Tag Archives: Claims
Dobbs Sentences #154: Part II C 2
Paragraph 1 of 4 Sentence 1 of 3 This sentence contains at least four claims: “In drawing this critical distinction between the abortion right and other rights, it is not necessary to dispute Casey’s claim (which we accept for the sake of argument) that ‘the specific practices of States at the time of the adoption […]
Dobbs Sentences #153: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 4 of 4 This section ends with a two-claim sentence: “They do not support the right to obtain an abortion, and by the same token, our conclusion that the Constitution does not confer such a right does not undermine them in any way.” Here are the claims: On the first […]
Dobbs Sentences #152: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 3 of 4 This might be the shortest sentence I’ve examined so far. It’s just one claim: “They are therefore inapposite.” The “they” in this sentence refers to “the other decisions cited by Roe and Casey” noted in the previous sentence. “Inapposite” is a fun word., so let’s take a […]
Dobbs Sentences #151: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 2 of 4 This sentence is a single claim: “None of the other decisions cited by Roe and Casey involved the critical moral question posed by abortion.” As we established in the last sentence, this is true. The other decisions do not involve the destruction of the fetus/unborn child/MacGuffin. Some […]
Dobbs Sentences #150: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 1 of 4 This sentence is packed with significance—and three claims: “What sharply distinguishes the abortion right from the rights recognized in the cases on which Roe and Casey rely is something that both those decisions acknowledged: Abortion destroys what those decisions call ‘potential life’ and what the law at […]
Dobbs Sentences #148: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 2 of 3 Another sentence with one claim: “Those criteria, at a high level of generality, could license fundamental rights to illicit drug use, prostitution, and the like. See Compassion in Dying v. Washington, 85 F. 3d 1440, 1444 (CA9 1996) (O’Scannlain, J., dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc).” […]
Dobbs Sentences #147: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 1 of 3 The last paragraph of this section starts with a sentence consisting of a single claim: “These attempts to justify abortion through appeals to a broader right to autonomy and to define one’s ‘concept of existence’ prove too much. Casey, 505 U.S., at 851.” And I guess we’ll […]
Dobbs Sentences #146: Part II C 1
Paragraph 5 of 6 Sentence 3 of 3 This sentence is a single claim that continues the train of thought of the previous sentence: “Respondents and the Solicitor General also rely on post-Casey decisions like Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003) (right to engage in private, consensual sexual acts), and Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 […]
Dobbs Sentences #145: Part II C 1
Paragraph 5 of 6 Sentence 2 of 3 The second sentence in this paragraph is a cornucopia of citations: “Casey relied on cases involving the right to marry a person of a different race, Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967); the right to marry while in prison, Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987); […]
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