Six years ago this month, Hillary Clinton tweeted that "A Republican president could nominate as many as 4 Supreme Court justices" & linked a warning that it could lead to the end of Roe v. Wade.
Her replies were filled with left-wingers accusing her of "fear mongering."
For months, Mississippi abortion-rights organizers, anticipating Roe v. Wade’s downfall, have focused on boosting pre-existing efforts to teach people how to self-manage or perform their own abortions. mississippifreepress.org/17132/organize…
The point of these tweets isn't to relitigate the 2016 primaries.
But when a woman was right about something, and mocked and ridiculed for it and not believed at the time, we ought to all be willing to admit that moving forward.
Amy Coney Barrett in 2013: "Republicans are heavily invested in getting (Supreme Court) judges who will overturn Roe."
NEW: During oral arguments on abortion, Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Alito implied that overturning Roe v. Wade could be like overturning Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 ruling that said segregation laws did not violate the constitution. mississippifreepress.org/18565/justices…
Justice Kavanaugh suggested the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade the same way it overturned Plessy and racial segregation in 1954.
NEW: Anti-abortion activists waved pink flags with “JESUS” emblazoned in white outside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic this morning even as state attorneys in Washington, D.C., urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. #SCOTUS mississippifreepress.org/18536/america-…
Justice Sotomayor: "The (Mississippi 15-week abortion ban) Senate sponsor said we’re doing it because we had different new justices on the Supreme Court. … If people believe it’s all political, how will we survive? How will the court survive?” mississippifreepress.org/18536/america-…
In 2019, Mississippi State Sen. Joey Fillingane, a sponsor of the 15-week abortion ban, told me that Trump’s 2018 appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court meant that “now would be a good time to start testing the limits of Roe.” mississippifreepress.org/18536/america-…
NEW: Mississippi's state auditor referred a case to the attorney general involving NFL's Brett Favre, wrestling's Ted DiBiase and others who received millions in allegedly illicit welfare funds. mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
On Oct. 12, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White sent Brett Favre a letter demanding he pay the remaining $828,000 he owes to the state after he accepted $1.1 million in allegedly embezzled Temporary Assistance For Needy Families dollars to give speeches. mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
Mississippi's ex-Human Services director, John Davis, allegedly helped facilitate the largest welfare fraud case in history. He's accused of moving millions in TANF funds to a non-profit run by Nancy New, who paid Favre and others millions for speeches. mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
NEW: Mississippi's state auditor referred a case to the attorney general involving NFL's Brett Favre, wrestling's Ted DiBiase and others who received millions in allegedly illicit welfare funds to the state's attorney general. 1/ mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
On Oct. 12, Mississippi State Auditor sent Brett Favre a letter demanding that he pay the remaining $828,000 he owes to the state after he accepted $1.1 million in allegedly embezzled Temporary Assistance For Needy Families dollars to give speeches. 2/ mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
Mississippi's ex-Human Services director, John Davis, allegedly helped facilitate the largest welfare fraud case in history, moving millions to a non-profit run by Nancy New, who paid Favre & others for speeches.
NEW: Attorney General Lynn Fitch today asked a federal judge to block President Biden's vaccine mandate for workers in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and other LTCs.
Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch: "Now, for no other reason than the President’s desire to check the box on universal vaccination, these heroes are being forced to choose between vaccination and their jobs."
On Friday, a Republican-appointed panel on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked another Biden vaccine mandate for companies with 100 employees or more.