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

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Just one claim in this sentence:

“In addition, when one of our constitutional decisions goes astray, the country is usually stuck with the bad decision unless we correct our own mistake.”

Slightly altered for isolation:

• “[W]hen one of our constitutional decisions goes astray, the country is usually stuck with the bad decision unless we correct our own mistake.”

Whether the Court acts or doesn’t act, the country is stuck with whatever follows. The Court exists because we need people with the time, inclination, and ability to use their allegedly greater discernment to determine what’s a mistake and what isn’t.

So discern!

I guess this claim is true on its face. If an action is taken, then the consequences of that action persist until that action is somehow reversed. That action could be correct or it could be mistaken, but the claim is true for either.

This claim is true:

• “[W]hen one of our constitutional decisions goes astray, the country is usually stuck with the bad decision unless we correct our own mistake.”