The Fifth Circuit is led by four judges James Ho, Andrew Oldham, and Don Willett who got their start in Texas politics. For them, overturning Roe v. Wade and the right to abortion is only the beginning.
In 1982 three teenagers were killed near the shores of Lake Waco in a seemingly inexplicable crime. More than three decades later, the tragic and disturbing case still casts a long, dark shadow.
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the issue of abortion is put in the hands of individual states. According to Albert, Congress could pass its own law protecting abortion. However, that is essentially impossible in the status quo because of the filibuster.