
‘Roe v. Wade was on a collision course with the Constitution from the day it was decided.’
Excerpts from Justice Alito’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Roe found that the Constitution implicitly conferred a right to obtain an abortion, but it failed to ground its decision in text, history, or precedent.
It relied on an erroneous historical narrative; it devoted great attention to and presumably relied on matters that have no bearing on the ‘meaning of the Constitution; it disregarded the fundamental difference between the precedents on which it relied and the question before the Court; it concocted an elaborate set of rules, with different restrictions for each trimester of pregnancy, but it did not explain how this veritable code could be teased out of anything in the Constitution, the history of abortion laws, prior precedent, or any other cited source; and its most important rule (that States cannot protect fetal life prior to “viability”) was never raised by any party and has never been plausibly explained.
Overuling precedent
Some of our most important constitutional decisions have overruled prior precedents. … In Brown. v. Board of Education, the Court repudiated the “separate but equal” doctrine, which had allowed States to maintain racially segregated schools and other facilities. In so doing, the Court overruled the infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U. S. 537 (1896), along with six other Supreme Court precedents that had applied the separate-but-equal rule.
Roe legislated from the bench
[Roe’s] elaborate [trimester] scheme was the Court’s own brainchild. Neither party advocated the trimester framework; nor did either party or any amicus argue that “viability” should ‘mark the point at which the scope of the abortion right and a State’s regulatory authority should be substantially transformed. … This scheme resemble[d] the work of a legislature. …
Roe certainly did not succeed in ending division on the issue of abortion. On the contrary, Roe “inflamed” a national issue that has remained bitterly divisive for the past half-century. … Indeed, in this case, 26 states expressly ask us to overrule Roe and Casey and return the issue of abortion to the people and their elected representatives.
Enough!
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If she were black she’d have been shot for that struggle. The school rule is wearing a mask is required, all she had to do was follow the rules and obey the orders given by LEO.
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Considering that millions of police-citizen interactions occur every year (including with Black Americans) without incident, your assumption is false,
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ALL RAYcism ALL the time!!!!!!!
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The Gotch
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The left screams “racism” so often that at this point their accusations have become background noise.
I’ve come to believe that those who insert race into EVERYTHING and at every juncture are they themselves projecting THEIR OWN racist feelings onto the rest of us.
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ALL BEARS ALL THE TIME. #9 ‘YA BE THE MAN>>>sponsored be RVTL.
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She was just following the orders from vos and fitzgerald.
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Hard to say which one of your two assertions is the most stupid.
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Hard to focus on quantifying crippling stupidity while being regularly bombarded with endless examples…
The Gotch
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Aren’t you the one who is constantly giving advice about how to co-operate with the police. Walk out, don’t be a bit@h and complain about it to the cops bosses.
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Vos sued over masks and won. Where is he now? How’s Wis. doing after his big court win. Virus? It’s all BS. Leave your mask at home and go vote; TWICE just to make sure. Shouldn’t he be on TV in his plastic suit defending this woman’s rights.
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This occurred in OHIO, dumbass Commie.
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Now THAT’S how you call out LaLaLoonyLoopyLeftyLand Lunacy, SS!
The Gotch
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Ichabod Evers’ Joke-Of_An_Administration has presided over an unprecedented rise in WuHan Virus infections.
He NEEDS to be recalled, and anyone that voted for/helped elect this POS DISMAL FAILURE should be shamed to the fullest extent of the blogosphere!!!
One more thing.
UPON FURTHER REVIEW, THE BiPolar bares STILL SUCK!!
GO PACKERS!!
The Gotch
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Well Golly, I guess she made her point. Er, what was that point, exactly? Hopefully she’ll make bail or get work release.
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Not sure where this took place, but in some jurisdictions, thugs are being released on signature bonds for felonies, including violent assaults and running fentanyl rings.
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Here’s the link to the CNN story about this. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/26/us/ohio-woman-tased-football-game-mask-trnd/index.html
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Neuman would say she assaulted the cop by not wearing a mask.
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Vos should send WILL to defend her. Worked in Wis. We only had an extra 2000 cases today.
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CASES. You do understand that CASES are just positive tests, right? Cases are NOT deaths. Cases are NOT inpatient hospital stays.
Most CASES result in nothing other than self-quarantine. Do you know why? Because the person has NO symptoms because only the very old and infirm are at risk. Bonus: asymptomatic people cannot spread the Wuhan Virus.
We will ALL get this virus despite the mask mandates (which do next to nothing) and closures of schools.
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Our Friends the Police arrest a mom for “criminal trespass.” She wasn’t wearing a mouth-hijab. Our Friends the Police arrest FIVE church singers–outdoors–for not wearing mouth-diapers in Montana.
Our Friends the Police just follow orders. That tells us lots about their “courage,” doesn’t it?
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