Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years .. protected the right to abortion

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Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years has protected the right to abortion

Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion
10:19 a.m.

Supreme Court reaches decision in highly anticipated abortion case
10:18 a.m.

By Robert Barnes, Ann E. Marimow and John Wagner
Updated June 24, 2022 at 10:19 a.m. EDT * Published June 24, 2022 at 10:15 a.m. EDT

The Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years has protected the right to abortion.

The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health was the most anticipated of the court's term, with political tension surrounding the fight over abortion erupting in May with the leak of a draft opinion indicating a majority of justices intended to end the long-standing precedent.

The justices were considering a Mississippi law that would ban almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The law had not taken effect because lower courts said it was at odds with the right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade in 1973 and affirmed by subsequent Supreme Court rulings.

Those decisions held that states may not impose restrictions on a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy before viability -- the point when a fetus could survive outside the womb, usually around 24 weeks.

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By Robert Barnes
Robert Barnes has been a Washington Post reporter and editor since 1987. He joined The Post to cover Maryland politics, and he has served in various editing positions, including metropolitan editor and national political editor. He has covered the Supreme Court since November 2006. Twitter https://twitter.com/scotusreporter

By Ann Marimow
Ann Marimow covers legal affairs for The Washington Post. She joined The Post in 2005 and has covered state government and politics in California, New Hampshire and Maryland. Twitter https://twitter.com/amarimow

By John Wagner
John Wagner is a national reporter on The Post's new breaking political news team. He previously covered the Trump White House. During the 2016 presidential election, he focused on the Democratic campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley. He also chronicled Maryland government for more than a decade. Twitter https://twitter.com/WPJohnWagner

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/24/supreme-court-abortion-ruling/

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BREAKING: SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V WADE ON 6 TO 3 VOTE

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https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/06/announcement-of-opinions-for-friday-june-24/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf

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We have Dobbs.
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Amy Howe

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Wow.
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It is by Justice Alito.
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Amy Howe

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No real June surprise here.
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Roberts concurs in the judgment.
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Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan filed a dissenting opinion.
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MSNBC is slow to interrupt a discussion of immigration.
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Roe and Casey are overruled.
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Here's the link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf
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The "held" line of the syllabus does not bury the lede.
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There is nothing in the Constitution about abortion, and the Constitution does not implicitly protect the right.
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"It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives."
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NBC and ABC have broken into regular programming, but like yesterday, CBS still with "Let's Make a Deal"
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[Seeking Serenity]

1. They did it.

Roe and Casey are done

[SoFloDenny]

73. Unfathomable what is happening in our country.

Obergefell is next.
Let's see:
1. Guns
2. Abortion
3. Marriage
4. Coups
5. .........
If only....Hillary!

[Pete Ross Junior]

80. Directly as a result of Trump.

I'm not one to "blame everything" on Trump, but this is 100% on him.

It's Trump's court.

[Bengus81]

113. What did Kavenaugh say when grilled about Roe vs Wade in the hearings?

Something like it would stay the "law of the land" or some such??

LYING FUCKERS.................

[calimary]

149. Yep. All three of 'em lied about it.

Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Barrett. Three blind lice. They were asked. They bobbed and weaved, as we used to say in sparring class.

Women will die.

What a shitty thing to wake up to.

[Polybius]

189. Barrett actually refused to say that it was precedent

This should have been a bigger deal during the hearings.

[Magoo48]

197. We can correctly lay blame at the feet of 40 years of creeping Republican fascism. That said,

we the grassroots are responsible for retaining our freedoms and Democracy. Or Not!
The fix will not come from the top; our system is crippled by corruption right now.

Massive, grassroots-movement coalitions which allow courageous leaders to rise and speak of radical ideals of extensive human rights guarantees, restructured politics and economies, and where everyone gets a living wage to flourish. This is a tall order for a society which does not like to be inconvenienced. If we do not demand the freedoms rightly ours, precisely, consistently, in mass. They will,all disappear.

[azureblue]

145. what they did

was impose a religious law upon America. The whole anti abortion dogma is based upon a religious belief, and not even one from the Bible. In fact the Bible says that life begins at first breath, and says when it is OK to abort.
So:
This contradicts the laws of other religions. IOW the SC favors one religion over another with this ruling
The ruling is built on states' right, so now, the court cannot turn around and impose federal laws about gun control on the states.
The SC is going to get its ass kicked when the states sue it. This is the beginning of the end of the GOP

[calimary]

153. I WISH it the beginning of the end of the GOP.

Gee whiz - does it matter if you vote?

If THIS isn’t enough to convince somebody about that, our country is truly a lost cause.

[dalton99a]

2. Yep.

[melm00se]

3. Well, shit.

Held: The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion...

[Samrob]

6. It also does not confer a right to purchase or own an AK-15. nt

[melm00se]

71. A what?

There is one solution to this issue:

propose and ratify an amendment covering abortion.

Once it becomes enshrined in the Constitution, sweeps aside this statement:

Held: The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion...

[Master_Monstruwacan]

92. You are correct. Dems have had plenty of chances to do it since 1973.

Why didn't they?

