Justice Department sues Texas to block six-week abortion ban

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7. It's terrific that the US "can't arrest Abbott and put him in jail to await trial."

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You'd need a really large jail to hold all the "officers, employees, and agents, including private parties who would bring suit under S.B. 8." That's several million people. I doubt that the Feds are going to be rounding up Texas DMV clerks.

{edited} Nowhere does it say that those private parties have to live in Texas.

The lawsuit is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Defendant.

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PARTIES

10. Plaintiff is the United States of America.

11. Defendant, the State of Texas, is a State of the United States. The State of Texas includes all of its officers, employees, and agents, including private parties who would bring suit under S.B. 8.

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Rand Paul just called for the arrest of Anthony Fauci. I hope that the US is still a place where we don't put people in jail just because they upset us.