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SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE v. WADE
The Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, ending a 49-year-long interpretation that abortion is a constitutional right. Now individual states have the power to allow, limit, or ban the practice altogether.
“We end this opinion where we began,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the 6-3 opinion (PDF). “Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives.”
The case decided today was Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which focused on a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state asked the Supreme Court to strike down a lower court ruling that stopped the legislation from taking effect.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joined Alito’s opinion. Chief Justice John Roberts agreed with the result but filed a separate opinion. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan filed a joint dissent.
In addition to ending Roe (1973), today’s decision also overturned Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), which re-affirmed abortion as a constitutional right.
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A big lie, parroted often by the Big Liar.
Just out of curiosity, has there been any analysis of how the final decision differs from the leaked draft?
Devout Catholics everywhere must be rejoicing.
I never want to be too optimistic, but it seems that the last two decision, Roe and the New York gun issue, have joined in with the election of Youngkin and other notable refutations of the out of control Left to say, Enough is enough! and begin the long overdue reset in this country. We can only hope that this is not a notorious “dead cat bounce” as the nation slips into irrelevance, having gone too far for redemption.
‘Notorious RBG’ got too full of herself with her doting fans cheering her on as some demigod.
I looked at the opinion briefly, but didn’t focus on the majority argument. I checked the concurrences by Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Roberts.
Thomas and Kavanaugh joined in Alito’s majority opinion. Roberts concurred only in the judgment. Roberts did suggest that he thought the decision was correct, but wanted a narrower ruling that would resolve this particular case without completely overruling Roe and Casey.
We still don’t know who leaked the draft. Think they can keep it buried?
Yes. Watch and then Compare/Contrast the behavior of the Left to the behavior of the Right when faced with a SCOTUS decision they didn’t like (Dobbs 2022 versus Roe 1973).
Be prepared to hear “mostly peaceful” until you vomit.
And the decision was handed down on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus!
https://sacredheartfla.org/seasonal/feast-days-solemnities/the-solemnity-of-the-most-sacred-heart-of-jesus/
It’s wonderful. I’m lost in admiration for the pro-life movement of the US who never gave up.
No, he concurred in the upholding of the MS law, but stated in his concurrence that he would not have gone so far as throw out Roe and Casey.
G-d protect the justices.
There will be more illegal abortions and there will be moves to expand the court. Nothing is easy but some things are essential. Giant companies are already offering to pay for folks, presumably employees, to travel for abortion, but most folks wanting abortion aren’t employed in these companies. All of the aggressively pro abortion companies are giant and they also support centralization. So perhaps more folks will come to understand that these companies are a threat to the US constitution and US citizens. Clear decisions are important. I’d guess that rather than lead to expansion of anti abortion it will in fact tend to lead to clarification in all states. Clarity is always good. The Supreme Court did its job. I hope we don’t undo that vital institution because of a sound decision.
If the feds won’t protect the justices, businesses and homes, and the local police can’t handle disturbances, I hope the governors will call out their National Guard or the State Guard, which I recently learned can also help.
You are assuming the left will pay attention. My bet is they double down on stupid and try to charge full speed ahead. With luck they will be Wiley Coyote running off the cliff and not realizing there’s nothing below them.
Show a little bravery with your predictions. Those are so easy.
The pro-aborts should stop the tantrums and look on the bright side. There will be a lot more minority babies who will eventually vote for Democrats.
Same. I had a hardcore Democrat feminist friend who was a lawyer (probably still is, though we’ve fallen out of touch), and she would repeatedly state that Roe was really bad law.
Just out of curiosity, will we ever learn who the leaker was?
McConnell too
What’s going on with Joe Manchin?
Joe Manchin’s reaction to the Dobbs decision:
Huh? Didn’t Manchin say he was pro-life?
I wonder if anyone will ever notice that the message here is “we need you to keep being our slave, so here’s some money for an abortion. We value productivity over life.”
God bless John Roberts.
I never thought I’d have occasion to say that.
I genuinely love this:
John Roberts essentially took the position that the court could uphold the Mississippi abortion law while still saying that Roe v Wade hasn’t been overturned.
Quite to the contrary, I never assumed that the Left would rollover and play dead. However, I don’t believe that the vast majority of Democrats are leftists. My experience with them is that most are far more centrist, as are most Republicans. A lot of both sides are totally disgusted with the extremes on both sides, but the Left has been dominant in the news and through their idiotic CRT, BLM, and Antifa support. They have very likely made many of the Democrat voters unwilling to support their candidates. They may not vote R, but they may well stay home. I do think that the Progressives will continue their idiocy which is fine with me. Let them rant, rave and riot. It will only add to our support and tend to move the country to the right where we have been through most of our history.
Not a time to coast.
Roberts is one odd cat.
The fight is not over. But it is a moment, isn’t it?
In San Francisco, a city where Trump got 12 percent of the vote, about 60 percent of the voters voted to boot out the Leftist District Attorney. And the school board reversed an earlier decision. Now they are back to merit based admissions for Lowell High School.
The Left is driving voters away.