[wryter2000]

110. Because it never would have been ratified. n/t

[Lithos]

117. Agreed

To answer the ratification question - just ask the similar question - today could you get 2/3rd of the Senate to agree to it.

L-

[AntiFascist]

204. Most of the GOP Senators need to be overturned n/t

[Botany]

4. All right expect a huge turn out of women voters and those of us who love them.

Vote Blue in twenty twenty two.

[hay rick]

48. Expecting is not an action plan,

Please work to insure a huge turnout.

[turbinetree]

5. Next on the agenda the EPA Vs West Virginia and then

society security, Medicare......expand the courts.....

[malthaussen]

23. Hell, don't forget Loving v Virginia.

Obergefell v Hodges is obviously toast, too. If not this session, then soon.

-- Mal

[turbinetree]

50. Couldn't agree more.....all they need is some right wing fascist governor let's say in Florida....

say that all the seniors don't need Medicare because that agency should be dismantled and turned over to the states, because we don't need a Congress delegating expertise for seniors needs and creating an agency for their needs and protection, we, the states know what is best for them....because this ruling basically says that ....for everything...

[geardaddy]

63. And this shit just came down from SCOTUS

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-rules-against-davita-over-dialysis-coverage-2022-06-21/
U.S. Supreme Court rules against DaVita over dialysis coverage

June 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected dialysis provider DaVita Inc's (DVA.N) claims that an Ohio hospital's employee health plan discriminates against patients with end-stage kidney disease by reimbursing them at low rates in hopes they would switch to Medicare.

In a 7-2 decision authored by conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court ruled that Marietta Memorial Hospital's employee health plan did not violate federal law by limiting benefits for outpatient dialysis because it did so without regard to whether patients had end-stage renal disease. A lower court had ruled in favor of Denver-based DaVita.

As a transplant patient, I may be fucked if I ever have to go on dialysis.

[Marthe48]

70. MMH is our local hospital

A relative works for DaVita.

[geardaddy]

72. My dad was on dialysis for many years

I had a transplant nearly 30 years ago, so I'm expecting that I'll need dialysis at some point in the future.

[Marthe48]

94. I hope your transplant keeps working

My best friend had a kidney transplant almost 6 years ago. I was her caretaker and spent a lot of time at Cleveland Clinic during her surgery and recovery. I chatted with people who had had a transplant that failed, and they were getting or had gotten another organ. Maybe the insurance coverage is better now. I just read that there is a new transplant method which might not need lifelong anti-rejection meds. And I read awhile back there is a mechanical kidney that is either very promising or on the market.

Best of luck to you. It is a tough health problem.

MMH didn't have very good employee ins. I worked there for a couple of years, and opted to stay on my husband's ins.

[geardaddy]

101. Thank you!

My mom is my donor and she'd over 90 now! And she's got good genes. So, knock on wood, the kidney will keep working for a while.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Bastards!!!

[TeamProg]

9. +1

[TeamProg]

8. Since SCOTUS was predicted to do that, the sooner the better re: midterm electons. n/t

[SKKY]

10. Everyone who said their vote doesn't matter, well, here you go.

Trump won the election by 87K votes. 87K VOTES!!! Fuck off, and kindly stay fucked off.

[jonstl08]

29. anti hillary voters

Hope all those people who did not like Hillary and either voted for Trump or did not vote are happy now. Know a lot of them who said if anybody else would have been the nominee they would have voted for that person instead of Trump.

[SKKY]

33. Yep. Fuck them too!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

60. And IIRC Biden won by even fewer if you look at combined margins in PA, GA, AZ

Not that this factoid does anything but confirm your thesis, but it's interesting to note

[SKKY]

192. And to add an additional point...

Alito, Gorsich, Comey-Barret, and Kavanaugh were all nominated to the SC by a president who lost the popular vote. Just sayin...

[MarcA]

107. Hillary did receive almost 3,000,000 more votes but

another of our anti-democratic peculiar institutions, the electoral college, ignored that. The Constitution Can, and Is, being used to destroy Democracy and the Nation.

[OMGWTF]

122. 87K votes over three states.

Thanks to Putin.

[k8conant]

209. What election did Trump win by 87K votes?

Wondering.

[SKKY]

219. He beat Clinton by a total of 87K votes between MI, PA, and WI.

[onetexan]

11. Damn damn damn...RBG is turning over in her grave

[Loki Liesmith]

39. RBG owns a piece of this.

Not a lot. But definitely a small piece.

[BonnieJW]

57. I agree

She should have stepped down during Obama

[Omnipresent]

83. For RBG, it was about being relevant while she was alive.

She didn’t want to step down when she should have, so for her part or selfishness, we are all going to pay the price.

[wryter2000]

120. I had no idea she was so shallow

And self-involved.

[berniesandersmittens]

133. +1

Thank you.

[wryter2000]

171. Can no one read sarcasm here?

Good grief, y'all let the swipe at her stand, but when I respond with obvious sarcasm to it, you go after me.

[berniesandersmittens]

196. Missed the sarcasm

Emotional day. I miss RBG

[wryter2000]

198. I do, too

She was a giant in a tiny body.

[Omnipresent]

151. Obama had a Democratic senate for two years.

How soon we all forget.

