The Seattle Children’s Hospital filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court on Dec. 7 against the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), after that agency requested documents related to gender transition policies and any such care provided to Texas children.
Why in the Kentucky fried fuck is Texas asking Seattle about that.
We all know why. I’m just surprised the hospital responded with a lawsuit instead of a “go fuck yourself.”
It does bring more attention if they drag out the go fuck yourself bit with a lawsuit but they definitely need a huge go fuck yourself with a rake letter here.
Both demands include a notice that failure to comply could result in a misdemeanor criminal charge that would carry a $5,000 fine or jail confinement of up to a year.
It sounds like the state could imprison the hospital’s personnel if they ever traveled to Texas (or any other jurisdiction that might jail them on Texas’ behalf).
Yeah I said that this was the inevitable outcome of RvW being overturned. It’s a matter of time now. The line of the ensuing civil war will be drawn over these state extradition agreements, and if a Republican ever gets the presidency again they will use the feds to forcibly extradite doctors to Texas.
Suck a dick, Texas.
No, but there’s not as many of them as you might think. TX is gerrymandered to hell, voter suppression abounds, and so many people don’t think beyond the R it’s astounding. The Republicans have created an environment where they almost can’t help but stay in power. If everyone eligible to vote in TX was able to do so properly, the state would look a lot more purple. Source: born in TX & lived 2/3 of my life there before I got out.
The people who elect the ass hats aren’t representative of all Texans, and they’re dying off.
Texas is becoming more and more blue every day, which is why the government is doing everything they can to suppress Democrat voters.
Why do they have to sue? Why do they have to respond at all? Texas isn’t Washington and not only is there no jurisdiction, there’s no standing for the courts either.
Because Texas threatens criminal prosecution for anyone who does not comply. And these people are probably concerned that if they just say no and don’t sue, they will most likely face criminal litigation in Texas that could cause arrest warrants that could affect them if and when they travel.
Right but outside of issuing an arrest warrant in the state of Texas, what else could they do? They are not federal and have no greater authority.
So you think it’s totally fine that people just doing their fully legal job in the state they live and work in should be subjected to arrest warrants that prevent them from ever safely entering a completely different state?
“Sorry boss, I can’t go to that conference. It’s hosted in Texas and I’ll be arrested as I exit the plane.”
Also, because under Washington state law, it would be illegal for them to comply with the Texas attorney general in this case.
I think the Texas AG has that whole “full faith and credit” thing backwards.
I continue to be annoyed that texas is wasting all of this time on this. Go solve real problems. Except republicans are seemingly incapable of that, so I guess this is what we get.
