Roe v. Wade was killed by minority rule

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The defeat of Roe was made possible by cutting corners and seizing every advantage in an undemocratic system. It was a redistribution of power bordering on theft.

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Roe v. Wade was killed by minority rule
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3:30 PM · Jun 24, 2022

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/06/roe-dead-minority-rule-undemocratic-system-supreme-court/

Some Supreme Court opinions are hard to unpack. Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion striking down Roe v. Wade, though, can be summarized in just a few words. “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,” he wrote.

The first two clauses are the news, but the last line, more than just a quick housekeeping note, is the story of how we got here. The defeat of Roe was made possible by cutting corners and seizing every advantage in an undemocratic system—it was a redistribution of power bordering on theft.

There are layers to the crisis of legitimacy here, but the most obvious one is this: Of the six justices who voted to end the constitutional right to an abortion—Chief Justice John Roberts’ caveats are the sort of thing that only he could care about right now—five were appointed by a president who first came to office after losing the national popular vote. In the cases of Roberts and Alito, the president who appointed them was himself placed in office with the help of the Supreme Court. And Neil Gorsuch owes his job not just to Donald Trump, but to a Senate that blocked a Democratic president from filling the seat for a year.

In returning power to the states—or Congress—the justices are now returning the ball to uneven playing fields, which in some cases they have played a part in creating. The Senate is undemocratic in its composition—as Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein noted earlier this year, Republican senators represent 41 million fewer people than Democratic senators—and in its ethos. It is bound by an anti-majoritarian set of rules, and filled with people (including some Democrats) who simply don’t believe that the chamber should swing in accordance with the national will. The Supreme Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act at the federal level, inviting states to attack the franchise as they see fit. And in places like Wisconsin, Democratic-leaning electorates have been simply unable to elect Democratic legislatures because of an impenetrable gerrymandering wall constructed more than a decade ago. The Supreme Court has largely given the green light to such efforts in Wisconsin and other states. Abortion rights are now in the hands of “the people and their elected representatives,” Alito says—but those aren’t the same things, and he’s helped ensure that the latter isn’t bound as closely to the former.

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[SheltieLover]

1. And illegitimate so-called lying justices!

[bronxiteforever]

2. Kick & recommend.

[sop]

3. And they call it democracy.

[D_Master81]

4. Absolutely

Justices put on the court by a president that got far fewer votes confirmed by senators representing far less population and a seat that was held up by the senate.

[gratuitous]

5. And we can restore our rights by majority rule

It's going to take some heavy lifting, and not everyone is cut out to do that. If you're not good at it, stay out of the way of people who are.

Be ready to lose. Then lose again. And again. And have people ridicule you for your intransigence. They'll tell you that you want the impossible. They'll tell you it's hopeless. Keep at it.

After working so hard and so long to move us backwards on basic human rights, these zealots aren't going to give up. Use their own words and deeds against them. Ignore their bad-faith arguments. Laugh at their attempts to gaslight you.

If someone doesn't get what you're about, just keep going. Their doubts and timidity are not yours. Don't let it sap your resolve.

Don't mourn, organize. Coordinate with people who are working toward the same goal.

[David__77]

6. I wonder if this will lead to less support for idea of US "leading the free world."

…

[Botany]

8. 6 Justices who should not be on the court

6 Justices who should not be on the court

Roberts see bush v Gore
Alito see bush v Gore & OH 2004
Thomas see Anita Hill
Gorsch see Mitch McConnell and Russia 2016
Kavanaugh see Russia 2016 and the FBI not investigating the 4,000 + tips about his behavior
Amy Coney Island see Russia 2016 see 2020 election was going on at the time ... the same reason McConnell gave for
blocking Merrick Garland

The Heritage Foundation/Judicial Crisis Network have been working on packing the courts for years so the
minority can control the majority.

[BigmanPigman]

9. I am both angry and sad.

And extremely frustrated....I've been crying off and on since I heard the news an hour ago.

[Hugin]

12. Add the unanswered questions of the timing and circumstances of Kennedy's "retirement"...

To the cloud over the frat boy appointment.

[Botany]

13. I have questions about the timing of the release of the overturning of Roe today in light of the ...

.... bombshells @ the J-6 hearings yesterday.

Trump, “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen.”

It does not get more damning then that.

[Hugin]

14. Yep.

It is all related and quite frankly disgusting that someone is playing politics with settled law.

I can hear that blob of excrement on the phone now, “You owe me. I installed you.”

[Botany]

15. The Supreme Court if you throw out their trappings of being "judicial" has been operating as an ...

.... agent to help the GOP for years. See bush v Gore, citizens united, the voting rights act (gutted),
Heller case, stopping vaccine mandates, yesterday and today's rulings, and ....

I think job # 1 would be bring about a real investigation into Kavaunagh's past.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

10. Gore v Bush started this path

TFG only kept going down a path.


When WE as a country said it was ok to stop counting votes to choose a leader. the SC won and could do pretty much whatever they want.

[Hugin]

11. An extreme minority.

By all accounts.

[C_U_L8R]

16. The Taliban is minority rule too