[Omnipresent]

168. "Save us from ourselves"?

What are you trying to say, but can’t?

[Omnipresent]

206. Well...

I’m glad you finally said it.
Have a great weekend!

[wryter2000]

173. And a filibuster for SCOTUS seats

How soon we all forget

[wryter2000]

181. I remember her saying at the time

That Obama would never have gotten anyone with her philosophy through the Senate.

[wryter2000]

185. You're welcome

Sorry I caused you pain before.

[Polybius]

190. But he could have gotten in another Kagan

That's good enough, and better than Gorsuch.

[wryter2000]

170. It was sarcasm

I thought you'd get that from the context. I was responding so someone who'd made her look shallow.

[wryter2000]

177. Thank you for your reaction, though

I was beginning to think I was the only one who didn't enjoy ragging on RBG.

[Hekate]

144. I think you forgot your sarcasm thingy

[wryter2000]

172. I sure did

Glad you caught it.

[Hekate]

207. I figured it was an oversight

[roscoeroscoe]

87. Yep yep

So much for the Notorious RBG... gotta know when to leave the stage

[cilla4progress]

89. I agree..but now that's out of our

system...

She probably thought we were on an upward trajectory, like the rest of us did.

Can never take ANYTHING for granted!!

[JohnSJ]

115. No. It started with Ralph Nader and the Green Party in 2000, and was finalized in 2016 when the SC

the issue

What did they think would happen?

Blaming it, even a little bit on RBG, ignores the fact that McConnell had successfully blocked President Obama’s Court appointment, and also ignores the fact that enough people didn’t care about this issue in critical swing states to vote for Hillary

The only way those people who refused to vote for Hillary in 2016 by either not voting, or voting third party is to vote Democratic every subsequent election, until we can overturn these draconian SC decisions

In the meantime, states like California are moving to help those from backward states who want an abortion, to help provide access for all women with the right to choose

[wryter2000]

118. Thank you

[Hekate]

146. Thank you

[onetexan]

158. Spot on!! K&R

[XanaDUer2]

119. Yes nt

[Lonestarblue]

136. Had she stepped down, Mitch McConnell would not have allowed her position to be filled.

Just as he did with Merrick Garland. I’m sure that RBG knew this.

[Polybius]

191. Mitch didn't become Majority Leader until January 2013

But RGB shouldn't have to retire until she was ready, that I agree with.

[Loki Liesmith]

210. There's a wide gulf between "shouldn't have to"

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And “it would be wise to”.

[wryter2000]

93. That's real helpful

Whatever happened to the puke smiley?

[Loki Liesmith]

124. Facts aren't always helpful.

Invoking RBG’s legacy right now isn’t that helpful either. The post was a response to that.

[Polybius]

194. Click the three dots, it's on the second page

[Nay]

116. Yep.

[Torchlight]

156. That's certainly one opinion

Quite vague, but I'd guess many opinions, by necessity of appearance, are also.

[clementine613]

157. Even had she stepped down and allowed a replacement...

It still would have been a 5-4 decision.

[FBaggins]

199. A 5-4 decision to allow the MS law to stand

But not to get rid of the recognition of a right to choose.

A huge difference when the overwhelming majority of abortions occur before that 15 week line but many states will now move the line up far beyond that (or outlaw the practice entirely)

[wilson2792]

86. Stayed too long

She should have retired when Obama was President. She is partly responsible for this decision.

[wryter2000]

104. Because 5/4 would have been so much better

But let's do find a woman to blame

[JohnSJ]

123. and of course it is convenient to ignore how McConnel blocked President Obama's SC nominee for over

a year, and those so-called progressives who refused to vote for Hillary in 2016 by either voting third party, or not voting in those critical swing states

Hillary lost by less than 1% in those critical swing states, while Jill Stein received 1% of the vote in those swing states. It didn’t take much.

and of course we should not forget 2000 with Ralph Nader and the Green Party

This was entirely predictable, and it had nothing to do with RBG

The SC was at stake in 2016, and enough people didn’t care

[Loki Liesmith]

126. Running from responsibility.

Own it.

[wryter2000]

131. What would have been different if we had one more justice?

And I’m not responsible for any of this. But WTG being collegial.

[FBaggins]

200. Yes - that specific 5-4 would have been "so much better"

[Hekate]

140. Okay, wilson2792, NOT TODAY

We are not doing grave-dancing on Ruth Bader Ginsberg

[wryter2000]

183. You just laid out my thoughts exactly

And I've been flailing for over an hour.

[Hekate]

141. Lay the blame on Mitch O'Connell, where it truly belongs

[berniesandersmittens]

201. She is NOT even remotely responsible for this

Blame McConnell who refused to let Obama pick a justice
Blame Kennedy for retiring and letting dump pick a justice
Blame christofascists
Blame the gop
Blame the federalist society


But do not place blame on our heroes. Especially RBG.

[The Grand Illuminist]

12. It's war now.

I don't see any other peaceful alternative. Unless I am missing something.

[Hekate]

147. Fine. Thanks to the Supremes, you can be armed up for it

[TeamProg]

13. Wealthy Republican daughters will still be able to get an abortion. But there is now more exposure.

PRIVACY may have also been thrown out the window.

