Hi, this is James. A few weeks ago you may have heard a timestamp for me about putting in over 200

applications to work on the hill. Well, I'm happy to say that I'm about to begin my three day drive

to Wash Tundisi to start in my new job as a press secretary for a member of Congress.

Wow! All right. This podcast was recorded at 12.22 pm on Friday the 10th of December.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will be living my dream working on the hill.

All right, here's the show.

That is so awesome! Yeah, it's good to hear a listener getting a nice job.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.

I'm Carrie Johnson. I cover the Justice Department.

And the Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit challenging Texas's six-week abortion ban to go forward.

But the Justice's kept the law in place while the suit moves through the courts.

This is the law that we've talked about many times on this podcast before that bans most abortions

in the state of Texas after about six weeks. Well, before many people even know that they're pregnant.

The law sparked severe backlash when it went into effect in September.

And joining us now to talk about the latest news is Ashley Lopez from Member Station KUT in Austin.

Thanks for being back with us. Yeah, thanks for having me.

So, Carrie, I want to start with you.

What did the court decide here? Remember the kind of ingenious thing about this Texas law was that

it basically let private citizens sue other private citizens for what it called

aiding and abetting people seeking abortions. So it wasn't like the state going after some of

these people who are either abortion providers or Uber, Lyft drivers or others. It was private

citizens being able to sue and collect $10,000 or more in damages against these folks.

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