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Dobbs Sentences #76: Part II B 2 b
Paragraph 1 of 2 Sentence 2 of 3 This thought continues with a sentence comprising three claims: “The ‘most important early American edition of Blackstone’s Commentaries,’ District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U. S. 570, 594 (2008), reported Blackstone’s statement that abortion of a quick child was at least ‘a heinous misdemeanor,’ 2 St. George […]
Dobbs Sentences #75: Part II B 2 b
Paragraph 1 of 2 Sentence 1 of 3 The next section opens with a simple claim: “In this country, the historical record is similar.” I guess we will see. This is undetermined for obvious reasons:
Dobbs Sentences #74: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 7 of 7 Sentence 2 of 2 To close out Part II B 2 a we have a sentence that includes two claims “Moreover, we are aware of no common-law case or authority, and the parties have not pointed to any, that remotely suggests a positive right to procure an abortion at any stage […]
Dobbs Sentences #73: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 7 of 7 Sentence 1 of 2 Two claims in this sentence: “In sum, although common-law authorities differed on the severity of punishment for abortions committed at different points in pregnancy, none endorsed the practice.” The claims separated: The first of these quotes seems to be true, but I’m going to need to dig […]
Dobbs Sentences #72: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 6 of 7 Sentence 4 of 4 The claim in the next sentence is a continuation of the last one: “But a physician performing an abortion would, precisely because his aim was an ‘unlawful’ one.” We’ve looked at this citation before, but here it is again: “But if a woman be with child, and […]
Dobbs Sentences #71: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 6 of 7 Sentence 3 of 4 Simple claim in the next sentence: “These other physicians—even if ‘unlicensed’—would not be ‘guilty of murder or manslaughter.’ Hale 429.” Those words do indeed appear in the passage indicated. Here it is transcribed from Hale: “If a physician gives a person a potion without any intent of […]
Dobbs Sentences #70: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 6 of 7 Sentence 2 of 4 Just one claim in the next sentence: “And it is revealing that Hale and Blackstone treated abortionists differently from other physicians or surgeons who caused the death of a patient ‘without any intent of doing [the patient] any bodily hurt.’ Hale 429; see 4 Blackstone 197.” To […]
Dobbs Sentences #69: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 6 of 7 Sentence 1 of 4 The next paragraph opens with a sentence that contains two closely-related claims: “Notably, Blackstone, like Hale, did not state that this proto-felony-murder rule required that the woman be ‘with quick child’—only that she be ‘with child.’ Id., at 201.” That’s simple enough. Here are the claims separated: […]
Dobbs Sentences #68: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 5 of 8 Sentence 5 of 5 This paragraph finishes with a single claim that’s both simply confirmed and more complex than it lets on: Here’s the tl;dr version: the claim is true. Blackstone wrote what Dobbs claims Blackstone wrote. What it doesn’t do (and Dobbs doesn’t make this claim here, but it’s a […]
Dobbs Sentences #67: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 5 of 8 Sentence 4 of 5 This sentence is a single claim: “As Blackstone explained, to be ‘murder’ a killing had to be done with ‘malice aforethought, . . . either express or implied.’ 4 Blackstone 198 (emphasis deleted).” Here’s the cited quote in Blackstone: “Lastly, the killing must be committed with malice […]
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