Novel Texas abortion case is back at the Supreme Court
At issue is whether a state can nullify a constitutional right by delegating enforcement not to state officials, but to private citizens who are authorized to sue abortion providers and others.
Abortion rights are front and center at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, but not the way most people expected. The focus will not be on abortion rights, per se, but on the controversial Texas law designed to prevent court challenges.
At issue is whether a state can nullify a constitutional right--in this case the right to abortion--by delegating enforcement not to state officials, but to private citizens who are authorized to sue abortion providers and anyone else who aids or abets an abortion.
This is the second time that the novel Texas law has come before the court. In a midnight ruling two months ago, the court, by a 5-to-4 vote, allowed the law to go into effect, over the protests of the court's three liberals and
