Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law
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Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law
By MARK SHERMAN
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The Justice Department asked the high court Monday to lift an order imposed by a conservative federal appeals court that has allowed Texas to continue enforcing the nations strictest curbs on abortion through a novel law that was written to make it hard to challenge in the federal court system. The department had announced its intentions last Friday.
The Texas law defies the Supreme Courts major decisions on abortion rights by banning abortion long before viability -- indeed, before many women even realize they are pregnant, the Justice Department wrote in its plea to the court.
The question now is whether Texas nullification of this Courts precedents should be allowed to continue while the courts consider the United States suit. As the district court recognized, it should not, the Justice Department wrote.
The administration also raised the prospect that the court could decide to grant full review to the Texas law and rule on its constitutionality this term, even though lower courts have yet to do so. The Supreme Court rarely steps in this early in a lawsuit.
The Texas law and the possibility that other states could adopt similar measures justify the courts early involvement, the administration said.
The high court ordered Texas to respond by midday Thursday.