[xxqqqzme]

36. and the mistresses of

rethug politicians.

[Rebl2]

128. Yep

[honest.abe]

14. Sickening

[BumRushDaShow]

15. WaPo

Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years has protected the right to abortion

The Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years has protected the right to abortion.

The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health was the most anticipated of the court’s term, with political tension surrounding the fight over abortion erupting in May with the leak of a draft opinion indicating a majority of justices intended to end the long-standing precedent.

The justices were considering a Mississippi law that would ban almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The law had not taken effect because lower courts said it was at odds with the right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade in 1973 and affirmed by subsequent Supreme Court rulings.

Those decisions held that states may not impose restrictions on a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy before viability — the point when a fetus could survive outside the womb, usually around 24 weeks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/24/supreme-court-abortion-ruling/

[Comfortably_Numb]

16. So Alito's reliance on a 17th century witch burning misogynistic is now the law of the land.

Shithole country. If I wanted to be a gd catholic I would become a gd catholic. Fuck these lying zealots.

[nycbos]

17. Is it too early to start drinking.

Asking for a friend?

[mopinko]

34. no

no it's not.

[Backseat Driver]

109. Did your friend want an abortion?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_alcohol_spectrum_disorder - So...nope - buy her a few rounds!

We have Safe Harbor for babies in this state! Firemen better arrange to put out more bassinets!

[nycbos]

220. Sorry you misunderstood my post.

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My "friend" is me. I am a proud male supporter of choice and I am extremely depressed by the news.

[Backseat Driver]

222. Sorry that I misunderstood - yeah, angry and depressed, I understand.

[nycbos]

223. No worries on an internet forum it's hard to tell sometimes.

[AngryOldDem]

18. I'm crying.

The potential ramifications of this in terms of women’s reproduction are staggering.

Fuck the lying SCOTUS and fuck this country.

[wryter2000]

95. I'm sick. n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Destroying SCOTUS credibility in the process, what was 'not-A' yesterday is 'yes-A' today

Reality turned on its head. We are a nation of SCOTUS lies.

[wnylib]

79. What recourse is there

when the Supreme Court rulings themselves are unconstitutional?

Expanding the court just makes it likely that the fascists will also expand it when they have the WH and Congress.

But, since this was an originalist decision, let's go back to the original number of SC members, which was 6. Make the last 3 appointments invalid and remove them.

[malthaussen]

20. Among other things, this should dispell protests of Roberts's "integrity."

The more charitable have been going through all sorts of contortions to try to prove that Mr Justice Roberts is concerned with his "legacy," and preserving the integrity of the Court. But here he makes sure to vote with the reactionaries, not casting a symbolic dissent because he knows the decision will pass anyway. I submit that tells us where his real sympathies lie.

-- Mal

[xxqqqzme]

45. He's a rethuglican

before he is a Chief Justice.

I never believed that 'integrity' BS. It was always intended for media consumption and repetition.

[KPN]

85. Yep.

[wryter2000]

108. Yup

I didn't think he'd go along.

[purr-rat beauty]

21. The Suckpreme Court is a shit hole

Half of those GOP cucks don't even belong there

[jmowreader]

68. Please don't use that word that starts with C

It does have a meaning which doesn’t apply here, and it’s the fascist right’s favorite insult.

Bastards or fuckheads work just as well.

[Hav]

165. Bastard: Born to parents who are not married to each other

Strange how you are upset about one insult but then propose another insult that is actually directed against an innocent party.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. NYT

After a leak, the Supreme Court details its final decision on abortion.


WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday overruled Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion after almost 50 years in a decision that will transform American life, reshape the nation’s politics and lead to all but total bans on the procedure in about half of the states.

The ruling will test the legitimacy of the court and vindicate a decades-long Republican project of installing conservative justices prepared to reject the precedent, which had been repeatedly reaffirmed by earlier courts. It will also be one of the signal legacies of President Donald J. Trump, who vowed to name justices who would overrule Roe. All three of his appointees were in the majority in the 6-to-3 ruling.

The decision, which echoed a leaked draft opinion published by Politico in early May, will result in a starkly divided country in which abortion is severely restricted or forbidden in many red states but remains freely available in most blue ones. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. voted with the majority but said he would have taken “a more measured course,” stopping short of overruling Roe outright. The court’s three liberal members dissented.

The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19-1392, concerned a law enacted in 2018 by the Republican-dominated Mississippi Legislature that banned abortions if “the probable gestational age of the unborn human” was determined to be more than 15 weeks. The statute, a calculated challenge to Roe, included narrow exceptions for medical emergencies or “a severe fetal abnormality.” Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic sued, saying the law ran afoul of Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision that affirmed Roe’s core holding.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/20/us/roe-wade-abortion-supreme-court/roe-wade-overturned-supreme-court

[Paladin]

24. I want REVENGE for this. (nt)

[Joinfortmill]

31. It's coming. Women are pissed.

[hauckeye]

74. Sadly though a lot of women are anti-choice

[madville]

91. Some women

I live in a red state, majority of women I know/am related to are adamantly “pro-life”, already seen some celebrating on Facebook.

