Monthly Archives: August 2023
Dobbs Sentences #49: Part II B 1
Paragraph 2 of 3 Sentence 1 of 4 The first sentence of the second paragraph in II B 1 starts with a callback to the previous paragraph and then makes a new assertion: “Not only was there no support for such a constitutional right until shortly before Roe, but abortion had long been a crime […]
Dobbs Sentences #48: Part II B 1
Paragraph 1 of 3 Sentence 5 of 5 To finish the first paragraph of Part II B1, we get a sentence with three claims. Kinda. “And although law review articles are not reticent about advocating new rights, the earliest article proposing a constitutional right to abortion that has come to our attention was published only […]
Dobbs Sentences #47: Part II B 1
Paragraph 1 of 3 Sentence 4 of 5 The fourth sentence of this paragraph is one claim, but it breaks down in an interesting way: “Nor had any scholarly treatise of which we are aware.” As I said, the sentence is one claim, and the phrase “of which we are aware” renders it immune to […]
Dobbs Sentences #46: Part II B 1
Paragraph 1 of 3 Sentence 3 of 5 The third sentence in this paragraph is another single claim: “Until a few years before Roe was handed down, no federal or state court had recognized such a right.” And like the previous sentence, this claim will need some digging to substantiate. It’s easy enough to identify […]
Dobbs Sentences #45: Part II B 1
The second sentence in this section is a single claim: “No state constitutional provision had recognized such a right.” There’s obviously no quick way to check this, so I’ll leave it undetermined for now.
Dobbs Sentences #44: Part II B 1
Course corrected. Okay. I got myself under control again. My purpose here isn’t to synthesize information to create broader judgements—it’s to break down complex ideas into their component parts for examination. I lost track of that for a bit. I’m going to continue with the breakdown of sentences until I get to the end of […]
Cynical Jason 