Posted on 06/29/2016 11:36:48 AM PDT by Cheerio
ABC was the last of the “big three” networks to break in Monday morning with the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down a pro-life Texas law, but they didn’t hold back their approval as the assembled cast of smiling correspondents hailed the “fairly sweeping decision” and expressed glee at the “party right here” by abortion activists “lining up since 4:00 am. to witness this moment.”
Chief anchor and Clinton Foundation donor George Stephanopoulos broke in at 10:20 a.m. Eastern to announce “breaking news from the Supreme Court closing at its term with what could be the most important abortion case in 25 years” that “strikes down a state bill that seeks to place restrictions on abortion providers and facilities, a 5-3 decision, Justice Kennedy joining the Court's liberals.”
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To begin with, the states have never amended the Constitution to make having an abortion an enumerated right. In other words, the politically correct (PC) right to have an abortion is actually based on 10th Amendment-protected state powers which post-17th Amendment ratification, post-FDR era, institutionally indoctrinated, state sovereignty ignoring activist justices stole from the states, using those stolen powers to wrongly legislate from the bench the PC right to have an abortion imo.
Regarding the 10th Amendment, the Founding States had made that amendment to clarify that the Constituton’s silence on things like abortion and gay “marriage” means that such issues are automatically and uniquely state power issues, not the business of the feds.
In fact, with all due respect to the family and friends of the late Terri Schiavo, the Supreme Court should have refused to interfere with state sovereignty concerning state laws which prohibit abortion and gay “marriage” just like it did with state euthanasia laws with Terri. (With all due respect to Florida FReepers, I wouldn’t be surprised if low-information Florida citizens still have not worked with state lawakers to make euthanasia laws that are more compassionate for people like Terri.)
The problem with establishing abortion as a right outside the framework of the Constitution is the following. The Left must now fight tooth-and-nail to make sure that there is always a pro-abortion majority of state sovereignty-ignoriing activist justices on the Supreme Court to keep the phoney right to have an abortion alive so that corrupt lawmakers can keep winning elections on the promise of unconstitutional federal funding for abortions.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
And speaking of pro-abortion lawmakers, abortion is a great example how the 19th Amendment (19A), which effectively gave women the right to vote, has backfired.
More specifically, when the states ratified the 19A they evidently did not foresee the following. While it is good that 19A gave women a voice in state politics, the states having the lion’s share of constitutional authority to address women’s issues, the states did not foresee that corrupt federal lawmakers would exploit the right of low-information women to vote in federal elections by winning elections with the promise of unconstitutional federal funding for abortions.
In fact, note that one of the very few powers that the Founding States constitutionally delegated to the feds to decide an aspect of domestic policy is to regulate the US Mail Service (1.8.7). So basically all that 19A won for women with respect to federal domestic policy is a voice in running the mail service.
Remember in November !
Patriots need to support Trump by also electing a new, state sovereignty-respecting Congress that will work within its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers to not only support Trump’s vision for making America great again for everybody, but will also put a stop to unconstitutonal federal interference in state affairs.
Note that such a Congress will also probably be willing to fire state sovereignty-ignoring activist who legislate fictitious constitutional rights from the bench.
According to the Court majority's opinion, Texas required these rules only for abortions, and not for liposuction, colonoscopy, or other surgical procedures done in clinics.And that's ultimately why the law was struck down; Texas couldn't show that the rules were medically required, because they didn't apply to other types of procedures.
Aside: while I realize they’re not mutually exclusive (as some folks are sadly both) I would much rather all people in our society be on the Dork Side rather than the Dark Side....
As far as precedent, the jackass party has been regulating businesses they don't like for years, so there is no precedent involved; just using the same tactics.
Using their tactics legitimizes their tactics. No, thanks. I’d rather be honest and intellectually consistent.
I understand that it’s very tempting to abandon our convictions, but we must not. We have to stand for something, even if nobody else does. Especially if nobody else does.
As for Texas tweaking the laws, don’t count on it. I’d be fine with all medical procedures requiring the same standards, but I’m not sure the Texas legislature is ready to outlaw home birth.
We have to change hearts and minds. We can’t rely on leveraging the power of the state.
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