How rare is a Supreme Court breach? Very rare

Re:How rare is a Supreme Court breach? Very rare by remarkEon on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @03:01AM (#31245513)

Sure. Do you not understand how Federalism works? Voters in some states prefer more restrictive abortion laws. I'm still not following your argument. Is it that, according to you, "millions of people who want abortions" will not be able to get them because some states that are full of people (also millions, ostensibly) who want more restrictive abortion laws are now able to enact them?

Because if that's your argument it sort of gives away the game about the robustness of the Roe/Casey decision(s) in the first place.

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Re:How rare is a Supreme Court breach? Very rare by slg on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @03:21AM (#31245638)

The whole point of Federalism is not for the states to decide whatever they want. That would leave little purpose for the existence of the Federal government.

The Federal government abdicating the protection of certain rights means states will infringe on those rights. I can be upset that my fellow citizens will lose those rights even if I live in state that will continue to protect my rights.

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Re:How rare is a Supreme Court breach? Very rare by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @06:27AM (#31246650)

> That would leave little purpose for the existence of the Federal government.

Yes, that's exactly the point. States run themselves like little countries and the glowies handle issues that are truly interstate or effect the entire nation.

The idea that someone in "practically Canada" Maine and someone in "practically Mexico" California and someone in "I can see russia" (lol) Alaska all have to run their businesses in some particular way because some jerk on Wall Street ruined it for everyone and got a law made after them is asinine.

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Re:How rare is a Supreme Court breach? Very rare by rayiner on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @08:54AM (#31247670)

But who gets to decide what those “rights” are?

Very few countries around the world think that there is a “right” to abortion until viability. It was created out of whole cloth by elite lawyers in the US.

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