Pic Of The Moment: Trump-Appointed Judge Compares Pregnant Women To Wild Animals

[EarlG]

Trump judge's actual argument for abortion bans: Doctors are harmed without cute sonograms

Trump-Appointed Judge Cites Wildlife Cases As a Reason to Ban Abortion Pills

[sinkingfeeling]

1. But women don't have any 'injury' when pregnancy is forced on them?

[niyad]

6. Of course not. I mean, it isn't like we actually count, or anything..

[Maru Kitteh]

8. In this scenario, woman 🟰 lungfish at the zoo. Technically alive, but not

in such a way that you should overly concern yourself with it.

[yardwork]

53. To this dude, the lungfish are slightly more important.

After all, some of them are male.

[Merlot]

37. Check out the US statistics on maternal and infant mortality

We're shockingly high on the list.

[2naSalit]

51. Of course not...

As simply "dumb animals" our suffering is only imagination. Besides, I'd be willing to bet $ that this cad also believes that women are just waiting around for our next sexual encounter because we "want it all the time".

I hope his dick stops working or falls off.

[Mz Pip]

55. Fetus as entertainment

The uterus as a fish bowl. Geez, what a jerk

[louslobbs]

84. It probably has already......

Stopped working…..his brain too evidently.

[2naSalit]

85. Good point.

[Warpy]

63. It's not forced labor, either, apparently

because this porker has never had to endure pregnancy, childbirth, or the back breaking labor of raising his own spawn.

All that is pushed off on his breeding stock.

This is why I say the definition of feminism is the recognition that women are adult human beings.

This clod obviously doesn't think so. We're just cows to be bred at his will. At best we achieve the mental and emotional status of four year old males.

[electric_blue68]

106. Ohhh, boy. 😑 On one of my signs would be "Women are PEOPLE First!"

What a clod!

[Solly Mack]

2. Novelties, even. Something to look at, point at, with no real value other than the pleasure of the

ones doing the viewing.

K&R

[Dustlawyer]

19. Using this "logic" my mechanic will suffer an injury when I scrap my old car.

[Solly Mack]

22. Not just your mechanic. You've ruined the pleasure people take in admiring your car.

[yardwork]

54. And those random people are more important than the car owner.

[Solly Mack]

57. Evidently. That car is precious. The random strangers are vested, and the car owner is nobody.

[NowISeetheLight]

98. Traumatized

I'll admit seeing a door ding on a car sends me into a blubbering mess of emotions!

[Solly Mack]

113. It could ruin society.

[underpants]

26. She is simply here for our amusement I guess. Nt

[Solly Mack]

31. An ornament. A doodad. Something to show off. And they're not even showing the woman off

- they are showing off the fetus. The woman is merely the cabinet that holds it.

[calimary]

61. Gee, I just LOVE being valued mainly as a container.

[Solly Mack]

68. Yes. Makes me feel so special.

[keithbvadu2]

117. Madison Cawthorn publicly referred to women as "Earthen vessels, sanctified by Almighty God"

Madison Cawthorn publicly referred to women as "Earthen vessels, sanctified by Almighty God"

https://democraticunderground.com/100216110827

You know::::: property

[calimary]

121. Yeah. Property.

Gee, it’s so nice to be a THING.

[central scrutinizer]

42. When is feeding time?

That’s the highlight of any zoo visit.

[Solly Mack]

43. That and the petting zoo.

And then they marvel at how women seem almost human. Almost.

[vanlassie]

47. Oh but... WOMEN MUST FEED IN PRIVATE.

Otherwise, they are attention seeking and disrespectful of others and also looking to contaminate the minds of young observers.

[central scrutinizer]

70. She can eat in private

But only after she’s made my sammich.

[niyad]

3. May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. Absolutely flabbergasting on every possible level (nt)

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Yep, I'll bet

The father of a 13 year old who was brutally raped, cheered and eagerly shared photos of the sonogram with family and friends, and was delighted at the forced birth.

I’ll bet the parents of unborn babies in Texas who had extreme fetal anomalies did the same…..

Put this guy on one of Musk’s rockets and blast him into space.

[keithbvadu2]

118. And abortion bans give the 'joy' of being forced to carry a dead fetus.

[marble falls]

7. Another self documenting whackado on the bench.

[CousinIT]

9. To the American Taliban, women are property. Like livestock.

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That's the attitude behind all this.

