Justices Roberts and Kavanaugh Betray Pro-Lifers. As Expected

Creative Minority Report ^ | December 10, 2018 | Matthew Archbold

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Justices Roberts and Kavanaugh Betray Pro-Lifers. As Expected

Come on. Who didn't see this coming?

After all the push and fighting pro-lifers did to make sure Robert Kavanaugh took a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, how could we not have expected to be betrayed as soon as possible? Roberts is Roberts. I mean, that ship has sailed. He's on the organ donor waiting list for the first spine transplant.


CNN:

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."

Even CNN can't come up with some constitutionalist argument to support their pro-abort brethren. All they've got is that Roberts and Kavanaugh want to avoid "contentious, high profile disputes." Uhm, what did they think the Supreme Court did? Its actual role is to settle disputes of the contentious variety.

Justice Clarence Thomas pretty much called them wusses in his dissent. "What explains the Court's refusal to do its job here?" Thomas wrote.
"I suspect it has something to do with the fact that some respondents in these cases are named Planned Parenthood."

I wrote a book called "Faith Under Fire: Dramatic Stories of Christian Courage." Let's just say these two wouldn't qualify.

So, it turns out that Planned Parenthood has a right to taxpayer money. At least until we see how that spine transplant turns out.

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You don’t think Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch know the law?

Take up your complaints with them.

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I don’t believe Planned Parenthood was even a party in any of these cases, so I’m not sure how important the decisions would have been anyway.
I believe the point of contention here involved the legal standing of a plaintiff to file a lawsuit over these Medicaid funding cuts.
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Well, it is the MSM reporting so they are probably lying in order to distress conservatives.

[snoringbear]

“Thanks, DB. I tried to say this Kavenaugh is not what you think. Freepers so get fooled by someone being a Christian.” Let’s give him a little time before we hang him. This vote was a payback to Susan Collins for her support. We knew how he would vote on this as he had publicly stated he considered Rowe v Wade to be settled law after having survived two Supreme Court challenges already. Anyway, I’m willing to give more space and time before I go fetch a rope 😏....

[DoodleBob]

Well, I don't know if people were pro-Kavanaugh because he was a Christian. There are plenty of Christians who Deplorables wouldn't support - Paul Ryan, Jeb!, McConnell, Pope Francis(!), Pelosi, and the list goes on.

I *do* agree religion is an important quality for many people (notwithstanding "......; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.") and, maybe, Kavanaugh's faith blinded them other items where investigation may have been fruitful (privacy, Vince Foster). Indeed, Bishop Fulton Sheen once said basically that if you need a tooth pulled and someone recommends a dentist who attends daily mass, you should base your decision on his dental capabilities, not his piety.

It's early days and, hopefully, this was a strategic vote; I read elsewhere that this was a lousy case and, as Justice Thomas dissented, this isn't even about abortion but about Medicare and patients' rights. Nonetheless, attribution needs to be ascribed when prescience crystallizes - well done. I hope we aren't seeing Souter 2.0.

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When you come with the “good reason”, please share it with us.

[atc23]

You’re darn right Kavanaugh is a wishy washy moderate. This is getting quite frustrating. I didn’t vote to get a moderate SC. 😡

[Bonemaker]

“KavaNaugh is not a deep conservative.”

A guy who admitted in public about never getting laid until what? His 30’s?

[ctdonath2]

If he hadn’t said it, he wouldn’t have been confirmed.

[TexasGurl24]

No, I think CNN and you don’t know the law.

This wasn’t a case about funding. It was about whether an individual could bring a lawsuit in the first place.

Gorsuch, Thomas and Alito didn’t say otherwise.

[TexasGurl24]

You are correct. This was a standing case, and a denial of Cert doesn’t establish a precedent and certainly isn’t a “decision.” This is CNN propaganda and “concerned” “conservatives” are spreading it.

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Gorsuch, Thomas and Alito didn’t say otherwise.

But you apparently are.

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If he hadn’t said it, he wouldn’t have been confirmed.

And now we know he wasn't lying.

[Yaelle]

I’m not fetching a rope either. I’ll give Kavanaugh time; I hope he rises to the occasion. I did not like his overt dishonesty in the Vince Foster affair. He protected the Clintons; how many others did they find convenient to remove from breathing because it was so easy?

[rollo tomasi]

The law is already enumerated where individuals can sue if denied access to *qualified* providers (42 U. S. C. §1396a(a)(23) State Plans for Medicare Providers).

Apparently you are another one of those who think an entity defrauding tax payers (Engaging in Medicare/Medicaid FRAUD), breaking clinical and sanitary regulations/laws as well as allegedly selling aborted baby parts is a qualified Medicare provider. States do indeed have that right to deny practitioners contracts for just cause. Individuals who want to sue the State to protect entities violating laws, not so much (Because of the *qualified* provisions).

Obviously you think the mistress of a doctor who murdered his wife and kids should be able to sue the State for exercising the law. The doctor should have never been prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned in the first place from your point of view.

[ManHunter]

“Looks like he is trying hard to get back his so-called friends in D.C.”

But he’s perfectly happy without his spine and his balls...

[kingu]

Ding Ding... Winner winner, chicken dinner. What the case was about vs what people thought the case was about. Bring an appeal that challenges the court’s ability to perform the state legislature’s function in assigning budgets of state funds that come through federal hands, and I betcha the result would be much different.

[Revolutionary]

Fake News! Planned Parenthood was very tangential and would not have shut it down or even stunted it. It was all about suing the government.

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Roe vs. Wade was all about suing the government (the State of Texas). And the Supreme Court allowed it and ruled in the plaintiff’s favor.

Millions of babies have since been “legally” murdered.

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Texas was the last state in the Union that enforced anti-sodomy laws.

Once again a suit was filed against it, and the Supreme Court again ruled in the plaintiff’s (homos) favor.

[quasimodo_79]

“Once again a suit was filed against it, and the Supreme Court again ruled in the plaintiff’s (homos) favor.”

That was an open and shut case from any freedom lover’s perspective. What one does in the privacy of their home between consenting adults is none of the state’s business, even if that business is buggery. There are plenty of hetero couples who engage in buggery, just the same. I’m not for rounding them up under sin laws, either.