Today, we're going to talk about a Texas doctor getting sued for violating the state's

six-week abortion ban, and why that may actually be a good thing, along with the results of

the Arizona sham audit.

I interview Senator Amy Klobuchar, one of the authors of the Senate's new voting rights

bill that was crafted with Joe Manchin, the Freedom to Vote Act, about what's in the

bill and whether there's any indication that Manchin will support filibuster reform so

that it could actually get passed.

And I'm joined by Julie Oliver and Mike Siegel, who co-founded the group Ground Game

Texas, who are bringing new voters into the fold with a smart new strategy.

I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie.

We're seeing some major moves out of Texas as far as the state's new six-week abortion

ban is concerned.

Within days of the law going into effect, a physician based at a San Antonio Dr. Alan

Braid wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post admitting that he'd performed an abortion

within the first trimester, but later than six weeks.

And so he was practically asking to be sued, specifically so that this law could be challenged

on the merits.

Because remember the whole reason that this law, SB 8, was allowed to go into effect, was

because it was specifically written to circumvent judicial review by deputizing ordinary citizens

to be the ones to enforce the law.

And so until a lawsuit is brought forward by one of those ordinary citizens, we won't

actually get an answer on the merits of the case.

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