As always, you can find the Dobbs v. Jackson decision here.

Paragraph 9 of 11

Sentence 1 of 3

I get four claims out of this sentence:

“Here, the argument about legislative motive is not even based on statements by legislators, but on statements made by a few supporters of the new 19th-century abortion laws, and it is quite a leap to attribute these motives to all the legislators whose votes were responsible for the enactment of those laws.”

And here they are:

• “[T]he argument about legislative motive is not even based on statements by legislators.”
• “[T]he argument about legislative motive is [. . .] based on statements [. . .] made by a few supporters of the new 19th-century abortion laws.”
• “[I]t is quite a leap to attribute these motives to all the legislators whose votes were responsible for the enactment of those laws.”
• “[T]hese motives [are attributed] to all the legislators whose votes were responsible for the enactment of those laws.”

All of these are going to require a lot of support, and maybe that will come in the next few sentences. We’ll see. The fouth claim is particularly interesting—is that really what the argument is? I guess I’ll see. For now, though, this is all undetermined:

• “[T]he argument about legislative motive is not even based on statements by legislators.”
• “[T]he argument about legislative motive is [. . .] based on statements [. . .] made by a few supporters of the new 19th-century abortion laws.”
• “[I]t is quite a leap to attribute these motives to all the legislators whose votes were responsible for the enactment of those laws.”
• “[T]hese motives [are attributed] to all the legislators whose votes were responsible for the enactment of those laws.”