Monthly Archives: April 2024
Dobbs Sentences #240: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 5 of 7 This looks like two closely related claims: “The Court short-circuited the democratic process by closing it to the large number of Americans who dissented in any respect from Roe.” The claims: I see that first claim as inaccurate. The Court removed the abortion issue from the democratic […]
Dobbs Sentences #239: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 4 of 7 I get two claims from this sentence: “Those on the losing side—those who sought to advance the State’s interest in fetal life—could no longer seek to persuade their elected representatives to adopt policies consistent with their views.” The claims: Before I get into the claims, I should […]
Dobbs Sentences #238: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 3 of 7 There are two claims in this sentence: “Casey described itself as calling both sides of the national controversy to resolve their debate, but in doing so, Casey necessarily declared a winning side.” The claims: The first claim is phrased strangely. I can wrestle meaning out of the […]
Dobbs Sentences #237: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 2 of 7 This sentence looks like it has four claims: “Rather, wielding nothing but “raw judicial power,” Roe, 410 U.S., at 222 (White, J., dissenting), the Court usurped the power to address a question of profound moral and social importance that the Constitution unequivocally leaves for the people.” The […]
Dobbs Sentences #236: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 1 of 7 This sentence is a series of three claims: “Roe was on a collision course with the Constitution from the day it was decided, Casey perpetuated its errors, and those errors do not concern some arcane corner of the law of little importance to the American people.” The […]
Dobbs Sentences #235: Part III A
Paragraph 3 of 5 Sentence 2 of 2 There are two claims in this sentence, and a lot going on in how those claims are being expressed: “For reasons already explained, Roe’s constitutional analysis was far outside the bounds of any reasonable interpretation of the various constitutional provisions to which it vaguely pointed.” The claims: […]
Cynical Jason 