Posted on 01/22/2022 7:06:18 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
A majority of the Supreme Court is acting more like a political body than a judicial one. Its treatment of Texas’ abortion law and its looming decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which will for the first time overturn a case that provides a constitutional right, is merely part of the court’s lurch toward political activism.
A majority of the Supreme Court is acting more like a political body than a judicial one.
On Thursday, the court allowed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to flout its December ruling that the federal case brought by abortion providers in Texas could continue against the medical licensing professionals. Instead, the Supreme Court blessed yet another delay tactic by Texas, which argued that its own Supreme Court should hear the case first. Specifically, the U.S. Supreme Court just denied the Texas abortion providers' petition to force the 5th Circuit to return the case to the district court. This means the abortion providers’ challenge will not proceed in federal trial court for now but will first go to the Texas Supreme Court.
It might seem strange that the conservative majority of the court is allowing the 5th Circuit to view its opinions as mere suggestions, not mandates. But it makes sense when we take a step back and realize this is about the court allowing Texas to delay challenges to its abortion law until the court erases abortion rights from the Constitution and the challenge to Texas’ law becomes moot. Justice Sonia Sotomayor summarized the consequence of the court’s decision in one sentence: “This case is a disaster for the rule of law and a grave disservice to women in Texas, who have a right to control their own bodies.”
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“the court’s lurch toward political activism”
Stopped reading right there. Either the writer is woefully ignorant, or he thinks his readers are.
Hmmm... The retard writing this article is complaining about the wrong end of the Supreme Court.
He should focus on the ‘wise’ one... who did the outrageous backflip between the Covid decision and the Abortion decision.
In one case she is for bodily autonomy and in the other she is against it.
Go figure.
‘wise’... roflol
Yep. I caught that, too. And like you, stopped reading.
I remember when Rush used to call it PMSNBC
I don’t remember anything in the constitution about murdering unborn babies.
I liked the time MSNBC said the same thing about Obamacare!
Such integrity and consistency!
Nice nostrils.
Courts claim, in practice, that past bad decisions justify future bad decisions.
OMG. What a plain, to be kind, Lesbian. I wonder how many cats live with her?
Which is NOT how the Constitution was to be amended. Period. The SCOTUS does not, nor was ever intended, to have such a power.
No matter how much bleating the idiot Left does about it.
“Stopped reading right there. Either the writer is woefully ignorant, or he thinks his readers are.”
Me too. Then I looked at the author’s name: Levinson
Well the author is an anti-trumper and leftist....
Wonder if it was activism when they passed Roe v Wade all those years ago?
Just another leftist.
Do you know her?
Not personally, but I know her type: America haters.
The pajamas clad, remote working, Elite level, Gold member card carrying protectorate of the Matriarchy.
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