The conservative-leaning court has already ruled in favor of the law once.
with the U.S. Supreme Court Monday asking it to block Texas’ near-total ban on abortion while legal challenges against it play out, setting up a second showdown over the law.... [+]The DOJ asked the Supreme Court to intervene and temporarily block Texas’ Senate Bill 8 from being enforced, after a lower federal court reinstated the law following an injunction by an appeals court.
The Justice Department also asked the court to take up the issue of whether the law should be permanently overturned and schedule oral arguments in the case, due to its “importance and urgency.”separately asked the court to weigh in on the law and grant a hearing on Texas’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit against the state, a request that was filed in late September, but the court has so far not taken any action on the petition.SB 8 went into effect on September 1 and is the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S.
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