Posted on 05/31/2021 11:11:47 AM PDT by John Semmens
The US Supreme Court's acceptance of the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization inspired Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to warn "if Roe v. Wade is overturned we will have no choice but to add additional justices until a solid and secure majority in favor of upholding a woman's right to an abortion is ensured for the foreseeable future."
A bill to add four more justices to the Supreme Court has already been drafted. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) says "I'm not scheduling a vote on this bill for now, but we want the current justices to know that a misstep in their handling of the Dobbs case will not be ignored."
Justice Clarence Thomas observed that "there is nothing in the Constitution establishing a right to an abortion. If legislators want to establish such a right they have the power to enact a statute establishing this right. This is the proper way for dealing with an issue not prescribed nor forbidden by the Constitution. If the Court were to rule that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, that the Court, per se, does not have the authority to decree a right not found in the Constitution nor enacted by the legislature, the appropriate response for proponents of a right to an abortion is to use the legislative power granted by the Constitution or existing in each individual state under state constitutions to create it."
Blumenthal said "Thomas' views are not binding on what we do in Congress. He knows very well that with polls showing a majority of Americans opposed to an unlimited right to abortion that it would be suicidal for us to try to codify the broad grant represented in Roe v. Wade. The seeming administrative improvement of the Court by adding more justices is a much easier sale for us to make."
Whether packing the Court will be as easy as Blumenthal imagines is doubtful. Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, Inc. found that 65% of respondents opposed the bill to add four justices to the Court. Recently deceased Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg expressed opposition to expanding the court calling it "excessively partisan." Justice Stephen Breyer also expressed the view that "it is crucial that the court be guided by legal principles, not politics. Adding more justices because of disagreement with a ruling undermines this."
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Still looking for the exact abortion wording in the constitution. Must need the revised edition.
Ugh, Blumenthal. Wonder if he has the gall to show his face in public today.
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