[DallasBiff]

Though the conservative Supreme Court appears poised to strike down Roe v. Wade

Those idiots can't even get the date correct.

Roe was struck down, two days ago.

[lurk]

They don’t have public opinion on their side. Abortion horrifies over half of the population.

[butlerweave]

Some poll I saw said only 5% think abortion is important

[Billthedrill]

They certainly have the option to try to codify abortion through legislation, it’s what Ruth Ginsberg was recommending. I don’t know if they actually have the votes, though. If they do, it will certainly be challenged and back in the SC post haste, but Ginsberg’s point was that legislation can be defended on any basis but a SC decision such as Roe was restricted strictly to the terms of the decision itself, which she felt were weak in Roe (she was right) and would be overturned at some point because of that (she was right). Hence any such legislation would have to be very carefully crafted. If the Dems had listened to her they’d be ready with that by now but they didn’t.

[Political Junkie Too]

Obviously, Democrats didn't want to get rid of the filibuster over the abortion issue because they know they're going to lose the Senate in 2022 and they want that minority power to block Republicans.

-PJ

[SmokingJoe]

The Dems simply DON'T have the votes to kill the filibuster.
They couldn't even get the votes to pass Dementia Joe's terrible Build Back Better.

[Thilly Thailor]

The federal government is one of enumerated powers. The feds need to hang their hate on one of the limited powers set forth in the Constitution.

Roe v Wade was based on "due process" clauses of the 5th and 14th Amendment. SCOTUS just ruled in Dodds that there is no right to an abortion based on the due process clauses of the 5th and 14th Amendment.

So, if there is no due process basis for the feds to regulate abortion, then the feds would have to base any broad nation-wide law on one of the enumerated powers. I don't see what that could be.

The usual go-to enumerated power is the Commerce Clause, but seriously? Maybe Congress could regulate interstate travel to procure an abortion or maybe prevent the interstate trade in abortofacients, but I see no way for Congress to broadly codify a right to an abortion on the federal level as San Fran Nan and others seem to want.

[pas]

Worked out so well for them on judges.

[chuckee]

The political Dem problem with Federally legislating unlimited abortion up to the 9th month is as strong a national majority is against late term abortions as the national majority that is against zero abortion. The hispanic vote they thought they would be controlling for eternity and are now watching slip away is very much opposed to the late term extremes. It is the white progressive elites and some Blacks, whose votes the Dems already own, that are driving this effort. Why jeopardize their standing with Hispanics to pander to a vote they already own?

[higgmeister]

Why Democrats probably won’t get rid of the filibuster for abortion

What idiot thinks federal legislation could affect the abortion judgment even to the nth degree?

[higgmeister]

Why did you want to post an old article?   Was there a special point that you wanted to point out?

[SauronOfMordor]

You mean how Republicans stopped the latest gun control bill?