As a lawyer (NOT A CONLAW EXPERT) I always thought (back in law school when I thought about anything interesting - late 90s) that a cogent legal argument could be made to break down Roe and every case based on its reasoning, I just hoped and prayed we as a society would never get THAT FUCKED UP to try. It fucking kills me that this country has regressed so far, just fuck everything that brought us to this point. Impossible to talk to prolifers about it because their entire belief system is based on a feeling/belief not logic or science If I FEEEL that life begins when an egg is fertilized and my specific deity says to me in my book (he doesn't) that eggies are sacred etc there is NO TALKING TO ME Fuck all of this and fuck the court and fuck the feckless weak dems etc etc
The thing with pro lifers is if you actually cared about abortions, the world with the fewest abortions is one with free contraceptive, free medical advice, and loads of education... but guess what, they aren't for those things so it again makes me think you don't really care
I hope anyone who was on the fence are finally starting to understand how truly bad this is going to get unless these people get the push back from the general population that scares the shit out of them into understanding these beliefs won’t be tolerated. They will take everything from you and this is not an exaggeration they’re are dead serious
The latest meltee had an impressively quick evolution from: >I’m just asking questions To >check out this bangin rivals meme
He’s trying to say that gay men have no say about a woman’s abortion because he thinks he’s cleverly turning around liberal sayings on a lib. But of course the gay man wasn’t commenting on abortions. He was commenting on what comes next - Obergefell
It would be the best thing about him. Most terrible people have something about them that I can feel empathy for but Benny doesn't seem to have it
I think it's likely it's just some conservative clerk who is worried the 5th vote is squishy and wants to make sure it's locked in. the media response focused on the leak feels predetermined in that way.
I heard a really good theory that this could be a conservative justice leaking it to avoid Roberts joining the majority and writing a softer opinion for them since he would be able to assign the opinion.
Kav going concurrence and just saying 15 weeks or whatever is the new Casey always seemed more likely than Alito’s nuclear option but I guess only Roberts and not Alito can see the potential damage being done
I don't think we have a good sense for how out there Barrett is other than that she was put on the court to ensure this outcome
This is 100% what they are going to do. If they overrule Obergefell this country is actually done for. No hyperbole, the country will just be fucking done.
Fuck you talking about? I distinctly remember it being a big deal because she’s an insane Christian fundamentalist. She may be the most insane person out of them all and better at hiding it.
I’m saying she could be as ideologically driven as Thomas and even more so motivated to lock in this particular opinion
Nothing says land of the free quite like putting an unscalable wall around your old people court as you take women’s rights away.