[Delmette2.0]

14. You have that right.

[TSExile]

71. Yup

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We're just breeder cows who need to be regulated. 😡😡😡😡😡

[Swede]

10. If men got pregnant birthcontrol would come in honeygarlic, barbecue and sweet&sour flavors.

I read this somewhere, and it's true.

[Sky Jewels]

34. And there would be birth control-laced Slim Jims for them to gnaw on.

[yardwork]

56. Lol! Lol!

This is so true.

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. Aesthetic Deprevation...? God, they're really *reaching* for it now!

James Ho: Former Solicitor General of Texas. No comment.

[geardaddy]

12. Guess who swore him in and where!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Ho#U.S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit

He was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas at the private library of Texan real estate billionaire and Republican donor Harlan Crow.[17]

And I have something to say to him:
他到底是什麼狗東西？ (What kind of dog-thing is he? Which is a common put down in Taiwan)

[niyad]

105. He clerked for clarence briefly.

[nowforever]

13. Justice Ho

Not only shouldn't he be a judge...I wouldn't trust him to even cut my grass. Incomptetence, ignorance and prejudice the supreme qualifications for GOP appointees to the Supreme Court.

[Picaro]

15. The Right Wing Judicial Playbook

Just make shit up and ultimately the entire judicial system and the laws that undergird it will collapse under the weight of the absurdity of the farcical reasoning advanced in the service of tyranny.

The seeds of this were sown in 2000 when the SC just handed a presidency to George W Bush based on the harm that would be done to Bush if a full recount was performed in key counties in Florida.

The decision made no legal sense because the damage (harm) forecast to be done to Bush was the loss of the election. Given that elections are designed to identify winners and losers to advance a ruling like this set judicial reasoning on its head.

Now this kind of fictional reasoning seems to be the right wing norm.

[underpants]

29. If memory serves, that decision could not be used as precedent

I’m other words, they picked their friend’s interest

[Picaro]

30. Absolutely true

The decision was marked with that disclaimer.

In any other country there would have been riots in the streets. But in our strangely politically inert nation nothing happened (at least in part because Gore discouraged any violent reaction).

[yardwork]

64. That was a neat trick. I remember it well.

That was back when many Democrats felt that it was important to "be reasonable."

[Picaro]

69. We've had 23 years to regret that "reasonableness"

That case was one of the reasons I became an actual Democrat rather than an Independent that voted exclusively Democratic.

[Hekate]

114. I knew they lied about precedent even as the words came from their mouths. Everything SCOTUS

…does is precedent. They lied.

[underpants]

115. It was a Saturday

I had a side job (cash) working at a corner market. A bunch of kids younger than me came in and got a 12 pack. Clearly they were going out. I broke the news to them. It was when I said it out loud that I got it. inevitable.

[sinkingfeeling]

44. +100

[Skittles]

112. it's what made me join DU

I was like, WTF, SINCE WHEN DOES THE SUPREME FUCKING COURT PICK THE PRESIDENT - I live in a red state and desperately searched online for people like me who KNEW that was some FUCKED UP SHIT.

[Brainfodder]

16. Sounds like written by a whiny manbaby and even his picture looks mad having to say that shit?

I could get very nasty with comparisons on this one, WOW!

That is just so dumb!

[Biophilic]

17. The is one of the sickest things I've ever heard. Wow, disgusting man!

[kimbutgar]

18. I wonder which mega evangelical church he attends?

There is no law school he would hear this in.

[niyad]

107. Well, he represented a group called "first liberty", a conservative "christian"

group headquartered in texas that seems to specialize in "religious freedom" lawsuits.

[Johnny2X2X]

20. Idiot

These are the types of idiots only the internet could create, and they are in positions of power.

[Delmette2.0]

21. Who filed the lawsuit on this in the first place????

Is there more than one doctor who is forced to perform abortions??

Perhaps this is another case of a mythical complaint.

[SpankMe]

23. How about the "aesthetic injury" to a parent whose kid gets blown away at school?

A parent doesn't get to gaze upon their adorable first grade child any more after a school shooting, right? So - by the exact same reasoning - we should allow the banning of guns if this idiot judge's reasoning holds. The principles are identical.

This is clearly disqualifying for a federal judge.

If a Democratically-appointed judge included such immature reasoning within a ruling, Repubs would be starting an impeachment process within hours and the judges statements would be dominating the conservative disinformation-sphere.

[StarryNite]

24. Holy mother of pearl.

What a weirdo.

[Lonestarblue]

25. If this man is indicative of the type of reasoning being taught in today's law schools, then

Every law school needs to be shut down until they revamp the curriculum to produce rational lawyers who have more legal reasoning skill than your average stalk of broccoli!

