It's time to say it: The conservatives on the Supreme Court lied to us all [View all]
Yes, I'm talking about the conservative justices on the Supreme Court, and the abortion rights those justices have now made clear they will eviscerate.
Even in the face of what we saw at the court on Wednesday - when at least five of the six conservatives made clear their intention to overturn Roe - press accounts continued offering euphemisms and weasel words, about "Inconsistencies" or "Contradictions." But sometimes the right puts its purposes in the open.
Asked whether the Constitution protects intimate personal decisions on subjects like abortion and marriage, he said, "I have never expressed personal views as a judge on this subject, and that is because my personal views do not matter." Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. insisted that as a justice he would merely locate the objectively right decision in all cases, calling "Balls and strikes" without concern for any preferences of his own.
Asked if Roe was settled law, he replied, "It is settled as a precedent of the Court, yes." David Von Drehle: What the conservative arguments against abortion get all wrong Confronted at his hearing with a previous written statement that the Constitution does not protect the right to abortion, Samuel A. Alito Jr. vowed that as a judge, he would "Put aside" the opinions he had as a lawyer and "Think about legal issues the way a judge thinks about legal issues." Taking the cake was Clarence Thomas, who swore he had never had a conversation about Roe.
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