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A Supreme Week While Atlas Shrugs
Supreme Court watchers love this time of year. At least two times (Monday and Thursday) a week towards the end of June, as it wraps up business and adjourns until early October, justices issue the final flurry of decisions. Last week, SCOTUS announced three major decisions involving First (religious expression) and Second Amendment rights. The final decision, on Friday, humbly restored the rule of law and returned the matter of abortion back to the states, where it resided before Roe v. Wade. And the “body autonomy” crowd – “my body, my choice” – is providing to be as inaccurate in their characterizations as they are hysterical. None appear to have actually read the decision.
If only they felt about Covid vaccines as they do terminating unborn human lives.
One thing about this flurry of activity from the Supreme Court: I’ve got to stop my usual reading plan and suddenly go into hyper-read mode, trying to rip through literally hundreds of pages of text to stay up with the blue-checkmark crowd. I hear pundits and experts pontificating just hours after a decision is released. Where did these people learn to read so fast?
I have a book called “How to Read Better and Faster”, and I’ve tried very hard to use it to speed up my capability. It lasted for a time, but I’m back to going through texts at the same plodding rate I’ve had all my life.
Great post. A tour de force.
Their secret is they don’t actually read anything, they just wait for the talking points to be distributed.
To put things into perspective, since 1973, an estimated 63,000 Americans have been dismembered, placed in a stainless steel pan, their organs harvested and sold to the highest bidder. Where would the US economy be if half those people grew up, voted and became part of the workforce?
I think you’re missing some zeroes on that number, Doug.
Doesn’t matter if it passes Congress. Dobbs just ruled the Constitution is silent on abortion, therefore the Federal government has no power over it either way. So no Federal law either “enshrining” or “banning” it will pass muster.
The commerce power may permit such a federal law. This has already been mentioned by SCOTUS in the partial birth abortion case, which upheld a federal ban.
Wickard v Fillburn should be next.
I do not think this is right. They just said the constitution does not protect or create the right. They are not saying the feds can not restrict or expand in via the legislative progress.
I am disappointed that this comment doesn’t have a thousand likes already.
Atlas Shrugged flawed? Be still my heart. OK, she couldnt write a love scene to save her life, but….