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Diane Francis's avatar

Correction on my part the bipartisan gun control bill does not include bans on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. I've removed that portion from the newsletter on an ongoing basis.

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Ian Mark Sirota's avatar

Justice Alito wrote, “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives"....

That's utter BS and Justice Alito knows that full well, as do his fellow Justices Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas and Barret. It's not just about abortion (though that's certainly a huge part of this) and it never has been. In fact, Justice Thomas said what we all know is going to happen. They are going after same sex marriage and contraception next (Hmmmmm, funny how he left Loving v. Virginia off his list of decisions to be "revisited". I wonder why THAT is.). Mike Pence also told us what we know is going to be high on their wish list after 2024 (or possibly even 2022, depending on how the midterms shake out, if they get enough House and Senate seats to override a presidential veto), which is for a national abortion ban. They're not exactly being subtle, nor I guess is there any reason for them to do so at this point.

Let's sum up the past week or so: Roe v. Wade is overruled. Miranda (v. Arizona) is basically dead letter law. Gruen means that we will have more people carrying guns on the streets. This week, we are certain to see the Supreme Court end the ability of the EPA to enact regulations which control pollution, which in a broader sense will have a ripple effect of ending the ability of the Federal Government to regulate just about anything.

We have an ascendant Evangelical Christian right in this country, and a completely politicized Supreme Court that is now more than happy to openly make rulings that achieve the goals of those Evangelicals. The South lost militarily in 1865. It is now winning convincingly from a political standpoint.

And people wonder why I'm depressed?

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