Thank you Seattle Children's Hospital for standing up to that bullshit.
Also thank you to Washington state for passing the shield law to make this happen.
"Go fuck yourself, Texas." - Sincerely, Washington state residents
I feel that even without the shield law, this would be a violation of HIPAA
To be fair, they are legally required to. Complying with Texas' request would violate Washington law.
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.
"This is a huge waste of time that will achieve nothing."
That's the GOPs entire platform.
Obfuscate, obstruct, oppress.
Texas is under the 5th circuit.
Judges there are often just as insane as their lower court brethren. Fully by design.
It's achieves political objectives for the Texas AG.
More reasons to never, ever fucking step foot in the fucking shithole that is Texas.
Drive around it if you fucking have to.
Seriously! Apparently they try to claim ownership of you even after you leave now.
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.
They (gop) really want a civil war.
they do realize that if they start it and we win, we're gonna have to finish the job for good this time, right? we aren't gonna make the "ending reconstruction early" mistake twice.
Shouldn't he be in prison for when he tried to murder that poor pregnant woman a couple weeks ago?
Why was the lawsuit filed in Texas and not in Washington State? The hospital is based in Seattle, the people coming for care received that care in Seattle, ... Surely Washington state courts should have the final say.
But I thought Texas was all about "States rights to decide for themselves!"
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!!!"
Seattle PD should demand the Texas AG come to their station to answer harassment complaints.
Seattle PD will tear gas their own citizens. Can't imagine what they'd do to someone from outside the state
This case promises to be extraordinarily complex
Does it? It seems pretty clear to me that the state of Texas does not have any authority over a children's hospital over 1000 miles outside of its jurisdiction. What exactly is complex about this?
It's going to be complex because the Texas AG has already made their dumb decision, and now the hospital is suing the state of Texas in Texas.
It'll be complex because the fascist Texas courts are involved.
He was born in 1962 and worked two years as "business consultant" and eleven years as lawyer for corporations. In his 61 years of life he has worked at most thirteen of them. The rest of the time has been bouncing around fake government part time jobs. He has zero experience with law enforcement or the justice system in general.
As long as we allow the talentless hacks of the world to rule us the world that they want will remain. Go ask your local elected officials if they can change a tire and how was work today.
If you can arrest an entire hospital can you arrest an entire state government?
Can they also try to undermine the federal HIPAA law at the same time?
My thoughts go out to the patients of Seattle Children's Hospital. What a shitty situation and what a shitty person.
Never stop overreaching. Assholes.
I have dealt with Ken a few times now. He is as big a douchebag as he is a dipshit.
Who exactly is he planning to put in jail? Sounds like workers in seattle. But really... which one? I honestly don't even know why they bothered to respond to this political stunt.
There's way more people on the left than on the right, the only way to save this country at this point is for some of these people to start disappearing, or another full on civil war. The bullshit has to end, I'm tired of every day being more hate fueled evil from these fucking troglodytes.
Does Texas believe we don't have guns?
Just because we don't parade around with it or make it our identity.
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