A little more than a week after Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) went into effect in the state of Texas, most of us still have anxious questions about the unconstitutional law, not least of which is, what can be done about this?
Senior Associate Alex Berke, in another article for The Daily Beast, unpacks the Whack-A-Mole maneuver the DOJ is currently engaged in—and may be engaged in for a long time. She writes, “The DOJ is uniquely situated to argue that the law must be stopped from being in effect, because state law cannot violate federal law, and cannot directly regulate the activities of the federal government and its contractors.” Read the article here.
The Texas legislation seeks to upend Roe v. Wade by deputizing private citizens—instead of the state—to enforce a ban on abortions after merely 6 weeks of pregnancy (before most women even realize they’re pregnant). If you haven’t read Alex’s first Daily Beast piece which covers SB 8, you can read it here.
