The SC does not bow to the whims of a popular vote.
The difference here is that it is unpopular and moving things backwards to less freedom. Backwards to a time that most of the rest of the world has moved past.
When the SC is out of step with popular opinion, it has been because it was ahead of the curve, not 40 years or more behind it.
Brown is a good example. It wasn't popular, but it was right and forward thinking.
This is unpopular, wrong, and backward thinking.
The whole life begins at crowd needs to sit down and shut up and learn their own damn history. Overwhelmingly, throughout history, life began with the first breath...the breath of life. Then there was the whole quickening BS, with when the mom can feel kicks around 16 weeks. Throughout history abortion before that point was OK. Even some of the outdated cases, hAcklito cited used that quickening rule. And, had he written abortion illegal after 16 weeks unless life of mother is at risk or nonviable fetus, I could have lived with that. Most abortions are at 16 weeks or earlier, and the few that are later are usually because of medical risk.
I would open up clinics all over with fed money, FU Hyde amendment, and let women make the decision with medical help to make certain that no one was forced into carrying a pregnancy because of delays.
But, I digress. Usually unpopular has been ahead of the curve, but not the Roberts court.
Citizens united... unpopular and undemocratic. Clearly a green light to the oligarchs behind the federalist society.
Gun control roll back... unpopular and dangerous
Gutting the voting rights act... Unpopular and clearly 60 years of reactionary white money from oligarchs fearing the browning of America.
And now, killing Roe.
Next, in no particular order...
Banning all contraception that occurs after fertilization, which is basically everything other than condoms.
Banning same sex marriage.
Recriminalization of homosexuality.
Banning interracial marriage.
Banning gays, or interracial couples from adopting
Returning prayer in school, juries with no minorities,
That is what the federalist society wants. Modern day apartheid.and they will use an unpopular, reactionary court to get it.
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