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[–] [email protected] 59 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

As a reminder, in US law it's generally illegal to set up deathtraps to catch people who could only get in the trap by breaking the law.

"You did something illegal!" is not, in general, a justification for murder.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I wonder if Abbott will insist that the judiciary has no authority over the 80% of the barrier that is actually on the Mexican side of the border?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He'll simultaneously argue that the court doesn't have jurisdiction outside the US, but also that as Governor of Texas he does somehow

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Schrodinger's Border.

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