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Dobbs Sentences #211: Part III
Paragraph 2 of 8 Sentence 3 of 6 This sentence seems to contain three claims: “But when it comes to the interpretation of the Constitution—the ‘great charter of our liberties,’ which was meant ‘to endure through a long lapse of ages,’ Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, 1 Wheat. 304, 326 (1816) (opinion for the Court by […]
Dobbs Sentences #200: The End of Part II D 3
Paragraph 3 of 3 Sentence 4 of 4 To close out Part II we get a sentence with a single claim: “Nothing in the Constitution or in our Nation’s legal traditions authorizes the Court to adopt that ‘“theory of life.”’ Post, at 8.” And here’s the cited passage in the dissent: “Some half-century ago, Roe […]