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mercuryblues

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61. you deserve a thread jack

Reply to Proud Public Servant (Reply #27)

Mon Jun 27, 2016, 10:52 AM

Jun 2016

in honor of your kid! Thank her and all the others who worked so hard to protect women's rights. It is a shame this is only one step in a long flight of stairs to climb.

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FUCK YEAH. Brickbat Jun 2016 #2

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It has nothing to do with them being lazy they are simply wanting to stack the deck and the cstanleytech Jun 2016 #10

Exactly. And just after Scalia died christx30 Jun 2016 #26

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FU TX GOP jpak Jun 2016 #6

I wonder what deceitful, despicable tactic they will come up with next RussBLib Jun 2016 #14

I worry about violence. NT pablo_marmol Jun 2016 #86

This won't stop them... Human101948 Jun 2016 #15

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Opinion James48 Jun 2016 #7

Great Minds Go to the Same Source rpannier Jun 2016 #19

Finally, Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #8

Kick and rec! (nt) ehrnst Jun 2016 #9

YES!!! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #11

K&R!!! Dustlawyer Jun 2016 #12

Thank you Wendy Davis. You started the ball rolling! no_hypocrisy Jun 2016 #13

+1 hamsterjill Jun 2016 #33

thought of those shoes right off. rurallib Jun 2016 #43

Indeed! ananda Jun 2016 #55

I bought a pair during her filibuster--will wear them today! spooky3 Jun 2016 #65

Never doubt the determination of a woman in tennis shoes to stand up for rights. suffragette Jun 2016 #70

Breyer wrote the opinion rpannier Jun 2016 #16

Scam-y'all Scalito is lower than whale poo. appal_jack Jun 2016 #46

Scam y'all Scalito! DUzy! meow2u3 Jun 2016 #59

OMG wryter2000 Jun 2016 #17

I'm old enough to remember prior to RvW, too. hamsterjill Jun 2016 #35

S W E E T ! Sweetey1014 Jun 2016 #18

Dayum! Lunabell Jun 2016 #20

Yes! Raissa Jun 2016 #21

This is yuuuuuuge! Greybnk48 Jun 2016 #22

I love it when they say "faute de mieux"! frazzled Jun 2016 #23

Excellent iandhr Jun 2016 #24

5-3 decision that will likely wipe out equally onerous laws in other states...Yippppeeeeeee! Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #25

Likely only on those two specific requirements elljay Jun 2016 #42

Oh, it's only one battle won, of course. The war against women Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #48

Shout out to my kid (not a threadjack) Proud Public Servant Jun 2016 #27

Please give your daughter my thanks. hamsterjill Jun 2016 #31

Please thank your daughter for me! no_hypocrisy Jun 2016 #37

you deserve a thread jack mercuryblues Jun 2016 #61

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hamsterjill Jun 2016 #28

Maybe this is just because I know who wrote each brief but... CincyDem Jun 2016 #29

If Scalia were still alive there would have been a different outcome katmondoo Jun 2016 #34

I agree with you. Kennedy would've succumbed to Scalia's pressure to vote the other way. no_hypocrisy Jun 2016 #38

Wonderful! Oh, and fuck you Clarence Thomas. nt SunSeeker Jun 2016 #30

This will have catastrophic consequences Orrex Jun 2016 #32

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Chaos and anarchy Orrex Jun 2016 #51

I think you are correct about his disgusting influence. niyad Jun 2016 #52

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YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! calimary Jun 2016 #39

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First thoughts are my daughters and our friends at Planned Parenthood rurallib Jun 2016 #44

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Shocked and Awed - was expecting a 4-4 split! mrr303am Jun 2016 #47

about damned time!! niyad Jun 2016 #49

SCOTUS did its job. Thank goodness. floriduck Jun 2016 #53

As a guy, I say this ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2016 #54

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Good news. The women at the coffee shop I'm in here didn't know what Roe v Wade meant. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #57

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THANK REASON!!! BRAVA!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #63

Texas and other states mercuryblues Jun 2016 #64

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K & R ......for righteousness... Wounded Bear Jun 2016 #69

Great news diligent sleeper Jun 2016 #71

Kick & so highly Recommended! William769 Jun 2016 #72

KICK AND REC Hekate Jun 2016 #73

One small step in the right direction! n/t DirkGently Jun 2016 #74

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Wow, that Thomas dissent is just stupid. Hissyspit Jun 2016 #78

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K&R! gademocrat7 Jun 2016 #80

Clarence Thomas is a toad perdita9 Jun 2016 #81

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