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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWonkette: Supreme Court Plays Stupid
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Last night, in the dead of night, the Supreme Court voted to uphold the ridiculous Texas abortion bounty hunting law. Not the way they did it the night before, by simply ignoring it, but by straight up voting to allow it to continue (it had already gone into effect), at least for now.
The vote was 5-4, as it will likely be for every other abortion decision until someone falls down dead (or we pack the court). Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Thomas, and Alito voted to let Texas keep it, while Chief Justice Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan voted against.
The majority opinion, which is unsigned basically says, "Oh boy, this is such a novel and unprecedented approach to undermining a constitutional right that we really just can't think of any way to legally refute it or prevent it from going into effect!" which is definitely some bullshit.
Via Politico:
"The applicants now before us have raised serious questions regarding the constitutionality of the Texas law at issue. But their application also presents complex and novel antecedent procedural questions on which they have not carried their burden. In reaching this conclusion, we stress that we do not purport to resolve definitively any jurisdictional or substantive claim in the applicants' lawsuit. In particular, this order is not based on any conclusion about the constitutionality of Texas's law, and in no way limits other procedurally proper challenges to the Texas law, including in Texas state courts."
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Wonkette: Supreme Court Plays Stupid (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
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dalton99a
(81,065 posts)1. It's perfunctory bullshit
They are letting Roe v. Wade die an expedient death without officially killing it
Salviati
(6,002 posts)2. I disagree.. It will take two from the radical block to drop dead.
As soon as one of them gets replaced, roberts will switch sides. Count on it.
Xoan
(25,294 posts)3. They're not playing.
They're just cynical fucks with a JD.
Lovie777
(11,991 posts)5. It's still law unless US SC rules otherwise . .
republicans will try and kill it in their red states, but purple to blue will still have clinics, and my bet, tons will take advantage of it.