tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post8784844146843514663..comments2024-03-27T23:59:49.801+00:00Comments on Stoat: Whole Woman's Health v. JacksonWilliam M. Connolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-64085224224624944922021-10-02T12:52:52.359+00:002021-10-02T12:52:52.359+00:00TLDR: no.
Normally. This is not normal.
This law...TLDR: no.<br /><br />Normally. This is not normal.<br /><br />This law gives standing to any person in the USA to sue any person or organization anywhere in the USA if they aid an abortion in Texas.<br /><br />The most amusing clause in the law is that you can't sue the rapist.<br /><br />" Notwithstanding any other law, a civil action under this<br /> section may not be brought by a person who impregnated the abortion<br /> patient through an act of rape, sexual assault, incest, or any other<br /> act prohibited by Sections 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code."<br /><br />https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00008F.htm<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-86770205300229737542021-10-02T07:44:37.970+00:002021-10-02T07:44:37.970+00:00I wonder if challenging the law on the basis of st...I wonder if challenging the law on the basis of standing might work? As <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/01/texas-abortion-law-federal-judge-biden-administrations-challenge" rel="nofollow">e.g. the Graun</a> notes "To date, at least two lawsuits have been filed against a Texas doctor who publicly said he performed an abortion that violated the law... Both suits were both filed by disbarred out-of-state attorneys...". Those filers would normally lack any standing, as I understand it.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-37839159488278426242021-09-23T03:20:30.735+00:002021-09-23T03:20:30.735+00:00Supremes look like five unsubtle political hacks i...Supremes look like five unsubtle political hacks in robes.<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-51486785943521702692021-09-22T17:42:36.164+00:002021-09-22T17:42:36.164+00:00Whilst there are unsubtle examples of justice and ...Whilst there are unsubtle examples of justice and injustice there are many subtle examples. And there are many subtleties in the law, as distinct from justice, which is what the supremes deal in.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-17989480845913254072021-09-22T15:30:44.424+00:002021-09-22T15:30:44.424+00:00Seem to me that injustice is rarely all that subtl...Seem to me that injustice is rarely all that subtle.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-4743402540882874482021-09-22T14:39:54.999+00:002021-09-22T14:39:54.999+00:00I would say so; and indeed I did. But there are su...I would say so; and indeed I did. But there are subtleties one can argue; see my post.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-27381471486044182532021-09-22T12:35:30.445+00:002021-09-22T12:35:30.445+00:00So then making a law authorizing any random person...So then making a law authorizing any random person to sue is to be avoided.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-29042427934908361892021-09-21T20:28:13.022+00:002021-09-21T20:28:13.022+00:00Weird. What are you reading that makes you think t...Weird. What are you reading that makes you think that? "And that appears to be the correct rule for abortion: the state has no need to make any laws in this area, and so should not" is an explicit endorsement of the opposite, and not too hard to understand.<br /><br />But FWIW I think labelling the law "vigilante" is just propaganda, and so to be avoided.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-62851381872111501852021-09-21T19:47:53.120+00:002021-09-21T19:47:53.120+00:00WC endorses vigilante (in)justice? - because of co...WC endorses vigilante (in)justice? - because of course he does.CapitalistImperialistPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523405806602731435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-57355404870439753132021-09-07T23:09:46.862+00:002021-09-07T23:09:46.862+00:00The Alamoistan Taliban should compare notes with t...The Alamoistan Taliban should compare notes with the new regime in Kabul, which boasts of over six births per family, THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-60328369217153860742021-09-07T17:27:58.474+00:002021-09-07T17:27:58.474+00:00Given that RvW is still the precedent of the land,...Given that RvW is still the precedent of the land, then creating a manner in which a state can evade RvW is unconstitutional. Allowing citizens to sue for, say, illegal dumping would be fine. Allowing citizens to sue someone for what is (currently) a constitutionally protected act - say, getting an abortion pre-viability or owning a licensed gun - is not okay. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-32003843835236347972021-09-05T20:19:57.911+00:002021-09-05T20:19:57.911+00:00Brexit is a matter of inter-governmental relations...Brexit is a matter of inter-governmental relations rather than personal morality, so I don't see much connection. Or do you mean, was it validly decided? In which case: certainly; it passed parliament, and the UK "constitution" is that parliament is sovereign.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-79193232175919335672021-09-05T16:10:33.533+00:002021-09-05T16:10:33.533+00:00How would your reasoning apply to Brexit, if at al...How would your reasoning apply to Brexit, if at all?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747117922597525042noreply@blogger.com