Monthly Archives: March 2024
Dobbs Sentences #234: Part III A
Paragraph 3 of 5 Sentence 1 of 2 This sentence has two claims: “Roe was also egregiously wrong and deeply damaging.” The claims: “Roe was also egregiously wrong.” “Roe was [. . .] deeply damaging.” I suppose you could make the case that the Court means the “also” to apply in parallel, but since the […]
Dobbs Sentences #233: Part III A
Part III A Paragraph 2 of 5 Sentence 3 of 3 This sentence looks like it has three claims: “It was ‘egregiously wrong’ on the day it was decided, see Ramos, 590 U. S., at ___ (opinion of Kavanaugh, J.) (slip op., at 7), and as the Solicitor General agreed at oral argument, it should […]
Dobbs Sentences #232: Part III A
Paragraph 2 of 5 Sentence 2 of 3 Just one claim in this sentence: “It betrayed our commitment to ‘equality before the law’.” 163 U. S., at 562 (Harlan, J., dissenting). Here it is with the subject clarified: Plessy v. Ferguson “betrayed our commitment to ‘equality before the law’.” Plessy definitely violated the principle of […]
Dobbs Sentences #231: Part III A
Paragraph 2 of 5 Sentence 1 of 3 Just one claim in this sentence: “The infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, was one such decision.” By “one such decision,” I assume they mean that it’s one of the “more damaging” decisions featuring “erroneous interpretation of the Constitution.” I don’t know anybody who’s going to disagree […]
Dobbs Sentences #230: Part III
Paragraph 1 of 5 Sentence 2 of 2 This sentence has two claims: “An erroneous interpretation of the Constitution is always important, but some are more damaging than others.” The claims: “An erroneous interpretation of the Constitution is always important.” “[S]ome [erroneous interpretation[s] of the Constitution] are more damaging than others.” The first claim is […]
