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Roe v. Wade is going down

Red said:
Yes, it’s going to be a huge decision.
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And pretty predictable I think on how they’re going to decide it. The majority will go along with whatever helps Republicans stay in power. The question will be whether it’s decided 6-3 or if Roberts will join the liberals to make it 5-4.
 
The Thriller said:
And pretty predictable I think on how they’re going to decide it. The majority will go along with whatever helps Republicans stay in power. The question will be whether it’s decided 6-3 or if Roberts will join the liberals to make it 5-4.
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Yes, I think so. I do believe they will favor the independent state legislature theory. We’re heading down such a dark road, looking ahead. Hard not to see tumult and conflict on an epic scale. Just don’t know the form it will take.
 
Anyone else find this disturbing? He’s a justice of the US Supreme Court and he’s traveling to Rome to crack jokes? And we wonder why the Supreme Court is seen as illegitimate? This is completely unbecoming of a justice.


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Alito is the perfect embodiment of today’s Repubs, unlimited power, zero accountability, and despite getting everything he wants, still pissed off
 
Red said:
Yeah, run on this why don’t ya…


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But why? I really don't get this one at all. What is the religious reasoning for a contraception ban anyway? And why ban it for everyone, why not let your religious leader ban it for your religion? Man this over-reach of power in the name of false Christianity is ridiculous in the extreme. Really they are grasping at the straws of what they think their voting block wants them to do. Do a lot of people dislike contraception for some reason? Great, then let's ban it! Get me them votes!!
 
LogGrad98 said:
But why? I really don't get this one at all. What is the religious reasoning for a contraception ban anyway?
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The pro-life movement has always been led by Catholics, and Catholics have always been opposed to any form of birth control. If you really want to get into the "why", I can.
 
One Brow said:
The pro-life movement has always been led by Catholics, and Catholics have always been opposed to any form of birth control. If you really want to get into the "why", I can.
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No the Catholic angle I get. But a lot of this right now is being powered by evangelicals. Just weird to me how staunch they are adhering to the Catholic rules and how hard they are pushing it. It is definitely a sign of them banding together to maintain their power structure.
 
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LogGrad98 said:
No the Catholic angle I get. But a lot of this right now is being powered by evangelicals. Just weird to me how staunch they are adhering to the Catholic rules and how hard they are pushing it. It is definitely a sign of them banding together to maintain their power structure.
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You ask some really good questions and I hope it’s studied in greater depth. My quick uneducated take is extremism is the only way for one to stand out in the GOP these days. So Republicans trying to stand out in the party/fundraise are taking extremist positions and many (not all as Kansas showed last night) GOP voters just go along with it cuz tribalism.

In the end, will it matter? True, Kansas voters defeated the measure last night to strip away these rights. But if voters still mostly vote R in their states then what’s stopping state legislatures from continuing to ban abortion, contraception, etc? If elected Repubs don’t pay a price, then why would they change to achieve a more moderate and population position on these issues? Especially since the downside to NOT taking extremist positions will mean that they’ll struggle to fundraise or be primaried by a more extremist candidate?
 
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