Boom
30 Likes
That pastor has to be in the running for GOAT. Heâs gonna be tough to beat.
Color me stunned
4 Likes
Amen
Been a while since Iâve looked forward to not reading a book this much.
1 Like
Lyft co-founder/ CEO
https://twitter.com/logangreen/status/1433872421254098945?s=19
https://twitter.com/logangreen/status/1433872535288827911?s=19
3 Likes
Lyft and Uber should stop operating in Texas.
3 Likes
Thatâll show all those poor people who donât own vehicles.
1 Like
Didnât realize Uber and Lyft was a big transport option for the poor given how expensive it is to use those. Given that they are the target of lawsuits and we are out of political options for stopping the tsunami of offenses against the poor coming without corporate support, thought it was an option. I dunno, guess we are just fucked and Roe is gone.
I mean of course itâs way better than nothing theyâre taking a stand, but it seems super unlikely any of the drivers would be sued, at least not make it through the courts.
Itâs not like a passenger is going to revel that the purpose of the ride is to get an abortion, so the driver would have no idea right? I would assume the lawsuits against the drivers would all almost be immediately dismissed.
Being skeptical of corporations, this is likely just a good PR move that they know wonât cost them much. They want to show us something, stop donating to Republicans in every state. Local and national.
1 Like
Agreed that itâs probably mostly just empty virtue signaling, but at least theyâre showing that they have their driversâ backs in case someone has to be the test case. In so many other situations they try to wash their hands of liability by playing the âweâre just a technology platform and our drivers are independent contactorsâ card, that I thought it was interesting to see them publicly step up here.
2 Likes
Roe isnât gone. The courts will hear argument on the merits once one of these suits happen. The defendant will argue the suit is unconstitutional, the courts will probably agree because Roe hasnât been overturned. SCOTUS routinely denies Cert for abortion cases. If the anti abortion folks are smart, they wonât file any of these suits and just let law hang over the head of the targets that arenât judgment proof. Fortunately, the decentralized nature of the law probably precludes that.
The Court is already scheduled to hear a case on a Mississippi anti-abortion law this term.
Roe says states can regulate second trimester abortions and ban almost all third trimester abortions, so what if the Texas law had set the threshold at twelve rather than six weeks?
Poor people take ubers?
Why not just get a pro-choice person to file the suit? It can be a complete fabrication. Or even if there is a real abortion, they can just tank the case in the most strategically effectve way. And even if they somehow win, they just donât actually collect.
So, lawbros, why hasnât this happened?
But seriously, there is an actual precedent that there must be a genuine controversy between litigants. Youâre not allowed to manufacture test cases.