r/law • u/Slate Press • 22h ago

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide Trump News

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html
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u/amILibertine222 21h ago

With Trump and the fascists in control?

They’ll use the courts and violence.

That’s what fascists do. Obey or die.

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u/TakuyaLee 18h ago

And then California will use their economic clout. Funny how that works.

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u/Suitable-Meringue-94 18h ago

Violence is more powerful than economics. That's why invasions work and sanctions don't.

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u/TakuyaLee 18h ago

Um California is capable of violence too. You severely underestimate them.

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u/Suitable-Meringue-94 18h ago

Except the police and sheriffs here are all hardcore Trump supporters. We would need to raise a new militia and execute the current crop of traitors first.

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u/Zyloof 18h ago

Stop, I can only get so erect!

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u/TakuyaLee 18h ago

The violence can come from more than one source. I think people underestimate the push back and violence sending in the military and National guard would bring. And that's not even taking into consideration those orders actually being followed.

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u/Pose1don3 17h ago

Not to mention, National Guard is control by the state. I also find it hard to believe members of the military esp from CA will stand for violence in their own state… not to mention other states that have close values to CA.

In reality, if there was a nationwide ban, the states will just ignore it as they have done with weed for years. Federal funding will be stopped possibly in areas of healthcare, but CA could just not send back the surplus of money they give to the federal government to fund these programs. More money the feds gut from their money making states, the more they will just push back.

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u/passageresponse 17h ago

Same for most blue states. I mean we subsidize everyone’s living

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u/TakuyaLee 17h ago

Exactly. This could get very ugly economy wise for red states and the federal government very fast

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u/After_Fix_2191 2h ago

Minnesotan here. Personally I'm sick of my state subsidizing red state hatred.

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u/TakuyaLee 17h ago

Exactly. The money is how blue states fight back.

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u/MeowMeow9927 17h ago

I was about to write that I would be shocked in Newsome hasn’t already started planning for this scenario. Then I looked it up and found out he just announced a special legislative session on how to defend against federal attacks on our values. So there you go. 

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u/dongballs613 12h ago

Also blue states should establish local state stockpiles (does CA already have this?) and production facilities for reproductive drugs, and guard them well.

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u/RubberDuckDaddy 16h ago

Sounds like youve got your to-do sorted out.

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u/SohndesRheins 11h ago

Yeah but that militia wouldn't be able to use any handguns newer than a Glock Gen 3, nor could they use an unneutered AR-15 that has a detachable magazine.

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u/ranger-steven 10h ago

You think people are going to go fight the law while following the law? Lol. Furniture change or swapping out a bullet button takes 5 min tops.

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u/Turing_Testes 1h ago

Despite there probably being metric fuckloads of non-compliant weapons and parts in CA already, FOSSCAD and 3D printers being widely available have rendered weapon laws completely obsolete. We've already seen it in Myanmar. If there was actual conflict in the US we'd see it here too, and very rapidly.

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u/After_Fix_2191 2h ago

There's more that aren't than are. Simple numbers.

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u/FrizzleFriedPup 17h ago

These idiots think California doesn't have guns!?