.MaddowBlog: A federal judge has blocked enforcement of Texas' highly controversial abortion ban. So what happens now?
protections in the nation's second largest state. But even at the time, it was clear that the ruling would not be the final word on the subject.
The Supreme Court's conservative majority understood that the Texas law ignored existing legal precedent, but the Republican-appointed justices said the law could be implemented anyway while the statute was tested in the lower courts.reportedA federal judge granted the Justice Department a temporary injunction late Wednesday blocking the enforcement of Texas' strict abortion law. U.S.
As Rachel noted on last night's show, lawyers representing the state had not only tried to defend the law, they'd asked the district court judge to hold off on issuing an injunction until they could file an appeal. Pitman rejected the call.
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