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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Justice Thomas will be first in line to ban inter-racial marriage - not.

The simple fact is that Scarborough is completely mistaken. Abortion rests on a series of decisions that were themselves based on nothing in the Constitution or prior American law. Those decisions on which Roe stood are complete garbage, and the Supreme Court finally had the guts to reverse that nonsensical bit of social engineering. Abortion involves the right of an unborn human being to live, based upon whatever each individual state decides on that issue. In other words, it is not a federal issue, but one for the states to decide. That is what federalism is all about. There is literally zero authority in the Constitution for the federal government or the federal courts to decide this issue.

On the other hand, interracial marriage is about what two consenting adults decide to do in terms of their relationship with each other. There is no innocent life to be protected, and the simple fact is that marriage is the business of the federal government to some extent, because people have moved from one state to another since before this country was even founded. There is no way that you could have a valid marriage in one state and when that couple crosses an imaginary line from State A to State B, suddenly their marriage is no good anymore. Further, there are all kinds of laws on the books on the federal level that prohibit discrimination based upon race. So the simple fact is that even if Justice Thomas wanted to reverse interracial marriage as a matter of his personal preference, on a constitutional basis he would not and could not do so. Nor would any of the other justices. That would be in 9-0 decision against invalidating interracial marriage. Morning Joe is as stupid as Slow Joe.


38 posted on 05/10/2022 8:43:22 AM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Ancesthntr

At least slow Joe has dementia. Did Mr Mika bump his head?


40 posted on 05/10/2022 8:49:25 AM PDT by Leep (Don't say God.)
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