Paragraph 4 of 6 Sentence 3 of 6 The next sentence consists of a single uncontroversial claim: “But the people of the various States may evaluate those interests differently.” This is true. Without a doubt. It’s also true that the people of the various counties within a state “may evaluate those interests differently.” It’s also […]
The next sentence is a single claim: “Roe and Casey each struck a particular balance between the interests of a woman who wants an abortion and the interests of what they termed ‘potential life.’ Roe, 410 U.S., at 150 (emphasis deleted); Casey, 505 U.S., at 852.” Let’s see what the citations show us. Here’s Roe […]
Paragraph 4 of 6 Sentence 1 of 6 The next paragraph starts with a definition: “Ordered liberty sets limits and defines the boundary between competing interests.” This is the Dobbs Court’s definition of “ordered liberty,” and they don’t cite support, so either it’s the (a?) generally accepted definition or it’s a controversial description that will […]
Paragraph 3 of 6 Sentence 3 of 3 The paragraph ends with two claims: “License to act on the basis of such beliefs may correspond to one of the many understandings of ‘liberty,’ but it is certainly not ‘ordered liberty’.” The claims: The first claim is true in the sense that it’s just a basic […]
Paragraph 3 of 6 Sentence 2 of 3 This seems like a less significant sentence, but it contains two consequential claims: “While individuals are certainly free to think and to say what they wish about ‘existence,’ ‘meaning,’ the ‘universe,’ and ‘the mystery of human life,’ they are not always free to act in accordance with […]
Paragraph 3 of 6 Sentence 1 of 3 The next paragraph starts with a sentence containing two claims: “The Court did not claim that this broadly framed right is absolute, and no such claim would be plausible.” The claims: As for the first claim: not only did the Roe and Casey Courts not claim that […]
Paragraph 2 of 6 Sentence 3 of 3 This sentence is one simple claim: “Casey elaborated: ‘At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.’ Ibid.” For the list: And here is the passage in Casey, which […]
Paragraph 2 of 6 Sentence 2 of 3 The second sentence in this section makes two claims based on the previous sentence: “Roe termed this a right to privacy, 410 U.S., at 154, and Casey described it as the freedom to make ‘intimate and personal choices’ that are ‘central to personal dignity and autonomy,’ 505 […]
Paragraph 1 of 6 Sentence 2 of 2 The first sentence of Part II C 1 contains two claims: “Instead of seriously pressing the argument that the abortion right itself has deep roots, supporters of Roe and Casey contend that the abortion right is an integral part of a broader entrenched right.” Here are the […]
To those who have stumbled upon this blog: I’m taking some time off to work on another project. I plan to return to this in December, when I’ll finish Part II and start Part III, which is the other long section of the Dobbs decision. There are fifty sentences left in Part II, and I […]
Cynical Jason 