Posted on 09/09/2021 12:23:34 PM PDT by Stravinsky
The Justice Department is suing Texas over the state's new controversial restrictions on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday.
Garland called the Texas law "clearly unconstitutional," and said it included an "unprecedented scheme" to insulate the state of Texas from responsibility for the law.
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"The United States has the authority and responsibility to ensure that Texas cannot evade its obligations under the Constitution and deprive individuals of their constitutional rights by adopting a statutory scheme designed specifically to evade traditional mechanisms of federal judicial review," the lawsuit reads. "The federal government therefore brings this suit directly against the State of Texas to obtain a declaration that S.B. 8 is invalid, to enjoin its enforcement, and to protect the rights that Texas has violated."
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Didn’t SCOTUS already hear this?
guess they never heard of separation of powers
Waiting for the Justice Dept to say that mandating people be FORCED to be vaccinated is also unconstitutional..oh wait almost forgot, that’s different..but baby murder, super awesome
Judges should him he has no standing.
I’d like to see more fed suits against states for infringing gun rights.
I do not see in the constitution any obligation to kill the babies.
Boy that America Garland is a ghoul. We really dodged a bullet with him, he could have had a lifetime appointment but now we only have him for a couple of years.
Some on the SCOTUS might be having a change of heart. Fresh horse heads for everyone!
The law has already been taken to the state Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court and come through fine.
The IN”Justice Department is wasting their time and our money.
Not really. They elected to not issue an injunction. I don’t think they ruled on the merits. Meaning they law could begin being enforced but it could go back up if challenged. Someone correct me if I understand that wrong.
then you will please point to the part of the Constitution that OKs abortion...
Yup.
And the State Supreme Court too. Both were fine with it.
Garland needs to be slapped down hard by the SCOTUS for raising a frivolous lawsuit.
I detest our leftist Washington government
They did not rule against the law. The law therefore stands and is fully in force right now.
If they did not rule against the law a few months ago, why would they even take the case let alone rule against it now?
nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. [emphasis added]Of course that all depends upon the definition of "Person" and I believe the State of Texas equates that to possession of a heartbeat. So Mommy, before you sanction the murder of that little person within your Womb, give them a little due process, please.
Not exactly the dismissed for lack of standing I believe....
When has that ever happened with the same Supreme Court with the same justices, after just a few months? That's not how it works.
I would love to see the judge rule they have no standing.
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