The relief requested by the Center For Reproductive Rights is problematic. Court Clerks typically have to accept ALL filings
It is then up to the Judges who are assigned the job of deciding whether the claims have merit
#DemVoice12/5 Here, the Plaintiff wants to charge the Civil Court Clerks with reviewing each Complaint to see if it has an SB 8 cause of action and then refuse to accept the filing.
This is a real problem.
Sep 8, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
1/1 IN SEARCH OF A LAW THAT WORKS---EVEN IN TEXAS
The SC decision not to block enforcement of the Texas abortion law has people outraged and demanding a response.
This Article by renowned Legal Scholar and Constitutional Law expert, Laurence Tribe presents an interesting path.
2/11
Professor Tribe starts with the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act. That's right, a 150 yr old law targeting "extrajudicial violence" by white supremacist's (a/k/a lynchings)
The other piece of his plan is to use the holding from a 1982 SC case(Grendel's Den) that he argued...and won.
Sep 2, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/8 THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN
There are over 30,000 State Court Judges
There are 675 Federal District Court Judges sitting in 94 different Districts
There are 13 Federal Appellate Courts with 180 Judges
And there are FIVE political hacks on the #SupremeCourt.
See the problem?
2/8 80 Million people can elect a President, 50 Senators and 222 Representatives...and 5 political appointees with bulletproof lifetime gigs get to say "NO, sorry ladies, we know better"
Time to change the system.
Sep 1, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1/6 ROE vs WADE
"SIX MONTHS" IN 1973 IS NOW EQUAL TO "SIX WEEKS" IN 2021
In 1973 Justice Blackmun's opinion in Roe v Wade struck down a Texas law banning abortions.
Roe essentially made abortions available for the 1st two trimesters of a pregnancy.
politico.com/news/2021/09/0…2/6 The Roe v Wade opinion gave states the right to ban abortions after the fetus was "viable".
In 1973, that was thought to be at the end of the 2nd trimester.
The decision was thought to allow for medical advancements in terms of a fetus being viable outside the womb.
Jul 12, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1/5 SANCTION THE KRAKEN ATTORNEYS
After the 2020 US presidential election, the campaign for TFG filed and lost at least 86 lawsuits contesting election processes, vote counting, and the vote certification process.
Let me tell you...that's really hard to do.
#FreshVoicesRise2/5 They didn't just LOSE...they lost bigly...almost every time.
To avoid being overturned on appeal, most Judges give Plaintiffs' attorneys plenty of chances to put together a Complaint with a cognizable cause of action.
