The nation certainly didn't see this coming. SCOTUS has let stand the draconian Texas law that effectively rescinds abortion rights in the state. You may have a right to an abortion but you will not be able to actually get one. It also opens up a potential new era of law in which the states can enact laws that evade judicial review by using bounty hunting as a means of enforcement. This is the sort of crises that can focus the national mind.
Imagine, for example, that New York passed a law permitting “any person” to sue gun owners and collect a $10,000 bounty from those gun owners. Or, for that matter, imagine if a state allowed anyone to file a lawsuit against Justice Samuel Alito, seeking a $10,000 bounty every time Alito used the word “the.”
Does anyone think this Supreme Court would rule that a law authorizing thousands of harassment suits against gun owners is compatible with the Second Amendment? Or that it would force those gun owners to hire lawyers and litigate a seemingly endless stream of lawsuits to avoid paying a bounty?
Update: Travis County Judge temporarily blocks enforcement of the Texas anti-abortion law until September 17.
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