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LonePirate

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2. How does a federal judge in Texas have jurisdiction to rule on a state law in California?

Reply to Just_Vote_Dem (Original post)

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 08:35 AM

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They are in different federal districts so that seems to be the more powerful legal argument than the flimsy harm which Jackson was claiming. It failed this time but this seems like a very troubling precedent is about to be set in the future by these Republicans.

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