In response to a pro-life Texas law, President Joe Biden is engaged in performative vice signaling. At best.

The courts will likely strike down the new law deputizing Texans effectively to enforce a ban on abortions after six weeks, but the Biden administration, eager to distract from a number of scandals, has pounced on the Lone Star State. Biden has promised a “whole-of-government” response to the law, with the president promising to weaponize the Justice Department against the state.