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I was Wrong.

Heyo

Veteran Member
I was always under the impression that the Justices were less influenced by their religious views and more by their judicial views. (That's why they are Justices and not preachers.)
 

Bear Wild

Well-Known Member
Turns out despite a 6-3 lopsided slant in the Supreme Court, I predicted wrong.
Texas' abortion ban was struck down.
Supreme Court wipes out lower court rulings in Texas abortion battle
Did you have to find the example from Texas. We are still dealing with the anti American Ted Cruz and the attempt to of the Texas attorney General to force Georgia to change their vote (as if Texas has any jurisdiction over another state!!) and lets not forget that they wanted to restrict the city of Houston to only one drop off box for early votes and tried to through out 100,000 votes from Harris county (Houston area). It is getting to the point that I do not to drive beyond the Austin city limits.
 

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
I was always under the impression that the Justices were less influenced by their religious views and more by their judicial views. (That's why they are Justices and not preachers.)

They're Trump appointees. We can hope for that. We'd be fools to count on it just yet.
 

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
Turns out despite a 6-3 lopsided slant in the Supreme Court, I predicted wrong.
Texas' abortion ban was struck down.
Supreme Court wipes out lower court rulings in Texas abortion battle
What? A thread admitting error? Do you know how rare that is?

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Heyo

Veteran Member
They're Trump appointees. We can hope for that. We'd be fools to count on it just yet.
They are conservatives and that is what I expect from them, protecting the status quo. They are unlikely to overturn established law. And Roe v. Wade is well established.

(Besides that, abortion is an effective voter trap. I.e. talking about it is good for votes, delivering takes away the incentive. Nobody in Washington really wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. Just as dems aren't really going to deliver on social issues. Just enough to keep voters hooked.)
 

blü 2

Veteran Member
Premium Member
Turns out despite a 6-3 lopsided slant in the Supreme Court, I predicted wrong.
Texas' abortion ban was struck down.
Supreme Court wipes out lower court rulings in Texas abortion battle
Turns out despite a 6-3 lopsided slant in the Supreme Court, I predicted wrong.
Texas' abortion ban was struck down.
Supreme Court wipes out lower court rulings in Texas abortion battle
The decision isn't yet on the SCOTUS site.

Since none of the reports I can find mention otherwise, I assume the decision was unanimous. If that's right, then the Trump appointees, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett, voted for it.

If that's not right, the division will be interesting reading,
 

Jayhawker Soule

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Premium Member
If we are talking about this ...

Texas abortion policies
The Munsingwear doctrine came into play again on Monday in a petition filed by Planned Parenthood, seeking to lift decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that permitted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to carry out executive orders barring most abortions at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Planned Parenthood argued that because Abbott has now replaced the orders with a different policy allowing abortions to resume, the 5th Circuit’s rulings should be vacated and the case should be dismissed as moot. The justices agreed.​

... the ruling seems less than dramatic.
 
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