[Bengus81]

130. Yeah,they think during Prohibition NO ONE had one sip of alcohol.......

No they had plenty to drink,and gangs,deaths etc all from that idiot law. Abortion will continue,and no longer be safe. There will be deaths but they don't care.

[The Grand Illuminist]

35. It takes great sacrifice.

People of courage.

[Paladin]

40. It takes great ANGER and STRATEGY.

The kind of anger and strategy the Republicans have been employing, for the last 50 years. This is what Democrats get, for playing with a set of obsolete good conduct rules for the last 50 years.

[The Grand Illuminist]

62. No one is fighting their fight, that is exactly the problem.

They are will sacrifice their own for their authoritive vision, has been done since Reagan.

[paleotn]

46. And we will have it.

At the ballot box in November. Beat every single, solitary Republican candidate over the head with this...and gun violence.

[The Grand Illuminist]

90. That may not be enough.

nt

[Scalded Nun]

25. So how many of those 6 actually lied, under oath, stating RvW they would not support overturning RvW.

I doubt they would be charged with perjury anyway.

Again, I say...to all those who vote maybe every 4 years and not in any local, state or off-year federal elections - FUCK YOU!

This is just the tip. There is a freight train coming and it is going to roll over anyone it wants to. To the red state citizens...Enjoy the moment. You will eventually be lined up in its cross-hairs as well. Then whatcha gonna do?

[Volaris]

100. Yes I'm 100% spending the rest of the (prolly) entire fucking year

Waiting with baited breath to hear from Concerned Susan Collins. When I do, the ONLY thing we had better hear are the words 'I'm so sorry, and I resign'.

[Botany]

26. 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.

[KPN]

121. Great summary. It shows the stark difference in

personalities of the two parties. The Rethugs are rat fuckers. What does that make us? To them, patsies.

This is so fucking frustrating.

[Botany]

129. They have to cheat and lie to stay in power.

n/t

[KPN]

138. And now they have the SCOTUS to ensure they

can ultimately maintain an expand that power, even when overtly cheating. ….

Frustrating and infuriating. Their goal is to roll back to the 1920’s.

[Aviation Pro]

27. Thank you, you 6 worthless oxygen thieves, for handing the Democrats a landslide victory in November

.....

[Algernon Moncrieff]

47. ...but gas prices

The reality is people vote their pocketbooks. People won't get angry about this until we've had a decade of horror stories.

[paleotn]

56. Not always.

The Million Women March and Trump hadn't done anything yet other than talk.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

28. I'm sorry I'm running late getting this updated, but things are kind of hectic.

Please add links to other media outlets.

Thanks.

[Joinfortmill]

30. VOTE

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. Is Susan Collins still concerned?

[GB_RN]

37. Nope.

Her "concern" went out the window five seconds after the last reporter left her office.

[paleotn]

51. She's doomed in 2026.

The southern half of Maine won't stand for it. Up north in tater land? Who cares. It will be nearly empty by then other than a few, stray tater farmers.

[turbinetree]

38. Hey Alito......in 1973 the people and a person named Roe had to have this taken out of the

hands of the state representatives for a reason.....it was because of the privacy issue for that person, that person was named Roe instead of Doe, which is in the Constitution jerk, she had a right to privacy....or does this comment from you and your religious doctrine say other wise....oh yeah, your ilk say's that the separation of church and state should also be dismantled....


Justice Samuel Alito declared, “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”


Your federalist society court has awaken a sleeping giant.......

[LiberalArkie]

44. Has congress ever passed a law allowing abortion?

[BumRushDaShow]

98. They have tried

but just like what almost torpedoed the ACA thanks to Bart Stupak and the radical anti-women nuts, there are still too many anti-choice Democrats out there.

[iscooterliberally]

41. The "Federaliarist Society" has done what it came to do.

They all lied under oath on video before the entire country to get their jobs. They should be removed from the court. I know that won't happen, but they just trashed the supreme court with their lies.

[WestMichRad]

112. Sorry, but I disagree.

There’s a lot more damage that they plan to do. Lots of work needed for them to return us to 18th century law, ya know.

[frogmarch]

42. Assholes!

The Supreme Court is nothing but an extension of the republican party!

[paleotn]

43. Deal with them like Lincoln dealt with the Roger Taney court....

NY State intends to ignore them on guns. I'm all for it. If a Republican Congress takes Dobbs, runs with it and outlaws reproductive rights, nullify it. I know, I'm being inconsistent, but I don't give a shit.

If there was one shred of doubt Proposal 5 would pass in VT this year, forget it. It's a shoe in and will enshrine reproductive rights in the VT Constitution. Now, Repulitrash, come take it!!

Think Alito is bad. Roger Taney, chief justice of SCOTUS actually wrote the Dred Scott decision.

[bucolic_frolic]

53. +1

[Seeking Serenity]

59. How did Lincoln deal with

The Dred Scott decision? James Buchanan was president when that decision came down. I'm confused.

