Timeline for If Roe is overturned, what is the legality of laws prohibiting crossing state lines for abortion?
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| May 12, 2022 at 17:17 | comment | added | jwenting | @Bobson not quite, possession of something that's illegal doesn't care where you got it. But those stores and their customers bet on the fact that the police can't catch them all. It's the same where I live, there's a LOT of fireworks being smuggled in and police catch literally metric tons of it every month. But that's still only the tip of the iceberg. | |
| May 12, 2022 at 16:54 | comment | added | Bobson | @jwenting Given the number of fireworks shops that I see clustering around a border between states that allow them and states that don't, I'd assume that it isn't. | |
| May 9, 2022 at 8:07 | answer | added | Jontia | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 6, 2022 at 17:00 | comment | added | jwenting | The broader question becomes whether committing what is a crime in your state of residence in another state where that act is legal is enforceable. Say I live in a state where public nudity is illegal and visit another state where it is legal and go on a naked hike there. Can I be charged with criminal public nudity upon returning home if someone posted photos on the internet and I got recognised? The same would be valid for abortion tourism as well. | |
| May 6, 2022 at 0:59 | history | became hot network question | |||
| May 5, 2022 at 22:48 | comment | added | TTT | I'm not sure "Ignoring the enforcement mechanism" is possible. Adults don't need help crossing state lines. ;) | |
| May 5, 2022 at 22:48 | answer | added | eps | timeline score: 18 | |
| May 5, 2022 at 18:58 | answer | added | ohwilleke♦ | timeline score: 38 | |
| May 5, 2022 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPolitics/status/1522274929672179718 | ||
| May 5, 2022 at 17:43 | comment | added | Joe W | @quarague It would likely be on topic on both sites and is covered here because it is talking about the legality of government actions. | |
| May 5, 2022 at 17:42 | comment | added | Joe W | @RickSmith I was not referring to that section but the commerce clause instead because it could be seen as a business proposition. The Commerce Clause refers to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. | |
| May 5, 2022 at 17:39 | comment | added | Rick Smith | @JoeW - Freedom of movement is covered, generally, by Art IV, Sec 2, Privileges and Immunities. See also, Freedom of movement under United States law. "Strong constitutional protection for the right to travel may have significant implications for state attempts to limit abortion rights, ..." | |
| May 5, 2022 at 17:30 | comment | added | quarague | This question might be a better fit on the law stack exchange. | |
| May 5, 2022 at 17:18 | comment | added | Joe W | I think this would get in trouble due to the interstate commerce clause but I could be wrong. | |
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| May 5, 2022 at 16:57 | history | asked | Gramatik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |