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[US] Texas AG Threatens Seattle Hospital With Jail Unless It Provides Trans Patient Data
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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.
The people they represent are those most likely to have a reactionary response. While those of us on the left may show up for protests asking for change, those on the right are most likely to make stupid videos of themselves destroying beer that they already purchased. They're theater-kids who won't admit it.
As a person who took theater as a kid I object to this comment.
We knew everything we were doing was simply performative.
I'm going to give them more credit than they deserve and say that they do, too. At least at some level.
Well yes, the fascist politicians are being performative as usual, but it's the Washington hospital that filed in the Texas court, not Texas republicans. If some random loonies from across the continent where to slander and threaten me, then I would go to my local authorities/police/courts to try and put a stop to it. I would not go to loonietown myself to complain about the loonies, because I'd be afraid of finding even more loonies. So the part I don't get, is why the Washington hospital had to/wanted to file their lawsuit in Texas instead of in Washington.
Because Washington State has no jurisdiction over Texas. The vice versa is the whole point of this suit.
because they haven't rigged Washington yet