Greg Abbott is off to a rocky start to relations with Joe Biden's White House. - Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News/TNS
The United States Department of Justice on Tuesday seeking an "Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order or Preliminary Injunction."
The motion was signed byActing Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Netter and four additional attorneys.
"This Court should temporarily or preliminarily enjoin enforcement of S.B. 8. The United States requests that this injunction prohibit the maintenance of any civil proceeding pursuant to S.B. 8 and that it bind all of Texas's officers, employees, and agents, as well as those persons in active concert or participation with them," the DOJ argued.
University of Texas Law Prof. Steve Vladeck offered an analysis on Twitter.
The Justice Department has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction in Austin federal court in its suit against Texas seeking to block #SB8\u2014the controversial ban on nearly all abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy:\n\nhttps://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/06-1.pdf\u00a0\u2026— Steve Vladeck (@Steve Vladeck) 1631672985
But I'd be remiss in not also flagging pages 7\u201312, which explain in detail the incredibly deleterious effects SB8 has already had on far too many Texans seeking to vindicate their constitutional rights. These are powerful stories that foreground why *all* of this is so important.— Steve Vladeck (@Steve Vladeck) 1631674279
