SCOTUS hears Mississippi abortion law
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wrote on 1 Dec 2021, 18:35 last edited by George K 12 Jan 2021, 18:36
Did anyone listen today?
I did for about 30 minutes, and it was quite interesting.
The Solicitor General argued that since Roe was established law stare decisis applies. Justice Kavanaugh then pointed out half a dozen cases where stare decisis was not applied (Brown vs Board, Dred Scott), and the court revisited these rulings to overturn them.
There was a discussion about viability of the fetus, particularly with respect to the 15 week cutoff. Roberts said that there were only seven countries which don't impose a cutoff for abortion. Among them are China, North Korea, and, of course the United States.
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wrote on 1 Dec 2021, 18:50 last edited by
I like Kavanaugh's use of "return to the stance of neutrality" in regards to the possible outcome. A good reminder that abortion isn't a constitutional right since the dawn of the country.
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I like Kavanaugh's use of "return to the stance of neutrality" in regards to the possible outcome. A good reminder that abortion isn't a constitutional right since the dawn of the country.
wrote on 1 Dec 2021, 18:54 last edited by@89th said in SCOTUS hears Mississippi abortion law:
abortion isn't a constitutional right
It's shoehorned into the 4th amendment.
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@89th said in SCOTUS hears Mississippi abortion law:
abortion isn't a constitutional right
It's shoehorned into the 4th amendment.
wrote on 1 Dec 2021, 18:58 last edited by@george-k said in SCOTUS hears Mississippi abortion law:
@89th said in SCOTUS hears Mississippi abortion law:
abortion isn't a constitutional right
It's shoehorned into the 4th amendment.
Awkwardly at that.
I was listening to the viability discussions and stare decisis this morning. It was interesting. Kagan and Sotomayor had clearly made their minds up before hearings ever began.
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wrote on 1 Dec 2021, 19:52 last edited by
Hear the questions Thomas asked and the answer was "Liberty"?
Talk about great grounds to vote down a vaccine mandate...
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wrote on 2 Dec 2021, 10:02 last edited by jon-nyc 12 Feb 2021, 10:02
Scotus upheld vaccine mandates decades ago.
If Biden’s rule gets overturned it’ll be on technical questions around OSHA’s enabling legislation, not on the idea of a mandate itself.
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@george-k said in SCOTUS hears Mississippi abortion law:
@89th said in SCOTUS hears Mississippi abortion law:
abortion isn't a constitutional right
It's shoehorned into the 4th amendment.
Awkwardly at that.
I was listening to the viability discussions and stare decisis this morning. It was interesting. Kagan and Sotomayor had clearly made their minds up before hearings ever began.
wrote on 2 Dec 2021, 11:44 last edited by@mik said in SCOTUS hears Mississippi abortion law:
Kagan and Sotomayor had clearly made their minds up before hearings ever began.
With this type of case I'd imagine most (6-7?) have already made up their minds. Swing votes like Roberts will be key... Aside from being on the pro-life side of this issue, I kinda want to see the left freak out if their SCOTUS baby is taken away. No pun intended.
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Did anyone listen today?
I did for about 30 minutes, and it was quite interesting.
The Solicitor General argued that since Roe was established law stare decisis applies. Justice Kavanaugh then pointed out half a dozen cases where stare decisis was not applied (Brown vs Board, Dred Scott), and the court revisited these rulings to overturn them.
There was a discussion about viability of the fetus, particularly with respect to the 15 week cutoff. Roberts said that there were only seven countries which don't impose a cutoff for abortion. Among them are China, North Korea, and, of course the United States.
wrote on 2 Dec 2021, 20:21 last edited by@george-k said in SCOTUS hears Mississippi abortion law:
Did anyone listen today?
I did for about 30 minutes, and it was quite interesting.
The Solicitor General argued that since Roe was established law stare decisis applies. Justice Kavanaugh then pointed out half a dozen cases where stare decisis was not applied (Brown vs Board, Dred Scott), and the court revisited these rulings to overturn them.
There was a discussion about viability of the fetus, particularly with respect to the 15 week cutoff. Roberts said that there were only seven countries which don't impose a cutoff for abortion. Among them are China, North Korea, and, of course the United States.
Run a poll and ask people if they believe our abortion laws should be closer to Europe’s or China and North Korea?