SCOTUS Allows Texas Abortion Law To Stand

Andrew Donaldson

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  1. Philip H says:

    Its too late. The Roberts’ Court has, for all intents and purposes overturned Roe.

    The move was quiet and it very well may be temporary (they could still issue a short decision any minute now, or not) but make no mistake, a Roe overturn is exactly what it is. But headlines across the country aren’t coming right out and saying so, because the Supreme Court used a dastardly legal manipulation to let states ban abortion without actually issuing a straightforward decision to end abortion protections.

    https://www.salon.com/2021/09/01/the-soft-overturn-of-roe-v-wade-exposes-how-far-right-john-roberts-has-let-the-supreme-court-go/Report

  2. Chip Daniels says:

    Its bizarre how, for decades Republicans have talked about their dream of overturning Roe, and countless pundits have told everyone to shush and stop being so silly and of course this was never going to happen.

    There is this vast enterprise of refusing to believe Republicans are serious when they speak, of insisting that they are at heart just misunderstood liberals.Report

    • Jaybird in reply to Chip Daniels says:

      countless pundits have told everyone to shush and stop being so silly and of course this was never going to happen.

      They have?

      Because I’ve always heard that the Republicans are *THIS* close to pulling it off and that’s why you need to vote for Democrats. Oh, and that this was decided correctly by the courts and we don’t need a law.Report

      • Mike Schilling in reply to Jaybird says:

        The ones that are above cheap partisanship all reassured us that judges are judges, not partisans, and pointed to the way they knocked down every one of Trump’s election cases as proof. It’s like they’d forgotten how even Saint Anthony was eager to kill the VRA.Report

    • Philip H in reply to Chip Daniels says:

      More accurately, some liberals like to tell us leftists that we are just not sensitive enough and if we just work harder to understand them it will all be well.

      This is what underpins my often repeated thesis that Democrats are not seen as “fighters.”Report

      • Chip Daniels in reply to Philip H says:

        My suspicion, borne out of personal experience, is that it is white affluent liberals who are most susceptible to the Furrowed Brow Of Concern schtick.

        Minorities, I believe, have fewer illusions about the intent and good will of their fellow citizens.Report

  3. superdestroyer says:

    Democrats, liberals, and progressives have been using citizen lawsuits to enforce laws for decades. Now that conservatives have finally figured out the strength of citizen lawsuits, the same liberals and progressives have decided that citizen lawsuits are bad. The left cannot have it both ways.Report

  4. Reformed Republican says:

    Is there a precedent for the Supreme Court preemptively blocking a law? I thought they typically acted after a law was enforced, after moving through the appeal process.Report

    • Greginak in reply to Reformed Republican says:

      There are lower courts that haven’t yet heard this case. The Supreme have and could stay the law while waiting for the lower fed and state courts to rule. It is common to pause implementation of a law with serious constitutional issues while it is still working its way through court.Report

  5. In his dissent, which was joined by Breyer and Kagan, Roberts described the Texas scheme as “unprecedented.

    He’s forgotten the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.Report