[Harker]

27. He must have attended the Newt Gingrich School of Law

correspondence course.

[keroro gunsou]

33. or...

Bob Jones U
Liberty U
Oral Roberts U
Bother Love's Travelling Salvation U...

[Delmette2.0]

39. Brother Love's.....

LOL. I love that song.

[keroro gunsou]

79. old school

is the best school...

cause when he lets go, half the valley SHAKES!

[keithbvadu2]

119. Trump University

And a graduation picture alongside a Trump cardboard image.

[NoMoreRepugs]

28. What abandoned porta potty did the Federalist Society look in to find this jerkoff???

[rubbersole]

36. Probably not abandoned...

..more like brimming at a CPAC convention.

[smb]

89. A Multi-Story Porta-Potty (The Model For "Trickle Down Economics") nt

[Prairie_Seagull]

32. Staying in the amimal kingdom with this argument.

I just love baby snakes. Wait, I think I am proving their point.

[BootinUp]

35. Just based on the info in the graphic

I’d be concerned about what is wrong with this judge.

[malthaussen]

38. How DO clowns like this get the job to begin with?

In any event, last time I looked, "aesthetic pleasure" was not a protected right.

-- Mal

[MagickMuffin]

40. He has his own lookalike Ginni Thomas wife

Apparently they are some sort of power couple, just like Clarence and Ginni. Ho must really look up to Clarence and Ginni’s lifestyle and now wants a piece of the cake. He is also a Federalist society member!


https://texaslawbook.net/texas-appellate-power-couple-judge-jim-and-allyson-ho-how-they-met-rests-with-textualism/

[niyad]

83. Has that pair spawned? I see several traits which ought not to be replicated.

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Dear Goddess, I just checked. They have twins, a girl and a boy.

[AdamGG]

88. Now I'm aesthetically injured...

You shouldn't have posted that.

[Ziggysmom]

92. The Worst Trump Judge In America Is James Ho The only thing James Ho wants more than to

play a cancel culture victim on TV is the Supreme Court nomination he hopes will follow.


https://ballsandstrikes.org/legal-culture/the-worst-trump-judge-in-america-is-james-ho/

[unweird]

41. Words fail me

And reading the spew attributed to the judge it seems he suffers the same affliction.

Truly an abomination.

[Recycle_Guru]

45. kick

what a deranged radical scumbag

[dalton99a]

46. People suffer aesthetic injury by looking at his goddamn face

[musclecar6]

48. Not Surprising

Another right wing favorite of the defendant, and the right wing he serves. The defendant did a lot of damage in the 4 years we were stuck with him and this character is not the only one with bizarre justifications for crazy views.

[piddyprints]

49. OK, he can't help that he's fugly.

Still, he's a fine one to be insisting that women indulge his hunger for aesthetic pleasure.

I think looking at his face and reading what he wrote caused me aesthetic injury. Can we ban him now?

[elias7]

50. Everyone I know who has had an abortion suffers aesthetic injury. Her choice, not yours.

[Evolve Dammit]

52. Another arrogant Maggot asshole.

[cbabe]

58. Fetal porn. Or pre-birth pedophilia.

[niyad]

100. Exactly.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

59. Bizaro world

[cbabe]

60. Wild animal. Beware my teeth and claws.

[TheCowsCameHome]

62. I've seen that guy before.

It was on Animal Planet, and his herd was being featured.

[chowmama]

65. By the same logic

We can be legally required to smile. When does that start and what are the penalties? What's his legal ruling for a sexy dress code, with miniskirts and 5" heels? Makeup and hair? Once we're no longer young and attractive, are we on house arrest? Or will a burka suffice?

They could lock me up for life first. Barf on his shoes, sure. Smile, never.

Neither my nor any child of mine's job is to be pleasing to look upon for any available rando.

[niyad]

102. When I worked in retail, and in the casinos, I would get the "smile, why

don't you. " Myy reply usually was, "pray tell, what do I have to smile about?" That generally stopped them cold. On several occasions, my response was extended to, "having to deal with assholes all day", and a smile.

[chowmama]

122. Just to be clear, I'm not equating "Smile" with denial of health care.

Obviously, the health care aspect is much worse. But the whole argument shows that in their world view, we only exist to satisfy them. We have no inherent right to satisfy ourselves and they have no obligation to satisfy us.

