Track whether DOJ follows through with actual litigation or if subpoena quietly drops after media cycle—pattern indicates these threats often serve messaging rather than enforcement goals.
This is a genuine federal-state enforcement action with constitutional implications (federalism, civil rights, due process), scoring A=36. However, it's a single-state, narrow-population case with limited durability and easy reversibility. The B=61 score reflects high strategic distraction value: dropped amid major Supreme Court losses and federal judge blocks, targets culture-war flashpoint, fits pattern of DOJ threats against blue states this week (California firearms), and generates media volume vastly disproportionate to governance impact. The 11/15 intentionality score confirms coordinated deployment.