He said those opposed to the law could make their constitutional arguments after being sued in state court for violating the measure. “The Constitution does not guarantee pre-enforcement review of state (or federal) laws in federal court,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued. The measure authorizes enforcement only by private lawsuits, and state officials said that novel provision means federal judges lack any means of throwing out the law. Texas and its allies on Wednesday urged the court to reject challenges to the law, which has largely shut down legal abortion in the nation’s second-largest state. (Bloomberg) - Advocates for and against Texas’ strict abortion law painted starkly different portraits of the power of federal judges to protect constitutional rights as each side made its case in advance of next week’s U.S.
