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Jacqueline Thomsen
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In a new court filing, Texas argues DOJ can't sue over SB8 in part because the law is "stimulating rather than obstructing interstate travel" as women have to leave the state to obtain abortions.
Doc: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1146510/gov.uscourts.txwd.1146510.43.0.pdf
Moreover, even if Debs had created a cause of action, it would not apply where there is . . .
no factor of interstate commerce. Solomon, 563 F.2d at 1129. Where . . . there was no basis on which to claim that interstate commerce was obstructed by a denial of civil rights in violation of some congressional enactment, four courts have held that the government lacks nonstatutory authority to sue. Id. at 1128.
In this case, the federal government does not bring a commerce claim, nor does it cite any
actual evidence that the Texas Heartbeat Act burdens interstate commerce. Cf. ECF 6-1 at 27 (citing unverified allegations from the complaint, which cannot support a preliminary injunction). What evidence that does exist in the record suggests that, if anything, the Act is stimulating rather than obstructing interstate travel. See ECF 6-8 ¶¶ 1011 (noting increase in Texas women traveling to Oklahoma); id. ¶¶ 1920 (same for Kansas). In any event, an intrastate regulation of medicine is not
7:45 AM · Sep 29, 2021
Jacqueline Thomsen
@jacq_thomsen
In a new court filing, Texas argues DOJ can't sue over SB8 in part because the law is "stimulating rather than obstructing interstate travel" as women have to leave the state to obtain abortions.
Doc: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1146510/gov.uscourts.txwd.1146510.43.0.pdf
Moreover, even if Debs had created a cause of action, it would not apply where there is . . .
no factor of interstate commerce. Solomon, 563 F.2d at 1129. Where . . . there was no basis on which to claim that interstate commerce was obstructed by a denial of civil rights in violation of some congressional enactment, four courts have held that the government lacks nonstatutory authority to sue. Id. at 1128.
In this case, the federal government does not bring a commerce claim, nor does it cite any
actual evidence that the Texas Heartbeat Act burdens interstate commerce. Cf. ECF 6-1 at 27 (citing unverified allegations from the complaint, which cannot support a preliminary injunction). What evidence that does exist in the record suggests that, if anything, the Act is stimulating rather than obstructing interstate travel. See ECF 6-8 ¶¶ 1011 (noting increase in Texas women traveling to Oklahoma); id. ¶¶ 1920 (same for Kansas). In any event, an intrastate regulation of medicine is not
7:45 AM · Sep 29, 2021
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TX argues DOJ can't sue over SB8 because it stimulates interstate travel (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
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Jilly_in_VA
(9,854 posts)1. Yeah no
That is just about the silliest, most convoluted argument I've ever heard.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)2. Sounds like Texas hired Roody Giuliani to come up with this.
Assisted, of course, by those two crack(pot) barristers, Lin Wood and Sidney Powell.
Nevilledog
(50,681 posts)3. Don't leave out Ken Paxton
UTUSN
(70,496 posts)4. HAH!1 Thought it was BOROWITZ!1
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)5. It Will Take All Day, Ma'am
For my brain to recover from that sprain....
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)6. Ken Paxton is an idiot and this is a dumb argument
Ken is an idiot and this is a very stupid argument
LiberalFighter
(50,502 posts)7. But it does prevent women from other states to go to Texas.