Excerpts:
“Seattle responded to the request by filing a lawsuit in Travis County, stating they cannot comply because Texas has no jurisdiction in Washington State, and no care was provided by the hospital in Texas. They also point out that the Dormant Commerce Clause, protected by the United States Constitution, “protects the right to interstate travel, including to obtain healthcare services.” By targeting out-of-state hospitals for enforcement of laws that only apply within the jurisdiction of Texas, they “discriminate against healthcare based on an interstate element,” violating constitutional protections, according to the legal filing. Lastly, Seattle Children’s Hospital cannot comply due to a shield law passed by Washington State. This law bars the hospital from providing any patient data and from responding to subpoenas pursuant to “protected healthcare services” obtained within the jurisdiction of Washington. Protected healthcare services include abortion, reproductive care, and gender-affirming care.”
“This case promises to be extraordinarily complex. Seattle Children’s Hospital is challenging the jurisdiction of the demands directly in a Texas state court. Regardless of what the local court decides, the claims are likely to go to the Texas Supreme Court. Given that the claims also have a time limit on them and that appeals in Texas automatically favor the attorney general due to an automatic lifting of stays in the state, Seattle Children’s Hospital workers and providers for trans patients from Texas could be under legal jeopardy. Ultimately, the case presents questions of conflicting state laws and regulation of conduct across state lines, and the implications of those laws could be dire for abortion and trans care nationwide.”
As a Washingtonian, don’t fuck with Seattle Children’s Hospital, you piece of shit.
As a Texan, can confirm that Ken Paxton is a piece of shit.
I wish he would roll Abbot off a cliff and jump down after him.
I once stood within 3 feet of Greg Abbott. Every single day of my life, I regret not punching him straight in the nose. It wouldn’t have changed anything, but he most certainly deserved it then, and double deserves it now.
Take comfort in one thing. He will eventually have to face himself and the life he built.
It only takes one hero to make him gone forever.
If you’re implying violence, I can nearly guarantee that it would make him a martyr for the cause. The religious right love to see their leaders on crosses down here.
The absolute best hope for Texas is for liberal candidates to unite around issues that moderate rural Texans can get behind. When democrats in the federal government get our candidates to do things like make strong anti-gun statements, it only ends up making it impossible to win here. We have to focus on getting power before we make strong statements about using power in ways that offend rural Texans.
I’ve heard that line of thinking my entire life as things have gotten worse and worse and fascism and Christian conservative bullshit has taken a stronger and more vicious grip, it’s time for a violent revolution.
I think you’re not understanding that I’m only talking about Texas here. Violent revolution is all well and good if you can win. Progressives are outnumbered and outgunned in this state.
If there were a lot more of us and we had it in the bag, sure, what the hell, let’s bring change now. But history is written by the victors, and no assassination looks justified when you lose. As it stands right now, progressives would lose a violent fight in Texas.
All the conservatives in state gov and the a-holes who enable them are POS’s too.
If y’all could get rid if him, that would be great.
We recently tried, and the whole thing played out like a corruption carnival. An astounding number of “liberals” in the Texas legislature suddenly switched sides on the biggest smoking gun issue they could have impeached him with (that he had illegally given information to Nate Paul to influence an investigation). Turn them upside down, and watch the money fall out of their pockets, I say.
For those who want to see what I’m talking about, look at how many democrats voted to acquit on article 4 as compared to every other article:
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/16/ken-paxton-impeachment-vote/
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Suck a trans dick, Texas.
This case promises to be extraordinarily complex.
It really shouldn’t be complex at all. It should be extremely simple: Is Seattle within the jurisdiction of the Texas AG or not?
I guess the issue is that they have to convince a Texas court of that, instead of some kind of reasonable judge.
Until it gets kicked up to federal court, at which point a judge will laugh Texas out of the courtroom. This is a huge waste of time that will achieve nothing.
Texas is under the 5th circuit.
Judges there are often just as insane as their lower court brethren. Fully by design.
