Yeah! My "define originalism" suggestion got through!
Not hard at all @ChrisCoons that's exactly what Alabama, Mississippi, etc plan to do- pass state laws to challenge the right to privacy. Maybe not on contraceptives, but the doctrine of right to privacy
Correct @ChrisCoonsforDE - the right to privacy is what they want to come after bc it is what they mean when they talk about "judicial activism" or "legislating from the bench." So yes, post confirmation, on the future docket, the goal will be to organize, via ALEC, to start
pushing all kinds of news laws through their tri-fecta states that will be meant to chip away that the "penumbra of rights" jurisprudence. And THAT is how they can, eventually roll back civil rights
People expect it will all happen in a BAMM but no, its going to be a slow but pervasive chip away, and one that is strategically organized bc as she keeps pointing out "we can't just put issues in front of the Court!" Yeah, exactly, but Rep trifectas can. And they plan to
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