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Hey, good morning, Playbookers. I'm Ragumonovallin. Happy Thursday, September 2nd.

And this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

This came through late last night at the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision declined to block Texas's law,

banning abortions after six weeks,

a strong but not final indication that the court will soon overturn Roe v. Wade,

the conservative majority cited complex, novel, legal technicalities,

and insists constitutionality can still be reviewed later on.

Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's three liberals

wrote outraged dissents describing the law as clearly unconstitutional and blasting the majority

for shirking their duty. Josh Gerstein, Politico's senior legal affairs reporter, emailed us

overnight with his analysis. The ruling was notable for a few things. The court's majority

acknowledged that the Texas law may well be unconstitutional,

saying the law's opponents had, quote, raised serious concerns about its impact on abortion rights

that, for now, remain guaranteed by Roe v. Wade.

Chief Justice John Roberts, who has parted company with his conservative colleagues in a series

of high-profile cases, did so again

over the Texas law, incited with the liberals in declaring that the court should have prevented

the novel anti-abortion measure from taking effect. All four of the dissenting justices,

authored dissents, having a barrage of opinions, seemed intended to signal a degree of outrage

from the dissenters over

the court's move. Robert's opinion was a bit more tepid than those from some of the court's

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