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minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoAs 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.
minus-squarespaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21 year agoI 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?
minus-squarejscummy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoHe’ll simultaneously argue that the court doesn’t have jurisdiction outside the US, but also that as Governor of Texas he does somehow
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI wonder what the local Coast Guard has to say.
minus-squareatlasraven31@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI can agree with that. Punishments should be proportionate to the crime. Killing should only be done in self-defense as a last resort.
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.
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?
He’ll simultaneously argue that the court doesn’t have jurisdiction outside the US, but also that as Governor of Texas he does somehow
Schrodinger’s Border.
I wonder what the local Coast Guard has to say.
I can agree with that. Punishments should be proportionate to the crime. Killing should only be done in self-defense as a last resort.