Hi folks! @AngryBlackLady here. Are you ready for this? I'm not sure I am.
But it's happening, so let's ride.
Here we go!
Arguing for Mississippi is Scott Stewart.
He starts off with a lot of overwrought nonsense about how Roe "haunts this country."
"Abortion is a hard issue. It demands the best from all of us not a judgment from just a few of us."
The issue doesn't effect EVERYONE. It effects PEOPLE CAPABLE OF BEING PREGNANT.
It doesn't affect you, Solicitor General Stewart.
Clarence is up:
He asks, Does it make a difference constitutionally that we focus on privacy or autonomy or more specifically on abortion.
Remember the right to privacy also encompasses the right to birth control and marriage equality.
Stewart wants the undue burden standard to apply to previaiblity abortions... which is what I've been saying for a while.
Clarence asks if the court isn't inclined to overrule Roe and Casey, then what to do?
Stewart wants undue burden standard not confined to previability line
Breyer wants to talk about Casey. He says that Casey upholds Roe and then also talks in depth about why we shouldn't overrule Roe... even if some folks think it was wrong.
Breyer is monologuing. He's saying that the Court needs the most compelling reason to reexamine a watershed decision like Roe.
To subvert such precedent would damage the courts legitimacy.
he's reading from a court decision about the importance of stare decisis.
He's not happy
Sorry folks, I broke the thread. It continues here and I will continue it from the embedded thread here:
Basically Mississippi asked for the law to bye analyzed under current law in its cert petition and then in its merits brief was like, well actually can you just overturn Roe and Casey.
THIS IS UNUSUAL.
Usually if a litigant wants to overturn precedent, they SPECIFICALLY ask the Supreme Court to do that in their cert petition.
You can't say you want the Court to answer one question and then switch when they decide to take the case.
it's procedurally improper.
But Roberts doesn't seem to care much. @Hegemommy has been saying for YEEEEAAARS that Roberts is no friend to abortion.
He's showing his hand here.
We told y'all not to get too excited about his June Medical Services opinion.
Stewart really doesn't like Casey. He says that Casey failed and is not a hallmark of this courts precedent.
Breyer presses him: You accept the stare decisis standards for deciding whether to overturn a case like Roe and you think those standards have been met?
Sotomayor pushes back on the idea that Casey failed: What hasn't been at issue for the last30 years is the linecasey drew at viability. The right of a woman to control her own body has been clearly set since Casey and never challenged.
If you’re, come find us and tell us why you’re rallying for #abortionrights! (We’re wearing beanies that say Rewire News Group)
Jennifer Driver of the @stateinnovation Exchange talked to Rewire News Group about why they’re in front of the Supreme Court this morning ahead of oral arguments in #DobbsvJackson
Happy Friday to everyone, especially @GovKathyHochul, who announced a new agenda this week aimed at protecting and expanding abortion access for New Yorkers in response to Texas #SB8 and other anti-abortion laws across the country.
"Abortion access is safe in New York—the rights of those who are seeking abortion services will always be protected here …
To the women of Texas, I want to say I am with you. Lady Liberty is here to welcome you with open arms." —@GovKathyHochul
Here’s a quick look at what’s on that agenda:
👩⚕️launching a public information campaign to address patient rights
💻 expanding access to telemedicine abortion
🙅♀️ urging Facebook to combat misinformation about abortion.
If you’ve been following us here at Rewire News Group, you know that we are positively losing it about Texas #SB8, the 6-week (previability) abortion ban set to go into effect in one week.
Well, we’ve got some news on that front so strap in.
We’ve explained in previous threads that #SB8 is utterly bonkers because it deputizes private citizens to enforce the law by snitching on abortion providers and abortion “aiders and abetters.”