Problem:
The Department of Justice filed a frivolous and politically motivated lawsuit against the State of Texas in an attempt to enjoin every person in Texas from exercising their rights under the Texas Heartbeat Act. The Biden Administration filed this lawsuit after abortion providers and pro-abortion groups failed to persuade the Supreme Court to block the enforcement of the law.
Action:
AFL moved to intervene on behalf of clients seeking to defend their rights to sue under the Texas Heartbeat Act and to defend the law from this lawless and partisan attack from the Biden Department of Justice. AFL also submitted amicus briefs in defense of the Texas Heartbeat Act and the unborn.
Result:
AFL WIN. The Fifth Circuit followed the Supreme Court of Texas’s unanimous decision that state officials lack the authority to enforce the Texas Heartbeat Act. In December, a decision from the Supreme Court of the United States rejected abortion providers’ attempt to immunize themselves from private civil lawsuits authorized by SB8, allowing the law to remain in effect and ensuring that every state in America can now outlaw abortion by authorizing private civil-enforcement suits against abortion providers and their enablers. The Supreme Court also dismissed the Department of Justice’s emergency petition in its politically motivated lawsuit over the Texas Heartbeat Act.
Links:
- AFL Defends Texas Heartbeat Bill in the Supreme Court of the United States
- AFL Serves As Co-Counsel In Historic SCOTUS Pro-Life Victory on Texas Heartbeat Act
- America First Legal, Co-Counsel Defending Heartbeat Act, Slams Politicized DOJ for Suing Texas over the Pro-Life Law
- America First Legal Fight Back Against Biden DOJ, Intervenes on Behalf of Pro-Life Texans in the Biden Administration's Attack on Texas Heartbeat Bill
- America First Legal Continues Fight for the Unborn - Court Grants AFL's Motion to Intervene in United States v. Texas
- America First Legal Files Fifth Circuit Brief in Landmark Texas Heartbeat Case, Continues Defense of Unborn as Part of Heartbeat Act Defense Team
- America First Legal Files Two Historic Supreme Court Briefs in Defense of Unborn, Asks Court to Overrule Roe v. Wade
- America First Legal Files Opening Briefs Outlining Arguments at the Supreme Court in Defense of SB8, with Oral Argument Scheduled on Monday
- America First Legal Files Reply Briefs at the Supreme Court in Defense of Texas Heartbeat Bill, Preparing for Oral Argument Scheduled on Monday
- MONUMENTAL VICTORIES FOR AFL AND FOR TEXAS: SCOTUS Rejects Efforts to Block Texas Heartbeat Act and Rejects Biden DOJ's Emergency Appeal
- AFL President Stephen Miller on Monumental AFL Pro-Life Victories at SCOTUS
- America First Legal Applauds Texas Supreme Court Ruling that Ends the Texas Heartbeat Act Litigation
- MAJOR VICTORY: Fifth Circuit Orders Dismissal of All Challenges to the Texas Heartbeat Act's Private-Enfocement Provision
