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Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state (19thnews.org)
submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/publichealth@mander.xyz
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[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the constitution still mattered, this would violate the interstate commerce clause

[–] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Exactly my thoughts. It crosses state lines, it's Federal. The mail system is Federally run (for now). The state has no jurisdiction over federal mail. It's also why if you cross state borders with drugs or mail them to another state, you get Federal charges.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought interstate commerce was regulated by the feds. Isn’t this already settled law?

[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

This is so settled it's the foundation for a majority of the federal governments power. Im not even joking the (IMO) overly broad interpretation of the interstate commerce clause is how the federal government is able to regulate so many thing not explicitly stated in the constitution.

You can argue and I'd agree that a strong federal government is needed to some extent but the founding fathers clearly did not agree which has lead to the fed slowly taking away things that were definitely intended to be left to the states.

[–] slate@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

Wow, you can sue people the state has no jurisdiction over and collect a bounty the state has no authority to collect? Sign me up!

[–] NaibofTabr 14 points 1 month ago

How would the state know?

Opening personal mail is super illegal.

[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 month ago

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[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Good luck enforcing it, dumb fucks