Monthly Archives: May 2024
Dobbs Sentences #245: Part III A
Paragraph 5 of 5 Sentence 3 of 3 I see two claims here: “’For this reason, it is essential that this Court maintain the power to restore authority to its proper possessors by correcting constitutional decisions that, on reconsideration, are found to be mistaken.’ Thornburgh, 476 U. S., at 787 (dissenting opinion).” The claims: This […]
Dobbs Sentences #244: Part III A
Paragraph 5 of 5 Sentence 2 of 3 This sentence contains at least four claims: “As Justice White later explained, ‘decisions that find in the Constitution principles or values that cannot fairly be read into that document usurp the people’s authority, for such decisions represent choices that the people have never made and that they […]
Dobbs Sentences #243: Part III A
Paragraph 5 of 5 Sentence 1 of 3 This sentence contains at least four claims: “As the Court’s landmark decision in West Coast Hotel illustrates, the Court has previously overruled decisions that wrongly removed an issue from the people and the democratic process.” The claims: I’ve broken this down in a way that reminds me […]
Dobbs Sentences #242: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 7 of 7 This sentence is just one claim: “Together, Roe and Casey represent an error that cannot be allowed to stand.” Just one claim, but the claim that expresses the whole point of this decision. Obviously, since so much of what I’ve looked at so far is undetermined, this […]
Dobbs Sentences #241: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 6 of 7 This (borrowed) sentence has two claims: “’Roe fanned into life an issue that has inflamed our national politics in general, and has obscured with its smoke the selection of Justices to this Court in particular, ever since.’ Casey, 505 U.S., at 995–996 (opinion of Scalia, J.).” The […]
Cynical Jason 