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Texas has a bounty on people helping residents across the boarder to seek care AFAICT - that's an action that happens within the state. Passing a law restricti
by munk-a 4y ago
Texas has a bounty on people helping residents across the boarder to seek care AFAICT - that's an action that happens within the state. Passing a law restricting actions in another state is either 1) super illegal or 2) creates a really awful situation legally in the states.
If Texas can say "Hey, Massachusetts, it's illegal for teachers in your state to teach evolution" then we've essentially destroyed any ability to have laws in the US.
- vkou 4y agoFacebook's data centers and personnel might well be located within the jurisdiction of a blue state. Perhaps this will incentivize it to not retain this information, so that it can't be requested by hostile law enforcement or authoritarian regimes. > creates a really awful situation legally in the states. You are correct, it's a pretty awful situation, but it's one that we currently live in. Also, it's rather common for sovereign states to sanction people for committing crimes in other jurisdictions. Meng Wanzhou was arrested for breaking US laws regarding trade with Iran in China.