[House Atreides]

“ In the case of two conflicting laws, which one has precedence: the older law or the newer law? I guess the court decided it was the original law, but I don’t know the details.
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Without having read the actual language of the two laws I’m assuming the two laws don’t actually contradict each other. The old one says abortions are illegal throughout pregnancy. The new law says abortions are illegal after the 15th week of pregnancy.

So abortions in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy violate ONLY THE OLD LAW. Abortions after the 15th week violate BOTH LAWS. An upthread poster had it right… the 21st century legislators were guilty of poorly written legislation. I suspect some already knew that but kept their mouths shut hoping for the current outcome and its aftermath,

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

An upthread poster had it right… the 21st century legislators were guilty of poorly written legislation. I suspect some already knew that but kept their mouths shut hoping for the current outcome and its aftermath,

"Its aftermath" includes:

1. Media, including DNC and AZ ads, blaming Trump for what the AZ court ruled
2. Some AZ GOP legislators trying to repeal the old law as a result, others (including dems?) voting against repeal
3. TDS posters here blaming Trump for his criticism of the old law

Which were they hoping for?