The story out of Politico shouldn’t have surprised anyone, but somehow we were all surprised by it. Of course, the Conservatives on the Supreme Court were going to overturn Roe; everyone knew this. It’s been their goal for thirty years.
I do grow very tired of Chief Justice Roberts insistence that the SCOTUS is not a political institution, and is an independent deliberative body. Sadly, the truth is that you are not an independent thinker if your reasoning is completely predictable. That goes for both sides. Its why I want liberals on the court to protect Roe, just like how they want conservative up there to destroy Roe. Again, we all know this. Roberts needs to get with the program.
Also, if you don’t want to be seen as a political body, then stop doing political shit. The reality of the matter is that there are at least four justices up there that want it to be political. They could have concurred with the lower court’s ruling, but no, they had to her the case. They chose to be political on this matter.
And this should be the Democrats rallying cry from here on out, but I’m not encouraged. The Democrats will fuck this up. They have just been given a political gift of a major issue to talk about that NOT the economy, and it’s an issue they can win on. If the Dems frame it as “They take away your rights, we defend your rights.” The Roberts court limited voting rights, labor rights, free speech rights, now women’s rights. What could be next? Gay Marriage? Interracial Marriage? Right to Council?
But they won’t. The Democrats will drop the ball. They already have. Chuck Schumer is already calling for a vote in the Senate so Americans will know where each Senator stands. We already know where everyone stands!!! That does nothing! Why do Democrats keep bringing balloons to the gun fight? Conservatives got the upper hand on this issue by appealing directly to people’s emotions. Not by calling for symbolic votes. Chuck, you gotta start playing the same game, but you won’t. Schumer and the other Democrat leadership will roll out useless gestures and meaningless facts, when they need to be telling people that the house is on fire, because the house really is on fire!
The implications of this probable ruling are quite simple; Two Americas – Abortion, and Anti-Abortion. There will be states where women can live in liberty with equal rights, and states where liberty is claimed but denied to women. But it won’t end there, for the goal is to defeat all forms of abortion, to where women lose the basic human right to decide if and when they want to get pregnant. The hypocrisy of this possible ruling remarkable in its inability to hide how unworkable it would be in practice. House Divided, remember.
There is no exception for a basic human right.
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