Posted on 05/08/2022 11:05:15 AM PDT by conservative98
Abortion is not an unalienable right, and is certainly not of the same kind as the rights to free speech, to publish, to worship, to assemble, to protest, to defend, and to privacy that are inherent within each of use simply by our living existence.
Abortion requires the participation of others, and as such requires regulation to ensure the safety of the procedure. That means legislation, whether at the state-by state level or a single national standard determined by Congress.
The problem has been that the politicians have preferred to hide behind the SCOTUS ruling to electorally protect themselves, and do not want to have to debate, legislate, and vote on the issue.
-PJ
Sounds like him. Having it both ways.
Also if the CJ votes with the majority, he can assign the opinion, which a liberal chief might do to moderate the ‘damage’. In this case, I’m not sure if that helps, because there are still five that could issue a concurring opinion. Is a concurring opinion binding if signed by a majority? I don’t know. I assume so.
The fact that Alito is writing the decision means that Roberts likely is NOT in the majority, since the Chief Justice gets to appoint who writes decisions if he is joining them.
In the case of the ACA (Obamacare) decision, Roberts was the swing vote, so he got to write it either way. He desparately wanted a 6th vote, which he didn’t get.
One of the difficulties with Roe was that it was 7-2, with one vote swung in exchange for a cite of Pete Rose in an unrelated case, and Chief Justice Burger changing sides so that he could appoint the least competent Justice (Harry Blackmun) to write the decision.
Finalize and issue the ruling immediately. The hired dmoestic terrorists will be moved along to a new target in less than two weeks. To protect all the court members, just issue the ruling and wait the hired terrorists out.
do you think there’s a chance in hell that Roberts joins the majority on Roe?
yeah, that’s what I mean and I figured as much. what about Breyer; lost cause as well? I just want to see liberal heads explode even more if one of their trusted judges turns on them
Yes, it is long past time to reverse the horrid Scotus abuse of the 14th Amendment.
if the justices do not hold
the republic is lost
roe was a political precedent and should be overturned
the LEFT wants to destroy our Constitutional Republic
the justices must protect it
John Roberts - a weasel in a black robe.
Or, Anthony Kennedy in a weasel’s skin.
Roberts has been working to undermine the decision. What a horrible person.
p
Less than zero chance with Breyer. Unlike Kagan and Sotomayor, he is not a complete ideologue, but his philosophical underpinnings are leftist.
Every inch of ground we get on the Court is hard won and usually with some unexpected impediments.
If we have to settle for 5-4, settle for 5-4. The 50 state fight will be more than enough to keep us busy. 5-4 was enough to get the LGBTQETC people off to the races.
The media will not tell our story, but it will act like the sky is falling, which can make a 5-4 decision feel like a 9-0 decision.
amen to that brother. I’m so grateful for this ruling; even though it’s currently in leak stage I’m standing on faith that it will remain so when rolled out, which hopefully WILL BE much earlier than late June.
Recognizing how bad the optics are regarding the integrity of the court and recognizing where the majority lies, all nine should author a 9-0 opinion throwing out Roe v Wade and turning it over to the states. They need to show that they won’t bend to executive and public threats and terrorism. The court needs to stand together and put a stop to it all and what better way than joint undivided action?
Dubya’s pick trying to talk judges out of their conservative positions. Just think if moron W Bush had gotten Harriet Miers on SCOTUS instead of Alito like he wanted.
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