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localroger

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18. I got the strong sense

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 27, 2016, 06:47 PM

Jun 2016

...that one thing the justices found offensive at the oral testimony is that it was obvious that the justification for the bill was a lie, the state's lawyers knew it was a lie, and they knew the justices knew it was a lie and expected them to nod and wink and go along with it. And while judges as a class can be very conservative they hate being overtly lied to.

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Across the country, the SCOTUS decisison re abotion, really undermines T.R.A.P. [View all] cali Jun 2016 OP

K&R... spanone Jun 2016 #1

WI is a classic case of Repugs putting in regulations these last years. riversedge Jun 2016 #2

Texas, Wisconsin, MS, LA, and on and on cali Jun 2016 #3

Exactly. These TRAP laws were always where the real battle was being fought. vintx Jun 2016 #4

There is now a clear test. MohRokTah Jun 2016 #5

For the party that complains endlessly about government regulations- even good sensible regulations Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2016 #6

That is an excellent point. cali Jun 2016 #7

Because the uterus is a deadly weapon that must be tightly regulated. Orrex Jun 2016 #8

I should alert on you for using the word "uterus" in public elljay Jun 2016 #12

if only a uterus were a gun!!!! Sheepshank Jun 2016 #15

Same-sex marriage Matrosov Jun 2016 #16

GOOD! libodem Jun 2016 #9

Agreed... Wounded Bear Jun 2016 #10

Key Question asked by SCOTUS: "Has this law ever helped any women have a safer abortion" Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #11

Exactly n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jun 2016 #13

I got the strong sense localroger Jun 2016 #18

first steps, it's a start and as necessary and as usual changes are made incrementally Sheepshank Jun 2016 #14

We ought to push back in a similar pattern. DirkGently Jun 2016 #17

Agreed. We need to push back, and HARD. And EVERYWHERE. calimary Jun 2016 #21

k and r niyad Jun 2016 #19

Legal recourse is necessarily ad-hoc... malthaussen Jun 2016 #20