VP on Thomas: "I definitely think this is not over... I think he just said the quiet part out loud"

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Josh Wingrove @josh_wingrove 1h
VP Harris tells CNN that she thinks Justice Thomas's opinion - suggesting laws on contraception and gay marriage could be overturned too - is the ultimate intention of the court.

"I definitely think this is not over. I do. I think he just said the quiet part out loud," she says.

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[LonePirate]

1. What are you going to do about Thomas' threat, VP Harris?

[JohnSJ]

2. No, it is about what the voters will do in November? If the actions of the SC are not a motivator

for Democrats, women right supporters, environmentalists, Civil Rights supporters, etc etc etc, to come out and vote Democratic in November, then nothing will

[LonePirate]

4. So what are our elected officials supposed to do after we elect them?

Why have elections if voters are the only ones supposed to do something?

[JohnSJ]

6. If you cannot see difference between republicans and Democrats, then it doesn't matter, because

most people here do know the difference

In 2016 some played that same refrain some pushed in 2016, even though it was obvious that for nothing else, the SC was at stake and judicial nominations

It is a shame civics isn’t taught anymore

[LonePirate]

8. I simply expect action from people I help elect. Is that wrong? I need actions, not words.

[Demsrule86]

10. And isn't that the problem...well I guess in order for that to happen you need more Democrats...

How about actions you can take to help...

[JohnSJ]

13. +++. Thank-you for explaining the obvious. If for nothing else, judicial

nominations

[LonePirate]

14. This is a thread about the VP, not me. I'm just a voter, not an elected official.

She should be in her boss' ear all day and persuade him to act if all she can do is advocate.

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3. well she has no actual authority to directly hold the court to account

...but she can be a strong, visible advocate for the issues which the SC are exacerbating.

What will the vice president do for reproductive rights?
The highest-ranking woman in the United States has made reproductive health a priority.

As the administration and Democrats grapple with the Supreme Court’s ruling and what it will mean for millions of Americans, observers say Harris is uniquely positioned to respond — as the first woman vice president, but also a politician who has spent her career working to expand reproductive rights. But amid a vice presidential tenure marked by perceptions of inaction on key Democratic priorities, how and whether she can or will be effective is unclear.

Ten days before the Supreme Court handed down the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Harris met with constitutional law, privacy and technology experts to consider the stakes of the anticipated opinion, a version of which leaked on May 2.

Since Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion leaked, Harris has met almost weekly with a range of groups that could factor into a national response to a post-Roe reality, shoring up their support and reiterating the administration’s commitment to defend reproductive rights.

In a meeting this week with state attorneys general, she urged them to look to each other for ways to expand access in their states and challenge their counterparts who were not in the room to brainstorm on other innovative ways to protect abortion rights. She encouraged privacy experts to explain to everyday Americans what is at stake, and her staff is following up to better understand the implications of the ruling and how the administration could respond. And after meeting with faith leaders, Harris’ public message has been that protecting reproductive rights doesn’t have to be at odds with a believer’s values, but only means they agree the government shouldn’t interfere in personal decisions.

read more: https://19thnews.org/2022/06/kamala-harris-roe-v-wade/

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[LonePirate]

5. Then why not allow/provide abortion access on federal land?

Actions can be taken and they should be taken.

[Demsrule86]

9. How is it her fault and exatctly how do you do that? Already, Biden has said that the

abortion pill will be available and states with abortion rights are taking patients from red countries...what can the Democrats do...you think this is their fault. It is not and with a 50-50 Senate, we are limited in what we can do...maybe lend a hand in the midterm and try to send enough Democrats to Congress to work on this.

[bigtree]

11. because Kamala Harris doesn't have that independent authority as VP.

...the VP should be judged on what she's authorized or tasked to do by the President.

[LonePirate]

12. She should certainly advocate for that and she hasn't as far as I know.

There are posts in this thread saying she can be an advocate. Then why isn't she advocating for that?

[bigtree]

19. no, that's not the way presidencies work

...VPs don't take the lead on administration policy, the president does that.

President Biden sets those policies, and his VP is there to help implement them. When and if Pres. Biden enacts such a policy, I'd expect his VP to advocate for it. That's how presidencies work.

Whatever she advocates directly to the president, whatever she suggests is between them both, and I wouldn't expect the VP to publicly push ahead of her boss, and see no purpose in the VP sharing any differences she may have with the president in public. There can only be one president at the time, and VP Harris knows that well.

[TwilightZone]

15. What do you think she has the power to do?

The number of DU posters who seem to believe that our elected officials have a magic wand that can magically fix any problem is, frankly, astonishing.

You're seriously blaming Kamala Harris for this?

[LonePirate]

16. She can engage with Biden to take executive action. Has she done that?

We're in a war for our freedom and lives here. None of our elected officials should be given a pass for doing nothing. We need action from them besides going on tv and stating a position they should obviously have had by default.

[vanlassie]

17. You think she hasn't been "advocating?"

[LonePirate]

18. Until she specifically and publicly states that, then no I do not think that.

[Demsrule86]

7. She is right. And this should help the midterms.