Tag Archives: Dissent
Dobbs Sentences #189: Part II D 3
Paragraph 2 of 3 Sentence 1 of 8 Just one simple claim in this sentence: “That view is evident throughout the dissent.” I hope they bring some support. I have a feeling, though, that any determination here will require a complete reading of the dissent. It could be a while. This is undetermined:
Dobbs Sentences #186: Part II D 3
Paragraph 1 of 3 Sentence 3 of 5 This is one of the more notorious sentences in this decision: “Perhaps this is designed to stoke unfounded fear that our decision will imperil those other rights, but the dissent’s analogy is objectionable for a more important reason: what it reveals about the dissent’s views on the […]
Dobbs Sentences #185: Part II D 3
Paragraph 1 of 3 Sentence 2 of 5 This sentence is a single claim: “This is evident in the analogy that the dissent draws between the abortion right and the rights recognized in Griswold (contraception), Eisenstadt (same), Lawrence (sexual conduct with member of the same sex), and Obergefell (same-sex marriage).” Here’s the claim with the […]
Dobbs Sentences #177: Part II D 2
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:
Dobbs Sentences #175: Part II D 2
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 […]
Dobbs Sentences #174: Part II D 1
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 […]
Dobbs Sentences #171: Part II D 1
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 […]
Dobbs Sentences #170: Part II D 1
Paragraph 3 of 3 Sentence 1 of 5 This sentence is a single claim: “The dissent attempts to obscure this failure by misrepresenting our application of Glucksberg.” This is an awfully bitchy sentence for SCOTUS, isn’t it? It assigns “failure” to an action never attempted, for one thing. And an accusation of misrepresentation—that’s fun. Let’s […]
Dobbs Sentences #169: Part II D 1
Paragraph 2 of 3 Sentence 3 of 3 This sentence has four claims: “But despite the dissent’s professed fidelity to stare decisis, it fails to seriously engage with that important precedent—which it cannot possibly satisfy.” The claims: The first of these claims is true, expressed in the first section of the dissent: “One piece of […]
Dobbs Sentences #167: Part II D 1
Paragraph 2 of 3 Sentence 1 of 3 There’s one claim in the sentence opening the next paragraph: “The dissent’s failure to engage with this long tradition is devastating to its position.” We’ll have to see how this is supported, so it will start out undetermined, but it’s worth noting the emphasis the Dobbs Court […]
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