1. Like @neal_katyal, I'm docket watching the 5th Circuit and I just looked again and nothing has been filed. I think the reason may be simply, contrary to the panel on @MSNBC, that this is a disaster for the @TexasGOP. Sure, some will raise money of it but IMO application of
2. well-established political theory says that this is going to torch the GOP, not advance it. They did it because the Texas legislature was willing, but it does not reflect the vast majority of Texas' electorate. A corrupt election financing system created a Texas legislature
3. Frankenstein, but that monster does not reflect the electorate. So now, the GOP, nationally, has to decide if it wants to go all in. #KochNetwork is funding all of this. They do it to create chaos. Keep the base calling for blood.
4. They succeeded in harming Texas women, but now have to consider if they want to amplify an issue that is costing them votes. Just how you seek an emergency stay in this environment without making arguments that are rejected by the majority of Texans, let alone the nation
5. at large, is what the attorneys are pondering. IMO they have all violated their oaths by advancing a case that violates Constitutional rights. They not be willing to risk their licenses to advance the Koch agenda
6. especially when another #Koch Kirkland & Ellis foot soldier, Jeffery Clark, is about to go through some things.
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