[paleotn]

159. Lincoln didn't deal directly with Dred Scott, he dealt with a southern sympathizing SCOTUS.

led by Chief Justice Roger Taney, a Marylander and southern sympathizer who refused to resign and tried to tie Lincoln's hands in time of civil war in ways that would benefit the Confederacy. Particularly with regard to habeas corpus and other issues. Lincoln countered with non-acquiescence. and ignored the court's rulings until Taney finally just gave up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonacquiescence

Taney died in 1864. There was such bad blood between them that Lincoln refused to even mention Taney's passing or attend his funeral. Unusual for the time and certainly for Lincoln. He replaced him by appointing Salmon P. Chase. That and 4 other Lincoln appointments turned the court from night to day.

Dred Scott became mute by the 14th Amendment.

In short, history may not repeat, but it does rhyme. We've been here before in many ways.

[Seeking Serenity]

211. Thank you. I learned something today (n/t)

[xxqqqzme]

64. This IS Dred Scott

for Women's reproductive rights

[paleotn]

161. For all practical purposes, yes.

Back then African Americans were citizens in some northern states, chattel throughout the south. Whole lot of parallels in my mind.

[minstrel76]

49. Well, I guess it's game over.

Now that this has finally happened, I have something to get off my chest: To everyone who didn't vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016: You are to blame for this. That is all.

[Traildogbob]

52. CNN and MSNBC

Seems focused on showing exhilaration of (PRO life???) people high fiving and cheering the decision. Many many women. And for fucks sake, men. I am not so sure this will become a slam dunk for Dems in the mids. What the Court has done in a few weeks, and watch what’s coming, birth control, mixed race marriage guns guns guns and government funded Jesus education is just firing up the right. Add in the voter suppression and electoral turnover for Dem
Wins, Im not so sure we can ever win against. Take off the gloves, get ready to get dirty and fuck ever saying “friends across the aisle”, ever again. Any friend of mine is not actively out to destroy democracy and welcome fascism and woman control. The fight of our life, much more important than any war I served through. I stand with the women of choice, sick of those women cheering other women losing their rights. Almost hope they…….never mind. Keep that to myself.

[Marthe48]

81. All of the media covers the r's

Like a continuous Jerry Springer show. I don't watch either. F**K them all.

[Traildogbob]

139. 🤜🤛🖕🏿🖕🏾🖕🏽🖕🏼🖕🐘💩💩💩 and MSM

And Andrea Mitchell. Fuck them with a chain saw with a crooked chain bar and Rusty chain with a 30” bar, and no bar oil. Slowly.

[TNNurse]

54. So ignorance wins.

Women will still have abortions, many will die from it. Women who have been told it is too risky to continue a pregnancy will die. Babies that cannot survive after birth will suffer until they do.

This court (and I will not use the S word in front of that) have decided that a group of cells unable to survive outside a woman's body is more important than the woman.


Is the fact they did this the day after the gun vote in the Senate surprising?????

Rapists and those who commit incest won....women are lower class citizens...they (not me I am too old) have no rights to their own bodies.

When I was in college...before Roe, I contributed money so a classmate could travel to another state for an abortion.

I have a lot more money now....

[suegeo]

55. So I'm a second class citizen...

Ward of the state.

Supreme Court Clerics appointed by republicans who didn't win their elections.
One, Putin's puppet.

States can do whatever they want to women.

I hate republicans.

I AM SHIT THROWING ANGRY.

[rurallib]

58. !

[bucolic_frolic]

61. How is FORCED BIRTH not slavery, kidnapping, and unlawful detention?

Today's ruling is insane in so many ways? We need to litigate? There are lawyers that can turn these arguments on their ears

[Marthe48]

65. Any YouTube videos on using hangers?

Back to the back alley.

And stock up on morning after pills. Or learn about herbals.

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1146&context=gj_etds

[plimsoll]

66. Any comment I could make at this moment will just infuriate the Christian apologists among us.

So gee thanks.

[raccoon]

67. Wonder how many abortions Kavanaugh encouraged his girlfriends to get. Nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

69. Our retaliation begins at the ballot box.

Oh yeah. SCOTUS also ended voting rights.

The radical right is so pious and brazenly unconstitutional.

[Lucky Luciano]

82. How about an AR15 March in front of SC Justice homes.

[YoshidaYui]

76. fuck!

[AllyCat]

77. This court shows they love guns more than life.

[liberalmuse]

78. Fuck the USSC and the patriarchy.

Both need to go.

[Duppers]

84. This will only stop SAFE abortions.

[dixiechiken1]

88. FUCK THOSE MOTHERFUCKING SHITHOLE RIGHT WING SCOTUS ASSHOLES!

Fuck them all straight to motherfucking hell.

Motherfucking motherfuckers.

[bahboo]

96. classic overreach....

hopefully the blowback will be very intense. If this doesn't GOTV, I don't know what will....

[frogmarch]

97. Here they are

[RevBrotherThomas]

99. In Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion...

"...we should consider all of this Court's substantive due process precedents, including Griswold Lawrence and Obergefell."

I wonder why the good Justice didn't include "Loving v Virginia" in this list.

Odd...

[Volaris]

102. What a complete dick...telling the zealots what suits to file next.

[Denvermosaic]

103. Well, what do you expect from those six christian talibans?

[CaptainTruth]

105. Words cannot express how angry I am right now

I will note that yesterday SCOTUS also ruled that everyone has a right to concealed carry a gun, so every protester in front of every place a SCOTUS justice goes has the to be armed. Consequences of their own actions.

