Posted on 01/13/2024 2:45:35 PM PST by CFW
There was a dose of intrigue this week in the U.S. Supreme Court when two-thirds of the justices stepped away from a case brought before them. All six were the conservatives on the bench, and the reason behind this action concerns a case brought against a variety of defendants in a Texas case, regarding the repeal of Roe vs. Wade.
A reason for the recusals was not given, but it becomes evident pretty quickly when you read the details of the case. The suit was brought by a New Jersey resident, Mac Truong, as a means of targeting the Texas Heartbeat Act. The claim in the case is that this Texas state legislation is in violation of the Constitution, and that presents the first problem in this Hail Mary attempt.
Since the highest court in the land determined that abortion law would be sent back to the states, the Texas law cannot be found in Constitutional conflict. After the initial case was set to be dismissed, Truong appealed to the 5th Circuit, and when his case failed there, it went before SCOTUS. The case is rather scattershot, with defendants named including the state's Republican Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, and former President Donald Trump. Others are also named, and this is where the case unraveled.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Abortion isn’t in the constitution good luck with that
Aside from the obvious points in the article, why would a New Jersey resident have standing in a case against Texas?
SCOTUS says it’s a state issue
He/she is from Jersey. He/she is suing Texas.
Standing??
Leftist SCOTUS justices can pull "abortion rights" out of their keisters.
I didn’t click the link, but don’t 4 justices have to agree to hear the case for the Supreme Court to hear the case?
Ok, note to self, name all lib Supreme Court justices in suit 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
That is one of the main points of this article, one which the headline writer completely missed.
This will continue until Conservatives fight back...How??
Victims of crime from those let loose from criminal behavior time and time again need to start dropping lawsuits against the judges, DA’s and politicians who enabled the criminals to get back on the street.
“That is one of the main points of this article, one which the headline writer completely missed.”
Oh yes. I guess I should have mentioned, if all those justices recused themselves then they wouldn’t have quorum and couldn’t hear the case.
But the left will get wiser and soon figure out a way to use this method in a winning manner.
“I didn’t click the link, but don’t 4 justices have to agree to hear the case for the Supreme Court to hear the case?”
Yes. And I should have cut and snipped the article to make sure to include that point. My apologies.
From the article:
“Also named as defendants are five of the Justices — Thomas, Kavanaugh, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett — all of whom recused themselves, as well as Chief Justice Roberts. This means that the remaining three justices are not enough for a quorum to take place. This also means that the case reverts to the 5th District court decision, which was a resounding rebuke. “
Fortunately the rules of the Supreme Court do not allow the remaining three justices to render an opinion in the case.
This why, in the end, the American Left will simply have to be suppressed. They deliberately misuse and contort the law until it's meaningless, which is to say, the law is reduced to a means of authorizing force by the Left when it is in power, completely perverting the meaning of "rule of law" and civic equality.
It's also a sign of how the courts have become so undisciplined that they can no longer be trusted because such cases ought to be dismissed at the outset and, frankly, the attorneys disbarred or held in contempt.
Homosexual marriage isn’t in the constitution either. But yet here we are.
which justice accepted the case?
Bkmk
Abortion isn’t in the constitution good luck with that
= = =
They are trying to abort 1A and 2A.
> Aside from the obvious points in the article, why would a New Jersey resident have standing in a case against Texas?
First thing I thought too.
It’s over under the Umbra, don’t you see?
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