Attorney-General Garland has announced that the Justice Department would continue to protect women who seek an abortion in Texas. The question is, how?
May I suggest that DOJ attorneys act as counsel for women sued by the vigilantes deputized by Texas law to act for the state against persons assisting procurement of abortions. The federal lawyers should make it clear that they will seek to recover legal fees and costs from persons acting on the state's invitation to violate the constitutional rights of pro abortion actors. Indeed, it would be an effective deterrent to assert counterclaims seeking money damages from the vigilantes for their defiance of the Constitution.
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