[lambchopp59]

106. Crediting Jeri Taylor, profound:

"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
Jeri Taylor via "Captain Jean-Luc Picard"
How many have to get gobsmacked with reality- finding fetuses in dumpsters, unintentional suicides via coat hanger, incalculable damages like these to bear all over again. "Pro-life" can only rejoice with blinders on.

[harun]

111. Activist judges supported by Conservatives in the Senate.

Conservatives on both sides of the aisle.

[bullwinkle428]

114. I'm 58 y.o., and this is literally the worst "Friday news dump" I've ever

experienced in my life.

[Marthe48]

127. I read years ago that abortion would never be illegal again

because the fight made money for people on both sides of the fence. I thought that made sense. This ruling just reinforces my belief that the r.w.n.j who made this ruling are not fit to be on the bench. The entire majority (6) are unfit to judge a pie contest, let alone what the U.S. Constitution means. F**K all 6.

Get rid of the 3 illegally seated robe fillers, and the hopelessly compromised 4th. What the hell, get rid of all of the liars. Or expand the court and dilute their vitriol.

[d_b]

132. It's only the tyranny of the minority

If you let them. Dem leadership needs to stop fucking around and make a decision: confront this fascism or surrender to it.

[AllaN01Bear]

134. and on sat too. grr. time to expand . time to reform or time to shut down the hack. go after the

lying hacks .

[mwb970]

135. So the dog finally caught the car.

Now what? In an instant the republican party lost its #1 unifying issue, leaving only unlimited guns, guns, guns to hold the party together. Meanwhile, they have handed the Democrats their best unifying issue in many and many a year. Maybe they will do the same with guns!

About 10% of the public and about 66% of the Supreme Court wanted Roe overturned. Minority rule has scored another victory. May it be short-lived.

[Vinca]

142. Not surprised, but very sad it has come to this. I hope this puts an end to the meme

"both parties are the same so I'm not going to vote."

[BlueJac]

143. The supreme liars show their true colors!

Frauds.

[Deminpenn]

148. No surprise, but a pyrrhic victory

The vast majority of women aren't going back. Oh, there are the ultra religious women, but they are a minority. Those suburban women the GOP wants back? Kiss them goodbye.

I think this decision nearly guarantees Dems will not only keep, but expand their majority in the House and get the extra votes needed to end the filibuster in the Senate. Once that happens, Biden will expand SCOTUS to 13, 1 for each of the 13 US circuit courts, legislation making abortion legal will pass and the country will be set on a path forward to a better future.

[AncientOfDays]

214. eventually

eventually it will require a Constitutional Amendment. This court or a court like it will find some pretext to negate or overturn any legislation guaranteeing a right to abortion. It won't be easy - it took 11 years and a war to go from Dred Scott to citizenship for blacks.

But let's hope (and work for) the scenario you posit.

[Deminpenn]

215. Sooner rather than later

Jmho, but too many refuse to recognize the strong libertarian streak in Americans. Most of the time it's dormant, but there are times when that "you're not telling me what to do" attitude really kicks in. This, to me, is one of them.

Heck, even Trump believes overturning Roe hurts Rs

[cstanleytech]

150. Time to enlarge SCOTUS.

[YoshidaYui]

152. fuck!

[dlk]

154. Republican women-haters may have won this battle

They will ultimately lose this war. American women are not going back.

[Martin68]

155. I'm curious to know if the reasoning is any better than the leaked draft. That was so bad it was

embarrassing. Quoting witch burners exposed the true source of the forced-birth movement.

[csziggy]

160. We're now a Christo-fascist state - as far as women are concerned n/t

[amb123]

163. The Hanger Judges

Roberts, Alito, Barrett, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Thomas will now be forever known in history as The Hanger Judges.

[Farmer-Rick]

166. The Christian Religion did this

They are the ones who think their imaginary daddy in the sky gives human zygotes magical powers and special privileges to use an autonomous adult's body against their will. Though their magical stories don't really say that....if they ever bother to read their bible and not just listen to their TV billionaire thieving preachers.

This is what happens when religion is allowed to force their magical, supernatural, made up crap onto everyone.

Bunch of superstitious monkeys making up stories about things their tiny brains can't understand. And a lot of them still sit on the US Supremely Religious Court.

[paulkienitz]

167. they're trying to grab everything they can, all at once -- see the gun decision yesterday

[Blue Owl]

176. Fuck Alito. Fuck Thomas. Fuck Kavanaugh. Fuck the Handmaid. Fuck them all...

[ultralite001]

178. SCOTUS has circled their wagons in a RTump-wise direction...

Like a magician on stage, the Supreme Court has used some serious misdirection to upstage the findings
of the Jan 6 committee...

The Court has employed the “dead cat strategy” (During an awkward dinner party conversation, toss a dead cat
into the mix. Folks will be outraged, but the subject will successfully be changed).

RTump had a knack for producing dead cats whenever he wanted, and the Supreme Court has become one of the RTumpster's kitties... and has overturned Roe v Wade...

