Roe v. Wade to be overturned?

[Neutral Corner]

No kidding.

One of the biggest "summer Friday news dumps" ever.

A Friday that Congress is going into a holiday recess for a couple of weeks to boot.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

I also find it odd that the GOP is heck-bent on increasing security immediately for judges after one mentally disturbed individual dials 911 on himself - but says "nothing to see here" when the Capitol is ransacked by their supporters after being egged on by their President. It's mind-boggling.

It would have been nice if Mitch McConnell had try to pressure the other side of the Capitol building to get something done long before Brett Kavanaugh was threatened. Dozens of children being gunned down in schools and synagogues wasn't enough for him to get off his dead, nihilistic butt, but one conservative Supreme Court justice is threatened ...

 

[maumann]

Seeing a lot of "go vote in November" posts on Twitter. What's that going to do? The Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment, and nothing five months from now will substantially change, unless two or more conservative justices die of food poisoning or bullet fragments.

Deciding to vote after the fact is like closing the barn door after the horses escaped, the barn's been burned down for years and the property's been sold to somebody else.

 

[Big Circus]

Seeing a lot of "go vote in November" posts on Twitter. What's that going to do? The Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment, and nothing five months from now will substantially change, unless two or more conservative justices die of food poisoning or bullet fragments.

Deciding to vote after the fact is like closing the barn door after the horses escaped, the barn's been burned down for years and the property's been sold to somebody else.

I can't think of a greater rebuke to the "vote harder" crowd than today's rulings. This is the work of a unified Democratic government. They don't care.

 

[FileNotFound]

I'm going to trust that everybody who's yelling, "Get out and vote, y'all!" actually did so. I'm not sure that's enough at this point. There might actually be more people who want democracy to end than who don't.

The only way to fix it is the way that will never happen: You'll have to eliminate the Senate and the Electoral College. Until that happens, minority rules. Simple math.

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[Sam Mills 51]

You're funny. Did you really think they were going to walk their talk?

Supreme Court justices are stellar human beings. They uphold precedents and the law of the land. Wait ... what?

 

[wicked]

When did Anthony Bourdain join the Supreme Court?

Sorry, looking for any potential bit of levity here.

 

[Songbird]

Here's the first post of the oldest thread I could find here on Roe v. Wade from May 2008:

What makes anyone think Roe v. Wade will be overturned?

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

LOL dum-dum!

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

The issue is that their side did "vote harder." They voted enough to give them 12 years of Republican presidents out of 22 this century, and 24 of the last 42. When they had power, they slammed as many judges in as they could. Meanwhile, I'd argue Obama whiffed on two by not coaxing RBG to retire (she's partly responsible for this too btw) and letting Mitch off the hook in 2016. Their side also understood the importance of midterm elections whereas the left didn't show up for the regular season but got on the bandwagon for the playoffs.

 

[Mr. X]

First tweet I saw shared from a sports reporter regarding Dobbs v. Jackson, specifically from Los Angeles Times national baseball reporter Bill Shaikin.

Should there be a separate thread for this?