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The damage is already done. This galaxy brain legislation is being picked up by 6 other states[1] and growing. By the time the Supreme Court gets back to it t

The damage is already done. This galaxy brain legislation is being picked up by 6 other states[1] and growing. By the time the Supreme Court gets back to it there will be at least a dozen other implementations to consider as well. If they opt for a narrow ruling the whole case could drag out for a decade or more. Meanwhile legal bounty hunters get to make claims with little to no merit on the hopes of getting some $10,000 payouts and with little risk--the abortion providers pay the court costs win or lose. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/03/texas-abortion-republicans-six-states-arkansas-florida-indiana-mississippi-north-south-dakota https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/03/texas-abortion...

JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> the abortion providers pay the court costs win or lose Wait, so if I had even a thin basis for a suspicion, I could file cases against the legislators who voted for the bull?
- jandrese 5y ago
  If you lose you have to pay your own court costs, but the abortion provider pays their own costs regardless. If you win the abortion provider also pays your court costs. From what I’ve read there is nothing preventing you from filing frivolous suits against the legislators. They have to defend themselves or face a summary judgement. The law as written is wide open for abuse. This could be amended with a provision that excludes legislators and rich politically connected people.
- jcranmer 5y ago
  Even better, you could do so in courts that are inconvenient for them (read: other end of the state), without any allegations that it's a proper venue for the case at all, and they couldn't move to place it in a more reasonable jurisdiction. Granted, that provision is probably unconstitutional by itself, but it just goes to show you that the banning abortion part of the law is the least problematic part of the entire thing.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago

> the abortion providers pay the court costs win or lose Wait, so if I had even a thin basis for a suspicion, I could file cases against the legislators who voted for the bull?

jandrese 5y ago
If you lose you have to pay your own court costs, but the abortion provider pays their own costs regardless. If you win the abortion provider also pays your court costs. From what I’ve read there is nothing preventing you from filing frivolous suits against the legislators. They have to defend themselves or face a summary judgement. The law as written is wide open for abuse. This could be amended with a provision that excludes legislators and rich politically connected people.
jcranmer 5y ago
Even better, you could do so in courts that are inconvenient for them (read: other end of the state), without any allegations that it's a proper venue for the case at all, and they couldn't move to place it in a more reasonable jurisdiction. Granted, that provision is probably unconstitutional by itself, but it just goes to show you that the banning abortion part of the law is the least problematic part of the entire thing.