eagleye13 Loc: Fl

BREAKING: SCOTUS Overturns Roe (and Casey) in 6-3 Decision


The Supreme Court has handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Mississippi a******n case. There will be countless analyses and opinion pieces to follow, but the short of it is this: The Court has formally overturned its rulings in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992). The official holding is this: “The Constitution does not confer a right to a******n; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate a******n is returned to the people and their elected representatives.”

The news isn’t as stunning as it might otherwise have been absent the leak, early in May, of the draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito. Though it is not identical, the decision, handed down Monday morning, largely tracks the February draft.

That draft did not include the breakdown of the justices, though the rumors swirling with it hinted at it being five-to-four (with the conservative and liberal wings v****g in their respective blocs and Chief Justice Roberts attempting to thread the needle between them). Now we have the official split: Justice Alito wrote the opinion, with Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett joining, and Chief Justice Roberts concurring. As expected, Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan dissented.

The net effect of this is that the decision regarding the legality of a******n is now returned to the states – many, if not most, of which have passed laws addressing the issue in recent years. This, in turn, means the front on the legal battles now moves to the states, as well. The full 79-page opinion can be read below.

This is a developing story. We’ll have more to come.

Dobbs by Susie Moore on Scribd

keepuphope Loc: Idaho

Good it's as it should be. It was unconstitutional in the first place. Now ladies, get a hysterectomy or tie your tubes since you can't be bothered to use protection.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

microphor Loc: Home is TN

And same for the guys, if you don't wanna be a father, Get a vasectomy or use protection. Baby shouldn't have to die just because you wanna get off

Big Bass

N**i peeloosely is giving her anti-SCOTUS address on Fox. Wow! The Catholic Church should disown her. She is drunk, too.

fullspinzoo

Ditto

Kevyn

The Supreme Court just handed the midterms to the Democrats. This e******n is going to be about reproductive rights and assault weapon massacres. And suburban women will come out in droves to punish the scum who set women's rights back by a half century.

kemmer

fullspinzoo

Dream on.

kemmer

The SCOTUS granted a constitutional right, and then 50 years later reversed it. This should scare every American.
Today's Gallup poll shows the SCOTUS at a 25% approval rating. The SCOTUS has become nothing more than an extension of the evangelical wing of the GOP.

Big Bass

BBS, QB.

kemmer

We now know for sure that Kavenaugh, Gorsuch, and Barrett lied through their teeth at their confirmations about stare stasis, the respect for established law and precedent.

microphor Loc: Home is TN

Actually it seems like it's returned to the center where it belongs without political sides

kemmer

TommyRadd Loc: Midwest USA

The constitution never granted any “right” to snuff out the lives of living human beings. Life (including human life) begins at conception. That is a biological fact and reality.

Obviously murdering innocent and helpless human beings for convenience sake is something you want to champion.