Organizing against the Court's decision re: Roe... will take time, energy, money, and people power... Organizing
to get out the vote, state by state... will take time, energy, money, and people power... Time that will draw attention
away from investigation of the RTumpster's attempts to seize absolute power over each and every American citizen.

America must not lose sight of what is at stake... America must not be taken in by the opposition's patter. This is not
simply legal sleight of hand... It is not a simple matter of women losing their right to choose...

Democracy, the rule of law, and the right of each and every American to determine its own destiny is imperiled...

[Lanius]

188. This just reinforces my anger at my liberal and progressive friends

You know, many of these folks just couldn’t vote for Clinton because she was no different than Trump in their delusional minds.

At the same time, I really hope this motivates the voters to turn out in November to keep the House and Senate in Democratic hands.

[electric_blue68]

195. I just got up... So they frikkin' went and did it! ...

.





(of course, I know it's been like that for some women previously 😔 )

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

202. So sick of the hateful fucking christo-fascists who are ruining our country.

We need to quarantine them from poser by voting them from office everywhere.

[Lil Liberal Laura]

203. So, you finally got what you wanted, "Christians"

Was it worth your souls?

[electric_blue68]

205. The Constitution does talk about Liberty - where's the Liberty for women when they can't decide when

...to, or if to have children!


Fuck you McConnell for preventing Obama's nominee, 2016 third party voters, "they're the same" voters, non voters, Drumph, and his sCourt nominees!!!

Arrrrggggg!

[IronLionZion]

208. We can use it to drive turnout from our side this election

elect enough Dems to codify it into law and then approve liberal judges next time we have that opportunity.

[Bayard]

212. Did they announce this now,

To distract from the Jan. 6 hearings?

Okay. So, what's the process for increasing the number on the SC?

[Wednesdays]

213. Step 1:

Get. Out. The. Vote.

[BrightKnight]

216. So, does that also mean that it may be illegal to use some or all forms of birth control?

[trusty elf]

217. Supreme Coat Hanger

[The Jungle 1]

218. We are a fascist nation

Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and the economy. wiki

[olegramps]

221. This is basically driven by religious conservatives.

It is the result of the Republicans embracement of the Protestant Fundamentalists and Catholic who are basically loyal papalists who are in minority but are a powerful block due to their solidarity. As was remarked, they are "useful idiots" who the Republicans have embraced solely to win elections. They are the ones who show up to vote and have effectively negated Democratic candidates especially in local off year elections.

I attended four local fundamentalists church services to gain some understanding of their importance. Basically, you are unwanted if you don't support Republican candidates who promised to represent their beliefs. The fundamentalists are gaining in membership at the expense of more moderate Catholics and Protestant adherents. I can attest from my experience as a Catholic who attended Catholic schools through high school, that those who remained in the church, for the most part, were stanchly and blindly loyal to the church's doctrine without question. Amy Coney is a prime example of their unquestionable adherence to Catholic doctrines dictated by the hierarchy. They are determined to hang on as millions of Catholics headed for the door when the hierarchy demanded strict compliance with the church's medieval mentality in regard to sexual teachings. Take my family for example. I have twenty-three nieces and nephews, most of whom attended Catholic schools through high school, of which only two still active church members.

[lambchopp59]

224. Timing. The damdable "convenient" timing of this.

Like conservatives needed something to move the headlines to some other hot button issue. 1/6 hearings getting a little too uncomfortably close to home?
Gee, what could their good friends on the court do about that?

[pfitz59]

225. I met a 40-ish woman today who did not know what the coat-hanger signified

Her generation never had to resort to it.

[Shoonra]

226. Has anyone bothered ....

Has anyone bothered to compare the final version of the Dobbs decision with the 'February' version that was leaked two monnths ago??

Any changes between the February draft and the final version might be significant.

Clarence Thomas is right, Alito is wrong, that overruling Roe v. Wade and rejecting the notion of a constitutional right of privacy opens up contraception, same sex intimacy and same sex marriage to re-evaluation and possible prohibition.

The Republican Party has turned completely around since 1964 when Barry Goldwater was a member of Planned Parenthood and the John Birch Society thought stare decisis came down from Mount Sinai (but specifically for Plessy v. Ferguson when it was overturned by Brown v. Board of Ed). Back then the Conservatives opposed Medicare because it means govt intrusion between doctor and patient .... now, not so much.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

227. Yes, I've seen a track changes comparison of the two on Twitter.

Where, though?

This is as close as I can come now.

SUPREME COURT

What changed from Justice Alito’s draft opinion to final ruling on Roe

Justice Samuel Alito used his rewrite to take shots at Chief Justice John Roberts and liberal dissenters.

By KELLY HOOPER

06/24/2022 04:19 PM EDT

{snip}

[DonCoquixote]

228. hey Mike, the next time your friend call to hang you

He will be as deaf to your misery as you are to ours.

[AntiFascist]

229. Mike has gone back to the Dark Side, he lives for your hatred. n/t

[Polybius]

230. It's only been three weeks

But it feels like forever.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

231. Three weeks since the formal release. But we've known since the decision was leaked.

And we've suspected since Garland was denied a vote in the Senate.