Above the Law?

[J_William_Ryan]

2. Playing Devil's Advocate (literally...)

Republicans would of course respond that the United States isn’t a democracy, that the law often doesn’t reflect the will of the people, and that the purpose of the Constitution is to protect the minority from the ‘tyranny’ of majority rule – particularly when the majority is wrong, which conservatives perceive most Americans to be concerning abortion.

What Republicans won’t do is acknowledge their hypocrisy – when a court rules in a manner conservatives don’t like they whine and complain about tyrants in black robes legislating from the bench ignoring the will of the people.

Conservatives will also trot out the “states’ rights” lie – that if a majority of the residents of a state want abortion to be legal, they can repeal laws banning abortion through the political process.

And if conservatives are to be consistent in their support of overturning Roe, they should also advocate that Loving v. Virginia and Brown v. Board of Education be likewise overturned, in accordance with “states’ rights” dogma.