Thank you.
In theory, he's in hot water, but I fear our alleged "representatives" have become toothless... I suspect they will try to forget about this and hope everyone else does, too.
I still believe Americans, and America, are basically good. What we have is a rogue Judiciary coupled with a failure of leadership- in part fueled by polls which were biased from the start. Of course, the more telling thing about this is that true leaders don't govern by polling results- they do what's right, and hope the voters come to see that next time around.
For me, this is the opening of a long, new war of activism-- term limits, more accountability for Judges at every level, more safeguards for the disabled ( my late first wife was among that group- it's personal for me. ) and an unquenchable fire of hostility toward the Euth Movement and its acolytes. I am even mulling over the idea that we need to eliminate our, ahem! "representatives" and go to a direct vote. With restrictions, of course, like being a taxpayer or landholder. Up or down, win or lose, and at least laws and regulations proposed would have to be clear and simple enough for the average voter to understand. No more 3,000 bills that nobody reads, no-one fully understands, and burdened with riders that have nothing to do with the proposed law.
It's a damned shame a helpless woman had to be killed to get everyone's attention, but I believe this will have profound repercussions that no-one can fully predict.
There is truth to what you say. I think what we have in mainstream America is an infection of the moral fabric of the average individual. It is like decay in the enamel of a tooth, you have to dig it all out or it will destroy the tooth. Likewise here. The culture of death has infected the American psyche with the notion that death is preferable to life, and that when offered a clear choice between life and death, the average American will choose death. It is a morally bankrupt and cowardly position, but it seems to have become the norm.
How did it come about in just a short time? I am old enough to remember a time when we cherished life, that it was viewed as a gift, to be protected and valued, and that, while at times difficult, was still worth living. And that was because there was a belief that where there is life there is hope, hope that you can make a difference, and can do some good in the world. Now, the national mood seems to be one of hopelessness, where the good fight is no longer worth the trouble of fighting.
I don't know where it has come from. Materialism? Narcissism? The rise of the abortion machine? All have taken their toll. But it comes down to people. And people make up the courts, the government, the medical professions. When those people turn their backs on choosing life, then we all face the death machine at one point or another.