Sept. 2, 2021: SCOTUS ruling puts Roe v. Wade on the ropes

BREAKING OVERNIGHT: The Supreme Court, by 5 to 4, declined to block Texas’s law banning abortions after six weeks — a strong but not final indication that the court will soon overturn Roe v. Wade … Conservative majority cites “complex,” “novel” legal technicalities and insists constitutionality can still be reviewed later on … Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberals write outraged dissents describing the law as clearly unconstitutional and blasting the majority for shirking their duty. … The ruling, per AP, “​​for now [strips] most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state.”

What you’ll hear today from abortion rights supporters, via former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal (@Neal Katyal): “Congress should tmrw pass legislation to codify Roe. SCOTUS powerless to stop it. If [Republicans] filibuster, great [argument] to get rid of it.”

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