And then it goes to the Supreme Court, where a majority of the justices have already been bought and paid for well in advance
I doubt the Supreme Court would go for this since it would also mean that the Washington AG could demand something from a Texas hospital. Or any state from any other state. It’s because they’re bought and paid for that they wouldn’t do something that would jeopardize their own paymasters’ positions like that.
Yup. Liberal states are tired of this shit and will use the precedent
Bah. That’s the one thing that always seems to never happen. ‘Civilized’ places always seem to take the high road and never hit back.
They’re crazy, but even they won’t fuck with interstate commerce.
“This is a huge waste of time that will achieve nothing.”
That’s the GOPs entire platform.
I hate how true this is
Obfuscate, obstruct, oppress.
Sadly true.
It’s achieves political objectives for the Texas AG.
the fact of trans people being involved has the effect of making anything complicated, apparently. It’s just sooooo complicated to checks notes allow us the same rights and protections as anyone else. But oh hey someone’s building a database of trans people while passing a bunch of anti-trans legislation? Hold on now it’s complicated he may have a point.
And, of course, it’s only trans people for now. If they can build a database of people getting gender-affirming care, they can build a database of people getting any other sort of medical care. For example, care for HIV or sickle cell anemia or Tay Sachs. And then there’s the ability to make a database of women getting legal abortions, certain forms of birth control or IVF treatments. Awfully convenient way to keep track of ‘problem’ members of society, isn’t it?
The confederate states split from the union because they wanted the federal government to force free states to return escaped slaves, effectively enforcing the laws of one state on the residents of another. We are reenacting the events that led to the first Civil War.
This is spot on. This hadn’t even occurred to me.
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I’m lost, did they repeal HIPAA? Can I freely distribute PHI now?
But I thought Texas was all about “States rights to decide for themselves!”
This is states rights exactly as the South viewed Northern states not returning their slaves.
Republicans: “States need to decide for themselves!”
Blue states: “Okay. We decide to protect LGBTQ people. And abortion rights. And prosecute people who tried to overturn our elections.”
Republicans: “NOT LIKE THAT!!!”
Who will rid us of this meddlesome priest?
OK, that’s driving me nuts - what’s that line from?
Paraphrased from an alleged quote by Henry II about Thomas Beckett from a millennia ago. I think it was turbulent instead of meddlesome, but you get the drift.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3F
Henry II of England.
Four knights traveled to kill the priest.
Does Texas believe we don’t have guns?
Just because we don’t parade around with it or make it our identity.
Can they also try to undermine the federal HIPAA law at the same time?
Human trafficking is no big deal, don’t see why someone as really and annoying as HIPAA would get in Texas way
Don’t see how. HIPAA has clear and wide exceptions to allow sharing for court orders and “as required by law.”
Whose law?
“With limited exceptions, HIPAA’s privacy rules preempt any contrary requirement of state law unless the state law is more stringent than the federal rules.” In re Collins, 286 S.W.3d 911, 917 (Tex. 2009) (citing 45 C.F.R. § 160.203).
Republican sues to see kids genitals.
They’re still obsessed with that Cuties movie, Facebook pushes me exclusively right wing content and I’ve seen two “parody” videos in the past week (one from Babylon Bee) that display the movie front and center.
Cause, yknow, “”“LiBrUlZ”“”
What’s the cuties movie
Threatening a fucking children’s hospital.
🖕Paxton
I have dealt with Ken a few times now. He is as big a douchebag as he is a dipshit.
Sounds like a tale. We would love to hear it.
He just took part in a few meetings I led or was part of. All interactions with him before, during and after said meetings were unpleasant. He also said some seriously dumb shit. You know the type that pretends to be knowledgeable by asking or stating things with great authority, but what they say or ask is either not remotely close to on-topic, or shows a complete lack of knowledge or comprehension of the topic? He was that guy.
My thoughts go out to the patients of Seattle Children’s Hospital. What a shitty situation and what a shitty person.
Ken Corruption can bite my shiny metal ass.
