JURISDICTION-STRIPPING BILL

On April 1, Representative Ron Paul (R-TX, 14th) introduced a jurisdiction-stripping bill on abortion. Read the text of HR 1546 here. (Via courthouse news) The bill seeks to keep all litigation about abortion out of the district courts and the court of federal claims.

Lots of bills get proposed and perhaps there's no particular reason to pay attention to this one; he doesn't have any co-sponsors, and he's probably just trying to play to anti-abortion sentiment in his district -- see his April 1 remarks on his other abortion-related bills. I just note jurisdiction-stripping here as something that I want to know more about. . .