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Mad_Machine76

(24,412 posts)
Thu Jan 13, 2022, 11:20 AM Jan 2022

Bounty Laws

Admittedly, I'm not a legal expert, but how can laws like the Texas abortion ban (and possibly other similar laws coming soon to attack CRT and Transgender children) both be enforceable and yet beyond judicial review? I don't understand how people can't simply ignore the law because the instant somebody gets sued under the law, they would have to submit to judicial authority. The Courts are operated by the government, who would be responsible for hearing these cases and rendering judgement (and presumably enforcing any resulting judgements), at which point people being sued under these laws should *theoretically* be able to challenge the law and/or any sanctions imposed (i.e. $10000 bounty), shouldn't they? I hope I'm explaining my point clearly enough. The whole point of these laws seem to be having a "chilling effect" on whatever the law is targeting- that is to say, discouraging people from even engaging in the proscribed behavior out of fear of being sued for $10000. Some anti-choice activists have even said as much, when somebody actually filed a lawsuit against a provider.

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