I saw some panic about the supreme court response to it as of this moment- think someone said that the SC won't hear the case about the new Texas law at present because it hasn't worked its way up through the lower courts or appeals, but will when it's proceeded to them as per process. It's issue with process, not a protection of the new law, they'll hear it when it gets to them as normal.
No, the normal thing when a blatantly illegal law gets passed that previous cases explicitly ruled unconstitutional is that the SC immediately blocks it and goes "Haha, nice try" and then when it gets to the new law later they formally throw the law out.
If they don't to that then the law might float around for a few weeks and take effect, which could have really big consequences in that time.
For most stuff even a few weeks doesn't matter, but for important stuff (like this or election stuf) then those few weeks can be a huge deal. In addition, if they just pass very similar laws the moment the last one becomes illegal every few weeks they can still functionally allow or outlaw stuff even if the SC just strikes it down in a few weeks every time.
Like imagine that Florida passed a law saying "Everyone who buys potatoes will be instantly put to death". The Supreme Court would instantly just block it, because if they didn't then a bunch of people would die.
Similarly, if Florida just tried to repass a nearly identical law the month after that one was ruled illegal the Supreme Court would be like "Bruh, we just told you no" and block it again. If they don't then it would be defacto law as it would just get repassed right after the SC rules it illegal.
That's really the issue here; Even if the SC avoids formally overturning Roe V Wade they can functionally overturn it by just not enforcing the law till months later and letting states just make abortion functionally illegal with overlapping laws that then just get overturned eventually.
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