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Supreme Court sides with Planned Parenthood in funding fight [Roberts, Kavanuagh join libs]
CNN ^ | 12/10/2018 | Ariane De Vogue

Posted on 12/10/2018 7:35:37 AM PST by GIdget2004

The Supreme Court Monday rebuffed efforts by states to block funding to Planned Parenthood.

It left in place two lower court opinions that said that states violate federal law when they terminate Medicaid contracts with Planned Parenthood affiliates who offer preventive care for low income women.

It would have taken four justices to agree to hear the issue, and only three conservative justices -- Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch -- voted to hear the case.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh appeared to side with the court's liberals in not taking up the case -- showing an effort to avoid high-profile abortion-related issues for now.

Roberts and Kavanaugh "likely have serious objections," said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law. "But such votes seem to be a signal that they would rather avoid contentious, high-profile disputes for now, at least where possible."

The case concerned whether states can block Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood affiliates that provide such women with annual health screens, contraceptive coverage and cancer screening.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; babykillers; brettkavanaugh; fakeheadline; fakenews; kavanaugh; maga; medicaid; plannedparenthood; ppjusticekavanaugh; ppjusticeroberts; ppjusticethomas; ppscotus; prolife; refusedtoconsider; scotus; supremecourt
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1 posted on 12/10/2018 7:35:37 AM PST by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

This is very disappointing.


2 posted on 12/10/2018 7:37:06 AM PST by albie
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To: GIdget2004

Who ever claims they didn’t know this would happen is foolish.


3 posted on 12/10/2018 7:37:39 AM PST by HalfIrish
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To: GIdget2004

Well isn’t that special.


4 posted on 12/10/2018 7:37:56 AM PST by chris37
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To: GIdget2004

“The case concerned whether states can block Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood affiliates that provide such women with annual health screens, contraceptive coverage and cancer screening.”

That doesn’t even make sense. And what it’s trying to say is probably fake.


5 posted on 12/10/2018 7:39:24 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Kavanaugh fighting against God?


6 posted on 12/10/2018 7:39:28 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: GIdget2004

The case concerned whether states can block Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood.

So states can no longer say how to run them getting more like a banana republic every day.
Remember Obamacare the forced government insurance program,
They need a sign on the building We BE The Power


7 posted on 12/10/2018 7:39:45 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: albie

Not necessarily, it may be it was a weak case and before they take on something it needs to stand a good chance of winning and meaning something.


8 posted on 12/10/2018 7:40:04 AM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: GIdget2004

“preventitive care for low income women”

Translation: Black baby Holocaust


9 posted on 12/10/2018 7:40:58 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Until Hillary is in jail, equal justice under the law will not exist in the USA)
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To: GIdget2004

The only way to get past the evil on the Supreme Court is to have a Constitutional Amendment.


10 posted on 12/10/2018 7:41:17 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: GIdget2004

NOT abortion-related. Remember even candidate Trump said PP “does some good” (screeening, etc) and only wanted to defund abortions.


11 posted on 12/10/2018 7:43:00 AM PST by montag813
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To: GIdget2004

As a parent raising teen age children, I learned to pick battles carefully.


12 posted on 12/10/2018 7:44:54 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: Olog-hai

Kavanaugh fighting against God?
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Ahh....no. More likely WISELY waiting for an additional conservative Justice to be appointed. Remember, Roberts is “shaky” and possubly compromised.


13 posted on 12/10/2018 7:45:33 AM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: albie

Kav caves to Traitor Roberts.

Not part of a good start.


14 posted on 12/10/2018 7:45:52 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Vaduz
So states can no longer say how to run them...

I't more about how the states can spend federal dollars.

15 posted on 12/10/2018 7:47:15 AM PST by semimojo
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To: GIdget2004

Heaping coals upon their own heads.


16 posted on 12/10/2018 7:47:24 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Vaduz
I'm not sure I completely understand, but it seems over the years, so many amendments and whatevers have destroyed the simplicity of the wording in the Constitution that, a true Constitutionist is locked INTO the Law and how to read it.

At least I HOPE that's what has happened.

My wife is Filipina and I have a place in the sun if I so desire.

17 posted on 12/10/2018 7:47:25 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true; I have no proof .... but they're true.)
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To: HalfIrish
Who ever claims they didn’t know this would happen is foolish.

Damn straight.
18 posted on 12/10/2018 7:47:46 AM PST by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: GIdget2004

This wasn’t a decision of any kind. This was merely a vote on certiorari. Idiot reporters get this wrong all the time.

Read Maryland v. Baltimore Radio Show, Inc., 338 U.S. 912 (1950), where the court outlines that a denial is not a decision on the merits and Such a denial indicates nothing about the merits or demerits of a case.


19 posted on 12/10/2018 7:47:50 AM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Liberaltarians.

20 posted on 12/10/2018 7:47:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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