BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court allows abortion providers to pursue challenge to Texas 6-week abortion ban
Supreme Court dismisses separate Biden administration case
In abortion providers case, court allows challenge to go ahead against state licensing officials but not anyone else
Court votes 8-1 on allowing state licensing officials to be sued, with only Clarence Thomas dissenting
Justice Sotomayor, dissenting in part, blasts colleagues for failing to "put an end to this madness" and says other states could still copy Texas b/c court isn't allowing AG or state court judges to be sued
Chief Justice Roberts and the three liberals all thought that other state officials could be sued and Roberts urges lower court judge to act "without delay"
Roberts: "The nature of the federal right infringed does not matter; it is the role of the Supreme Court in our constitutional system that is at stake."
Whole Woman's Health, the abortion provider that challenged the law, responds to the ruling:
https://twitter.com/WholeWomans/status/1469327236536975365
U.S. Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion curbs intact but allows suit reuters.com/world/us/us-su…
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