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0rganism

(23,920 posts)
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 06:43 AM Sep 2021

If the Texiban law stands, what kinds of speech could states make "actionable"?

As I understand it (and I might be wrong) the Texas law enables lawsuit on the basis of alleged advocacy of abortion.
This is awful enough on its own, but it does lead me to wonder: What else could similarly be made actionable on a bounty basis?
Voter registration drives? (could merely registering as a Democrat be seen as tacit abortion advocacy?)
Union organizing?
Mentioning slavery in public?
Donating to a cause?
Hosting a campaign yardsign?
Vaccination advocacy?

This is the distilled essence of slippery slope legislation. Sickening.

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If the Texiban law stands, what kinds of speech could states make "actionable"? (Original Post) 0rganism Sep 2021 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #1
Selective enforcement... multigraincracker Sep 2021 #2
Certainly not::: "Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!" when yelled by a republican keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #3
Kick dalton99a Sep 2021 #4
Kicking for this post. calimary Sep 2021 #5
Seems to be opposite of all that, "freedom," they are always screaming for and demanding. ShazamIam Sep 2021 #6

Response to 0rganism (Original post)

multigraincracker

(32,632 posts)
2. Selective enforcement...
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 07:29 AM
Sep 2021

Wayte v. United States 470 U.S. 598 (1985)[5] said:

In our criminal justice system, the Government retains "broad discretion" as to whom to prosecute. [...] This broad discretion rests largely on the recognition that the decision to prosecute is particularly ill-suited to judicial review. Such factors as the strength of the case, the prosecution's general deterrence value, the Government's enforcement priorities, and the case's relationship to the Government's overall enforcement plan are not readily susceptible to the kind of analysis the courts are competent to undertake.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)[6] was the first case where the United States Supreme Court ruled that a law that is race-neutral on its face, but is administered in a prejudicial manner, is an infringement of the Equal Protection Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_enforcement

Does this apply to economic status?

keithbvadu2

(36,640 posts)
3. Certainly not::: "Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!" when yelled by a republican
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:00 AM
Sep 2021

Certainly not::: "Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!" when yelled by a republican

dalton99a

(81,386 posts)
4. Kick
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:24 AM
Sep 2021
Just as significantly, they will bless a tactic that could be used to undermine virtually any constitutional right. Imagine, for example, that New York passed an SB 8-style law allowing private individuals to bring lawsuits seeking a $10,000 bounty against anyone who owns a gun. Or, for that matter, imagine if Texas passed a law permitting similar suits against anyone who criticizes the governor of Texas.

https://www.vox.com/2021/8/31/22650303/supreme-court-abortion-texas-sb8-jackson-roe-wade-greg-abbott
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