If this is Idaho's response to federal lawsuit over abortion ban, we're in legal trouble

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the state of Idaho — the first such lawsuit the federal government has filed against a state in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade — is based on important matters of life and death, and raises legitimate questions about how Idaho’s abortion ban would be implemented.

In essence, the DOJ lawsuit contends that Idaho’s trigger law is a violation of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act because it “preemptively criminalizes all abortions … even where a denial of care will likely result in the death of the patient,” U.S. Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said during a news conference Tuesday.

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The arguments presented by the DOJ bring up valid points that would be well-suited for debate in a court of law.

Unfortunately, Idaho’s politicians responded to the lawsuit not with their own cogent legal arguments and reasoning, but with mumbo jumbo about state sovereignty, “federal meddling” and claims that the lawsuit is “politically motivated,” in the words of Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, who said he wished the DOJ would just sit down and talk about it first.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/idaho-response-federal-lawsuit-over-100000972.html

[PortTack]

1. I think they're in legal trouble! That mumbo jumbo doesn't work in court rooms

[2naSalit]

2. That's always Idaho's response...

To federal government unless there's money being doled out.

[ShazamIam]

3. The Idaho law can be interpreted as, If you can't save the baby let the mom die. nt

edit: add word, law

[yonder]

4. Typical response from the usual suspects.

I'm a bit surprised why lame-duck Wasden would jump on the same clown car with the rest of the kooks. Especially with nothing to gain, I expected better of him....if just a little.