> If the government wants to regulate fine, the government should do it. Not via civil lawsuits. Agreed. It seems a number of these bills are advancing through

> If the government wants to regulate fine, the government should do it. Not via civil lawsuits. Agreed. It seems a number of these bills are advancing through state legislatures. It started with the Texas abortion ban putting bounties on people who aid another in getting an abortion. SCOTUS had the opportunity to stop this practice dead in its tracks, but they decided to let it persist as the case waits to be heard by the court. Meanwhile, this gives everyone else latitude to pass their own "bounty" laws on any number of issues.