Tag Archives: Ordered liberty
Dobbs Sentences #143: Part II C 1
Paragraph 4 of 6 Sentence 6 of 6 This paragraph concludes with a bold claim: “Our Nation’s historical understanding of ordered liberty does not prevent the people’s elected representatives from deciding how abortion should be regulated.” This requires support, and I don’t recall seeing any. This is undetermined:
Dobbs Sentences #138: Part II C 1
Paragraph 4 of 6 Sentence 1 of 6 The next paragraph starts with a definition: “Ordered liberty sets limits and defines the boundary between competing interests.” This is the Dobbs Court’s definition of “ordered liberty,” and they don’t cite support, so either it’s the (a?) generally accepted definition or it’s a controversial description that will […]
Dobbs Sentences #137: Part II C 1
Paragraph 3 of 6 Sentence 3 of 3 The paragraph ends with two claims: “License to act on the basis of such beliefs may correspond to one of the many understandings of ‘liberty,’ but it is certainly not ‘ordered liberty’.” The claims: The first claim is true in the sense that it’s just a basic […]
Dobbs: Ordered Liberty #1
So far I’ve looked at all of the sentences in Part II section A 1 & 2 and quickly assessed whether the claims in those sentences can be determined true. I came up with many true claims and even more undetermined claims (with one of those likely false). One of the factors preventing me from […]
Dobbs Sentences #42: Part II A 2
Paragraph 9 of 9 Sentence 3 of 4 The next sentence contains four claims, the first of which is the whole sentence: “Instead, guided by the history and tradition that map the essential components of our Nation’s concept of ordered liberty, we must ask what the Fourteenth Amendment means by the term ‘liberty.’” Here they […]
Cynical Jason 