Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor wrote an unusual join dissent, in which they devote pages to alerting readers to the pandora’s box opened by the conservative majority officially overturning abortion rights.
The sick, twisted, hate-filled personality of Clarence Thomas is coming for us all.
Paired with yesterday’s gun ruling, the fact that this disproportionately affects women of color is actually a feature to these Trump Putin hand-picked judges.
They are just making sure that conservatives and cops have a steady supply of fresh Black boys and men to shoot.
Hey, “progressives” who sat out the 2010 midterms because “Obama sold us out” by not having single-payer, or who voted for Jill Stein or write in Bernie in 2016, thanks. On behalf of my young adult daughter whose failing heart will not survive a pregnancy, I really appreciate your devotion to your principles.
“There’s no difference … oh, wait.”
The 13th Amendment, which Justice Alito did not mention in his majority opinion, reads, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” The Supreme Court has defined “involuntary servitude” as forcing a person to work by the use or threat of physical restraint or physical injury or by the use or threat of coercion through law or the legal process. I do wonder how compelling a woman through force of state law–including the threat of incarceration–to carry a pregnancy to term does not constitute involuntary servitude.
“In other words: rights like same-sex marriage, privacy in same-sex relationships and access to contraception are next on the chopping block.”
Game on for the midterms.
With all that’s now at stake – and the ugly, in-your-face, rightwing gloating – it’s the Dems’ to lose.
Women may have been handed a coathanger today, but Democrats have been handed a nuke.
(Apologies for cross-posting.)
I had a good time this morning, catching up on yesterdays comments about the 1/6 committee hearing…everyone was in top form…but jebus, what a way to crash land today
I pray that Sotomayor, Kagen, Breyer and Jackson live long enough to dance on at least one, if not all, of their current colleagues’ graves
Oh, but Democrats are the same as Republicans, and elections don’t matter, and Hillary is worse than Trump, right? Fuck you, Bernie, fuck all the Bernie dead-enders, and fuck all the Greens and any other assorted selfish, preening, narcissistic assholes who voted third party or didn’t vote for Hillary. Fuck you all now and forever. I don’t want to hear a fucking word out of any of you — you’ve lost any standing to complain about this or any other abhorrent decision to come from this Court. This is what you wanted, so STFU.
Did I mention? No Peace Until Majority Rule.
There is only one person to blame and that is McConnell.
He is the one who caused religious knuckle dragging fools to take over the Court.
Protests should follow he for the rest of his worthless life.
Yeah, I ain’t feeling the love for the god-botherers this morning. Then again, I never feel much love for the god-botherers. Just once, I’d like to see the clouds part and the almighty, in a tip of the hat to Woody Allen, tell these arrogant dogmatic freaks, “You know nothing of my work.”
You’re probably right. But most people are too busy with their own lives and family, or too afraid, to get involved. As usual it will be one dedicated minority fighting another dedicated minority for the right to determine the rights of the majority.
I read on Twitter a one line post that I hope is true: They pissed off the wrong generation.
A rash of 6-3 decisions indicates ideology not law. Also Roberts has given up trying to get some balance.
This is why Trump is/was tolerated. They. The evangelicals, will lie, cheat, steal, subvert, break faith, breach loyalties and deny the sense of community to get what they wish. They will not look for common ground or consensus. They have been getting what they wish despite the majority will of this country. They have not a friendly court but a court of agents of their will. They will attempt to break or allow others to break this country into shatters if they get their selfish little check list of to-do’s accomplished.
And along the way, he may find that his marriage has become illegal.
Anita Hill essentially told us Thomas has no respect for women.
I doubt she’s enjoying the I-told-you-so.
He is grandfathered in.
They want us out in the street, so they can create and control the dialogue, blame Dems for whatever they like