tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188307231100658311.post725236780136434720..comments2024-03-20T15:54:40.259-04:00Comments on Ben Aquila's blog: U.S. Supreme Court overturns abortion rights landmark, what will be next?Ben Aquilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05770124209873158340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188307231100658311.post-41386496141212825292022-06-25T15:29:30.959-04:002022-06-25T15:29:30.959-04:00This is Trump's fault but leftists' too, b...This is Trump's fault but leftists' too, because they didnot vote for Hillary when they should do it to stop him. I hope everyone has learned the lesson ahead of the next midterm electionsBen Aquilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357883184440569178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188307231100658311.post-43343204725866208792022-06-25T15:10:05.982-04:002022-06-25T15:10:05.982-04:00Same-sex marriage (the Obergefell decision) is und...Same-sex marriage (the Obergefell decision) is under threat now. Right-wing Justice Clarence Thomas has said so in his concurring opinion yesterday. He specifically said that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee an individuals rights to a same-sex marriage, just as it does not guarantee a woman's right to an abortion or a right to purchase contraceptive products (as backwards as it sounds). Although I think it is a stretch that SCOTUS will repeal Griswold (the landmark 1965 decision that guaranteed the right of individuals to purchase contraceptives, Republicans are not THAT crazy), I can see many states wanted to take the matter of same-sex marriage approval back into their own hands. I will give you a scenario for how this can happen. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, right below SCOTUS, is extremely Conservative, and handles cases for Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, three very Red States. The Texas legislature passes a clearly unconstitutional law saying that same-sex couples (again, I am just making this up) have to submit a list of all sexual partners in the past three years to the Texas Department of Health because of future diseases before they are given permission to marry. Since this law is clearly discriminatory, they are sued. It goes to the Texas Supreme Court. Before Long, it is referred to the Fifth District Court which stays the law (holding it from going into effect) until the entire circuit can rule on it. SCOTUS steps in on emergency appeal, and takes it up in emergency session, before Biden can replace one of the older Republican appointed Justices. SCOTUS will probably throw it out but who knows? Roberts, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh are not "paleoconservatives" but after overturning Roe, I do not know what could happen. Eddi Haskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365026406880360184noreply@blogger.com