Senate panel will hold hearing on Supreme Court handling of Texas abortion case
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court's "abuse of the 'shadow-docket,'" after the highest court allowed a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to remain in effect.
The Supreme Court, in an unsigned and expedited opinion, declined to block the law, which also allows citizens to sue anyone who helps a woman get an abortion. Absent a federal law from Congress, the federal government has little recourse, although President Biden said he has asked the Justice Department to review whether it can limit the action of citizens enforcing the state law. "The Supreme Court must operate with the highest regard for judicial integrity in order to earn the public's trust," Durbin said in a statement. "This anti-choice law is a devastating blow to Americans' constitutional rights—and the court allowed it to see the light of day without public deliberation or transparency. At a time when public confidence in government institutions has greatly eroded, we must examine not just the constitutional impact of allowing the Texas law to take effect, but also the conservative court's abuse of the shadow docket."
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