Monthly Archives: February 2024
Dobbs Sentences #219: Part III
Paragraph 4 of 8 Sentence 1 of 2 This sentence contains two claims: “In West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937), the Court overruled Adkins v. Children’s Hospital of D. C., 261 U.S. 525 (1923), which had held that a law setting minimum wages for women violated the ‘liberty’ protected by the […]
Dobbs Sentences #218: Part III
Paragraph 3 of 8 Sentence 4 of 4 I get three distinct claims in the next sentence: “In so doing, the Court overruled the infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), along with six other Supreme Court precedents that had applied the separate-but-equal rule. See Brown, 347 U.S., at 491. The claims: […]
Dobbs Sentences #217: Part III
Paragraph 3 of 8 Sentence 3 of 4 This sentence contains two claims: “In Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), the Court repudiated the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine, which had allowed States to maintain racially segregated schools and other facilities. Id., at 488 (internal quotation marks omitted).” Both of these claims are […]
Dobbs Sentences #216: Part III
Paragraph 3 of 8 Sentence 2 of 4 This sentence contains what almost has to be the simplest claim of the whole document: “We mention three.” I have to admit that I scanned ahead to see if it’s true. It is. The three decisions they mention are Brown v. Board of Education, West Coast Hotel […]
Dobbs Sentences #215: Part III
Paragraph 3 of 8 Sentence 1 of 4 Just one claim in this sentence: “Some of our most important constitutional decisions have overruled prior precedents.” That’s a solid topic sentence. We’ll see what follows to support it. This claim is undetermined:
Dobbs Sentences #214: Part III
Paragraph 2 of 8 Sentence 6 of 6 This sentence contains three claims: “Therefore, in appropriate circumstances we must be willing to reconsider and, if necessary, overrule constitutional decisions.” The claims: I include the first word as a claim because it asserts that these two claims are true because of the claims in the preceding […]
Dobbs History and Tradition #3
One element of the history and tradition that I’d like to examine more closely is the state and territorial laws listed in Appendices A and B of the Dobbs decision, presumably in order of their passing into law. One reason I want to look into this is the assertion that the Dobbs majority makes about […]
Dobbs Sentences #213: Part III
Paragraph 2 of 8 Sentence 5 of 6 This sentence contains two claims: “An erroneous constitutional decision can be fixed by amending the Constitution, but our Constitution is notoriously hard to amend. See Art. V; Kimble, 576 U.S., at 456.” The claims: Here’s a link to the Constitution. And here’s the text of Article V: […]
Dobbs Sentences #212: Part III
Paragraph 2 of 8 Sentence 4 of 6 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: Whether the Court acts or doesn’t act, the country is stuck with […]
Dobbs Sentences #211: Part III
Paragraph 2 of 8 Sentence 3 of 6 This sentence seems to contain three claims: “But when it comes to the interpretation of the Constitution—the ‘great charter of our liberties,’ which was meant ‘to endure through a long lapse of ages,’ Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, 1 Wheat. 304, 326 (1816) (opinion for the Court by […]
Cynical Jason 