In the health care argument, we aren't even the habitat in which the joy-inducing life exists. (A life that they have no obligation to care for and no interest in doing so.) We're the interests that want to damage the habitat (our reproductive parts), removing the life they want to, briefly, giggle about. Before booking it for the next entertainment.

None of them should ever be allowed to procreate again. Or have non-procreative sex. Or be smiled at.

Non-fuck them all.

[BamaRefugee]

66. I suffered "aesthetic injury" upon seeing his face.

[bucolic_frolic]

67. Delusional Looney Bin Logic

I suppose we could construct a hypothetical connection between anything and anything else. But this is a court of law, not clergy arguing about how any angels can fit on the head of a pin.

[Mblaze]

72. His statement

Does an “aesthetic” injury to my sense of reality.

[ShazzieB]

73. What a load of claptrap!

Aesthetic injury? Give me a freaking break! By that yardstick, we should outlaw all ugly things and even unattractive people! I suffer an aesthetic injury every time I see the face of a certain former potus or hear his braying voice! What are you going to do about that, Judge Asshat?

To argue that one person's aesthetic injury is grounds for violating another person's rights is one of the most ludicrous things I've ever heard!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

74. You cannot make this stuff up.

Link to tweet

[yardwork]

81. It's a cult for people who worship money.

[lonely bird]

75. I'm sorry...

I got nothing other than fuck the right wing asshats

All of them, every last one.

[Scrivener7]

76. C'mere, Jimmy. Let me show you the difference between actual and aesthetic injury.

[czarjak]

77. HoBoy! Lifetime appointment too.

[niyad]

78. At a rough guess, I would say there are at least several million images of

sonograms out there, in medical books, online, etc. I mean, the PATRIARCHAL WOMAN-HATING pro-death cultists seem to have no difficulty finding them. I even recall seeung them on trucks driving around. What a hate-filled, insane argument this misogynist makes.

[JuJuChen]

80. As a Chinese American

It's the weirdest freaking thing to see Asian Republicans. Like, whyyyyy did you choose a team that basically hates your race?

[niyad]

108. See clarence thomas. And women.

[Skittles]

111. there's a lot of self-hatred in the GOP

women, black folk, even the "Log Cabin Republicans".......you're right, it's like chickens supporting Colonel Sanders, makes no sense

[Blue Owl]

82. Fuck that asswipe

[Snackshack]

86. OMG

I’m stunned…

WTF is next? Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide sentences?

Unphuckingbelievable.

[SunSeeker]

87. Sick motherfucker.

[AdamGG]

90. If he writes this reasoning into his decisions...

Aren't they very vulnerable to being overturned? I would hope...

[Rhiannon12866]

91. MAGA judge: Abortion pill robs doctors 'joy' of fetus pictures - All In - MSNBC

What injury does a doctor have if their patient takes the abortion pill? According to a right-wing judge, pictures of fetuses are "a source of profound joy,” therefore doctors “experience an aesthetic injury when they are aborted.” “Pretty deranged,” says Chris Hayes. - Aired on 08/17/2023.

[Johonny]

93. Shocked a moron appointed morons to the bench

This dude should be removed from the bench. If we had a functioning government he'd never have been appointed.

[A HERETIC I AM]

95. We do have a functioning government.

If we had a functioning government he'd never have been appointed.

We do have one, it’s just that its current function is to force everything to the extreme right, regardless of what the majority wants.

Voter apathy has led us to this point.

As Carlin said, a nation of undereducated, uninformed, apathetic dimwits gets the exact government it deserves.

[dlk]

94. Judge Ho is just making all of this up as he goes along

Anything to justify imposing his personal views on women.

[Hassler]

96. I can see what Chump liked about this feckless feck.

[Hassler]

97. What are the odds this fool is an incel?

[niyad]

99. See post 40.

[Iris]

101. How did this dumb ass get through law school?

[niyad]

103. "Women Don't Owe You Pretty", a wonderful book by Florence Given, should

be required reading by this asshole.

[pansypoo53219]

104. more reason feinstein needs to retire NOW. we need to get REAL judges confirmed.

[Aussie105]

109. Words fail me . . .

But it's the Republican way.

Dig deep to make the irrational rational, the insane sane, to inject logic into total illogical insanity.

I suffer an aesthetic injury just looking at his face now that I know what goes on in that brain.

[niyad]

116. There are words, but most of them would net me a visit from the suits.

[Skittles]

110. so - forced birth for entertainment purposes?

WTF

[ailsagirl]

120. This is my only reply

“There are no words…”

😣😳😱🫣😵‍💫🤪