“We’re gonna need a bigger jail” 🤦

  • toomanypancakes@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Washington should turn around and issue an arrest warrant for this idiot if he keeps on with trying to violate HIPAA.

  • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Just wait, this will happen with abortions too. They are testing the ground now. If a Republican ever get the white house again, they will use the feds to extradite doctors to Texas.

    People need to be yelling about this until they can’t yell anymore. I don’t give a fuck if it ruins Christmas.

  • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Who gets jailed? If huge corporations can’t go to jail for the evil shit they do “even though they are people” then a hospital protecting actual people won’t go to jail either.

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      11 months ago

      Nah, they are going after the people in the hospital that deny the order, not the hospital itself. The people in Seattle will be fine as long as they stay in Washington and their state and the feds refuse to extradite, but anyone charged may have trouble when traveling to other states and will be unable to travel through Texas without legitimate fear of detention.

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        11 months ago

        will be unable to travel through Texas without legitimate fear of detention

        so… a standard risk for anyone living in Texas, or traveling through Texas

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          11 months ago

          I get your point, but everyone living in or traveling through Texas do not have open criminal warrants, which is what these Seattle hospital workers will have if they don’t comply, and we shouldn’t downplay the litany of problems that come with arrest warrants.

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            11 months ago

            I also get your point, but it’s a relatively minor distinction in Texas.

            I know a few people that work a Renaissance Faire there who have gotten pulled over multiple times and almost went to jail because they were doing the speed limit in the slow lane, it was considered suspicious, and they looked like hippies.

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              11 months ago

              As someone who has lived in Texas with warrants and without, I can confirm that it’s not a minor distinction. Luckily I haven’t had to return to Texas in years, but if I do, I will make sure I don’t have any open warrants before doing so. Texas cops will fuck your life up for unpaid traffic fines like you robbed a bank just because they can.

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                  11 months ago

                  Yeah, no question they profile heavily in Texas. I’ve been pulled over for the same, but they get pretty trigger happy once they learn you have any sort of warrant, so your risk of death goes up exponentially when stopped with warrants. I had a cop come running at my drivers side door with his gun drawn as soon as he ran my plates and saw my warrant for unpaid speeding ticket.