Originally published at: Justice Department: Alabama can't prosecute people over out-of-state abortions | Boing Boing
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Keep this stuff in mind as the '24 election cycle ramps up. Elections have consequences, and having a sane administration in DC can act as a check on some of the worst of the fascist tendencies in the states.
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Basically Alabama wants to enact The Fugitive Slave Act 2.0.
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Unless they’re checked effectively, it only becomes a matter of time before they put up checkpoints at the state line. Don’t think for a minute that they won’t establish Gilead if given the chance.
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Great, DOJ, now do Lubbock County, Texas.
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I mean, Texas is already trying that
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If a state that didn’t allow gambling tried to prosecute anyone who helped arrange a weekend getaway to Las Vegas then I think even most conservatives would intuitively understand “wait, that can’t be legal.”
But throw a woman’s fundamental rights of bodily autonomy in the mix and suddenly anything goes.
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Ya, but if I read the bible correctly (like most R’s), gambling is a fundamental, god-given right, just like my bear arms.
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South Korea does prosecute people for gambling in foreign countries, as well as taking drugs in foreign countries.
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Imagine if a Sheriff from a dry county was empowered to arrest people who drank in other counties.
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Of course a Justice department statement is nigh meaningless. “Everybody has an opinion. But only seven people issue opinions that MATTER.”
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That’s pretty weird, considering that I spent about 3 months in South Korea for work on a casino complex. (Made friends with some Russian Circus performers there. Good times!)
Edit to add: it’s definitely a weird, complicated legal situation over there. Here’s an article with more details.
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Whoops, meant to reply to the one above yours about state checkpoints.
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There is no possible way laws like these can be found to be consitutional.
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Meet the current Supreme Court majority. Never say never with this bunch.
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When I originally read that, I originally thought she was caught gambling with money that wasn’t hers (plundered from the treasury), or her role was as a governmental regulator of gambling, creating a severe conflict of interest.
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It will wend its way through the skeptical eyes of the eleventh circuit, and the supremes might have their say too.
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They violate the 14th Amendment. There is a recognized right to travel as part of the Equal Protection Clause. The Amendment that 6 Justices like to pretend never existed.
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What would be the legal position if a pregnant woman and her family move out of Alabama to New York, then the woman gets an abortion?
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