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Texas Anti-Abortion Bill Includes Provision Barring Judicial Review of Its Legality (truthout.org)

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“This is absolutely unprecedented, what they’re trying to do here,” one law professor said of the bill.

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

The constitutional guarantee is to petition the government for redress of grievances. This bill purports to prohibit such petitions, by prohibiting any state court from hearing them.

Throwing out or modifying laws is absolutely a legislative action.

Not when Congress lacks the power to enact the purported "laws" in the first place. Which is what is alleged in every case of judicial review.

It's not just Congress that can abuse their power.

Agreed. I've never claimed otherwise. In a previous comment, I specifically described an abusive court, as well as some of the constitutional provisions for reigning in such a court.