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ck4829

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Fri Mar 7, 2025, 07:15 PM Mar 7

Consider jury nullification

Here's the latest proposed psychotic conservative law that it is necessary to nullify in the jury box if it becomes a law news:

"Identity fraud": Proposed Texas state law would make identifying as transgender a felony

The Texas state legislature may soon consider whether transgender Texans can be charged with a felony for identifying as their preferred gender.

A bill proposed by Houston-area Rep. Tom Oliverson asks to amend the state penal code to create a new crime of "gender identity fraud." Under the act, a person could be charged with a felony for "identifying the person's biological sex as the opposite of the biological sex assigned to the person at birth" while dealing with either government entities or employers. The charge carries a punishment of up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Oliverson's name is regularly affixed to some of the most hateful legislation coming out of the Lone Star State. He authored the state House's version of a bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state. That bill was signed into law in the summer of 2023 and took effect later that year. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has since sued several doctors for allegedly providing care to transgender youth.

While the bill doesn't have a co-sponsor or any planned hearings in the legislature as of this writing, it's one small piece of continued attacks on trans people in red states and nationally.

https://www.salon.com/2025/03/05/identity-fraud-proposed-texas-state-law-would-make-identifying-as-transgender-a-felony/
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Consider jury nullification (Original Post) ck4829 Mar 7 OP
Sorry liberal Texans but your gov't is insane. Clouds Passing Mar 7 #1
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