Paragraph 3 of 3 Sentence 1 of 3 Lots of claims in this sentence: “So without support in history or relevant precedent, Roe’s reasoning cannot be defended even under the dissent’s proposed test, and the dissent is forced to rely solely on the fact that a constitutional right to abortion was recognized in Roe and […]
Paragraph 2 of 3 Sentence 3 of 3 This entire sentence is one claim, but it’s built out of a couple of other claims: “Second, it is impossible to defend Roe based on prior precedent because all of the precedents Roe cited, including Griswold and Eisenstadt, were critically different for a reason that we have […]
Paragraph 2 of 3 Sentence 2 of 2 This sentence contains two claims: “First, if the ‘long sweep of history’ imposes any restraint on the recognition of unenumerated rights, then Roe was surely wrong, since abortion was never allowed (except to save the life of the mother) in a majority of States for over 100 […]
Paragraph 2 of 3 Sentence 1 of 2 I count two claims here: “The largely limitless reach of the dissenters’ standard is illustrated by the way they apply it here.” The claims: These need to be supported, so until I see that support these are undetermined:
Paragraph 1 of 3 Sentence 2 of 2 At least five claims are packed into this sentence: “This vague formulation imposes no clear restraints on what Justice White called the ‘exercise of raw judicial power,’ Roe, 410 U.S., at 222 (dissenting opinion), and while the dissent claims that its standard ‘does not mean anything goes,’ […]
Paragraph 1 of 3 Sentence 1 of 2 This sentence has three claims—one of which being the whole sentence: “Because the dissent cannot argue that the abortion right is rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition, it contends that the ‘constitutional tradition’ is ‘not captured whole at a single moment,’ and that its ‘meaning gains […]
Paragraph 3 of 3 Sentence 5 of 5 Just one claim in this sentence: “The dissent cannot establish that a right to abortion has ever been part of this Nation’s tradition.” If this sentence said “has not established,” it would pretty obviously be true, because not only has the dissent not established that, they haven’t […]
Paragraph 3 of 3 Sentence 4 of 5 This sentence is two claims: “And today, another half century later, more than half of the States have asked us to overrule Roe and Casey.” The claims: Once we’ve determined whether it is established that the states’ interest in protecting the fetus at all stages translates to […]
Paragraph 3 of 3 Sentence 3 of 5 I see three claims in this sentence: “As explained, for more than a century after 1868—including ‘another half-century’ after women gained the constitutional right to vote in 1920, see post, at 15; Amdt. 19—it was firmly established that laws prohibiting abortion like the Texas law at issue […]
Paragraph 3 of 3 Sentence 2 of 5 This sentence has two claims: “The dissent suggests that we have focused only on ‘the legal status of abortion in the 19th century,’ post, at 26, but our review of this Nation’s tradition extends well past that period.” The claims: As for the first claim, here is […]
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