Unless SCOTUS intervenes (which seems unlikely under the current court), this TX law will go into effect tomorrow, essentially offering private citizens $10K if they can find and report on women who get abortions.
One private website has been created to collect such “reports.”
As I said in my earlier thread when the law was first passed, this basically encourages vigilantism, and invites religious groups across the country to find ways to identify and intimidate TX women who seek abortions, via the courts.
It turns our constitution on its head.
Also, in case anyone was wondering, this thread has a link to the “reporting” website.
Along with some useful tips on data entry. For anyone so inclined.
For folks saying that there is a state TRO blocking the law, that is no longer true - the 5th Circuit vacated that injunction, which is why I included the link to the Nation article above:
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For more background on ALEC, if you aren’t familiar with them, read this thread to get an idea of how integral they are to the GOP - from organizing evangelicals in the 1980s, all the way through writing the GOP’s voter suppression bills today.
This is the Oath Keepers' attorney. The FBI has seized her phone.
What's really interesting is that she is now starting to call out Kirkland Ellis.
Yet, as usual, their biases and previously ingested conspiracy theories can only seem to reason that this must somehow point to Obama, the Clintons, and Seth Rich.
I can't help but think that some of them may even be genuinely trying here.
Because they aren't really wrong about Kirkland & Ellis.
It's just that their massive blind spots (created by right wing propaganda) prevent them from seeing things clearly.
Merrick Garland's press conference announcing an enforcement action, reportedly regarding the TX abortion law, is scheduled for 2:30pm EST/11:30am PST.
Should be able to watch it live here, if so inclined:
“About a week ago, Judd said Riley worked security at an Orlando church and said God began speaking to him.
In the days that followed, investigators say the girlfriend told them Riley became increasingly erratic – buying $1,000 worth of cigars as Hurricane Ida relief.”
Riley also admitted to taking meth, according to law enforcement.
From SCOTUS, to voter suppression bills, to radicalized candidates, to the insurrection, to astroturf ops and school boards - this is the elephant in every room.
We can’t fight what we can’t see.
End the filibuster. Expand the court. Stop dark money.