Between the Supreme Court decisions and that Texas GOP "platform" what this week is telling everyone is that anything that isn't directly specified in the Constitution and its Amendments is not bolted to the floor and can be taken at any time if someone fucking feels like it.
Oh fuck, this is the classic Business School concept of "If you want to drop bad news, you do it during A) a major event, or B) any Friday. People are less likely to be paying attention then."