were some dire prediction in the Intelligence Community, of Course President Biden and chief of Staff Milley had said that there was
Frustration is on everyone, and you have been covering this story from your own time in afghanistan and before that for so many years. And when you get to The End what is The End of a of the War Chapter of this story, thats when all sorts of emotions take over. And so its were all going through this. Yeah. And just to see the Super Human Effort that had to be exerted to bring about a small rational Human Outcome that should not have been that hard to achieve, it is you exalt in the achievement and just you are equally horrified that this is what it takes and that the System Isnt working and that you have to you have to, you know, connect this many Hail Mary passes in a row in order to make it work for somebody. Its just a lot. Its a lot. What im always hoping for in the horrors of War Stories which includes the horrors of The End of War Stories is that it makes people think the next time about their decision to go to war because we arent able to go to war without dealing with the horro