The Opinion Of The Court

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Crowds gather outside the US Supreme Court last night

This morning.

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Via Politico:

The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.

The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision – Planned Parenthood v. Casey – that largely maintained the right. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito writes.

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” he writes in the document, labeled as the “Opinion of the Court.” “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”

Deliberations on controversial cases have in the past been fluid. Justices can and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinions circulate and major decisions can be subject to multiple drafts and vote-trading, sometimes until just days before a decision is unveiled. The court’s holding will not be final until it is published, likely in the next two months.

Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows (Politico)

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38 thoughts on “The Opinion Of The Court”

    1. Kin

      Yep since Biden came to power
      Humiliation for the USA in afghanastan then the rest of the world has to clean up the west
      The distinct reality of WW3 and a nuclear war
      And mass suffering of the world due to price gouging due to war
      Now wade vs Roe which is going to be overruled as in the USA ITS EASIER TO GET AN ABORTION THAN BUYING A BAG OF SWEETS
      having abortion on demand was abused and now the laws will have to be rewritten

      Meanwhile we know exactly what it was like before our country voted in what was abortion on demand. And look exactly the result of now the problem here with the national maternity hospital
      And it’s contentious and problematic

  3. stephen moran

    Courtesy of Trump’s Faustian pact with white Evangelical “Christians” in 2015/16 and the serendipitous subsequent events which allowed him to pack SOCUT with right wingers allied of course to Mitch McConnell’s and the GOP controlled Senate’s unprecedented block of Obama’s pre election pick Merrick Garland to succeed Antonin Scalia.

    1. Kin

      Cannot blame trump on this the wade vs roe was flawed
      It’s not just right wing conservative Christian’s but Jews Muslims Buddhists and any religion
      This is firmly in the hands of the liberals who are the democrats for they run the states not trumps republicans

      1. anti bot

        ah Bodger, why let a bigot comment like this get through? I know you’re into click bait, but seriously

      2. Nigel

        ‘Cannot blame trump on this the wade vs roe was flawed’

        Literally his judicial appointments which made this possible, if not inevitable.

      3. stephen moran

        For Kin : This judgement would mean abortion is de facto banned in 30 states ; FACT. Most women who have abortions in the US are already mothers, most are also in the lowest income bracket. FACT. This shambles was caused 100% by Trump and the lunatic fascist “Christian” right. Kavanagh gave his word that this law was settled in his confirmation hearing. He lied as right wing “Christians” fascists do all the time

  4. Mr .T

    Abortion is something that should be legislated for not constitutionally protected. Thats how it is in Ireland – the 8th amendment was just strange, if you want it banned ban it through legislation.

    Ultimately it should come down to states’ rights. The states and people therein get what they want/deserve based on who they elect.

    1. ANO

      In that context this decision (if it becomes final) might have an unexpected impact on State politics.

      Roe might effectively be providing cover in red states – easy to be anti-choice when you don’t have to actually legislate against women.

      It sounds like the logic being applied here might target other ‘woke’ legislation like gay marriage down the road so the US are facing a slippery slope right now

    2. Nigel

      And if you’re a minority and/or gerrymandered and/or subjected to voter supression? Should you be deprived of rights because one group, who may happen to be prejudiced against you, has a lock on power?

          2. Nigel

            Are you saying the CIA saved Ukraine from Russian-style democracy? Damn, poor Ukraine doesn’t know what it’s missing.

          3. bisted

            …well…Trump saved US from Nigel styled democracy…millions today are alive because of that…

      2. Kin

        Sure Nigel
        I was born in Ireland to a Jewish Protestant couple
        Due to the fact it was the 50s and neither of my parents could get a divorce from their spouses
        My father and mother had to move to the UK And get divorced there
        The big fly in the ointment was even though the divorces were recognised by the two religions our state refused to recognise their rights
        Which is a constitutional issue
        My father and mother were regarded as bigamists and criminals by the Irish state and any rights as a child were not recognised
        Hence we were exiled to a tolerant nation
        Like so many Irish people we were victimised by the state and god help us if one of our parents died
        We were regarded as bastards with no rights to our own parents assets

  5. Dell

    Every woman in America on either side of this debate knew this is where it was heading the minute the republicans got a majority in the supreme court. Before that even, when the women’s march took place after Trump got elected. If Ruth Bader Ginsburg had retired during Obama’s time, so she could have been replaced by a democratic choice, things would have been different . But she was far too sure of herself that Hillary would be elected. This is going to be a disaster for young women.

    1. stephen moran

      Re RBG – No it wouldn’t. See my comment above- the GOP blocked Obama’s pick Merrick Garland as they controlled the Senate when Antonin Scalia died. That’s the wonderous thing about 3 days a week libertarians like the odious Rand Paul – its their version of liberty you have to sign up to. Their version of a right to life seems to stop of course the minute you emerge from the uterus. So will the GOP nutjobs be in favour of a tax hike to pay for these unwanted births ? It will of course add to their majority / minority (Ann Coulter – Adios America) hyperbole – be careful what you wish for.

      1. Dell

        I agree but Ruth did not help matters either . Brilliant woman, but just made a bad decision staying on I think.

        1. stephen moran

          Yes – if RGB had resigned during Obama’s first term things may have been different – but at the end of the day G.W.Bush appointed that loon Samuel Alito. And Susan Collins (GOP Maine) has a lot to answer for as she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh on the basis that Roe V Wade was settled law i.e. precedent stood. As I said the libs just got unlucky i.e. its totally bizarre that a maverick loose canon one termer totally beholden to ultra right wing white evangelicals got to make 3 appointments to SCOTUS

          1. Dell

            I’m hoping that ultimately, when or if they overturn it, the repercussion will be young people coming out in droves to vote in conservative states for liberal leaders so it can be legislated for. In the meantime it’s going to mostly effect the poor in conservative states who won’t be able to afford to travel . Making the poor poorer and making their access to education more difficult seems to be the main aim at the moment.

      2. Zaccone

        The Democrats controlled the senate until 2014. RBG was 81 in 2014 and not in great health and was heavily advised/pressured to retire, so that Obama could replace her while he could. But she stubbornly, selfishly, decided to stay on.

        Roe vs Wade being overturned will be her most long lasting legacy for women’s rights now, as a direct result of her hubris.

        1. Nigel

          Everyone’s eager to point the finger at anyone but those directly responsible.

  6. Micko

    Phew…

    Thank Christ the new “current thing in a different country” has come along to distract us all, coz that whole Russia nuking Ireland bit was looking preeeeeeety hairy there for a while…

    1. Nigel

      Thank Christ all this stuff happening all over the world is basically organised for ypur distraction.

    2. Fo

      I really wish rags like The Sun simply didn’t exist.
      I dont envy any parent having to deal with the levels of anxiety that headline has caused for anyone old enough to read it

    3. Oh! You Pretty Things

      What Micko said. Jaysus an oul nukin would be shockin bad form in fairness. Very rude!

  7. Gabby

    They didn’t list new-age dropouts. Some of them live in tipis on windswept ridges, but for ecological reasons communicate by text messages instead of sending up smoke signals.

  9. Nigel

    Anyway, it can be expected that decisions that secured lgbtq and racial rights will be targeted in due course, and not incidentally, decisions related to the separation of church and state.

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