Tag Archives: Supreme Court
Dobbs Sentences #245: Part III A
Paragraph 5 of 5 Sentence 3 of 3 I see two claims here: “’For this reason, it is essential that this Court maintain the power to restore authority to its proper possessors by correcting constitutional decisions that, on reconsideration, are found to be mistaken.’ Thornburgh, 476 U. S., at 787 (dissenting opinion).” The claims: This […]
Dobbs Sentences #244: Part III A
Paragraph 5 of 5 Sentence 2 of 3 This sentence contains at least four claims: “As Justice White later explained, ‘decisions that find in the Constitution principles or values that cannot fairly be read into that document usurp the people’s authority, for such decisions represent choices that the people have never made and that they […]
Dobbs Sentences #243: Part III A
Paragraph 5 of 5 Sentence 1 of 3 This sentence contains at least four claims: “As the Court’s landmark decision in West Coast Hotel illustrates, the Court has previously overruled decisions that wrongly removed an issue from the people and the democratic process.” The claims: I’ve broken this down in a way that reminds me […]
Dobbs Sentences #242: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 7 of 7 This sentence is just one claim: “Together, Roe and Casey represent an error that cannot be allowed to stand.” Just one claim, but the claim that expresses the whole point of this decision. Obviously, since so much of what I’ve looked at so far is undetermined, this […]
Dobbs Sentences #241: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 6 of 7 This (borrowed) sentence has two claims: “’Roe fanned into life an issue that has inflamed our national politics in general, and has obscured with its smoke the selection of Justices to this Court in particular, ever since.’ Casey, 505 U.S., at 995–996 (opinion of Scalia, J.).” The […]
Dobbs Sentences #240: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 5 of 7 This looks like two closely related claims: “The Court short-circuited the democratic process by closing it to the large number of Americans who dissented in any respect from Roe.” The claims: I see that first claim as inaccurate. The Court removed the abortion issue from the democratic […]
Dobbs Sentences #239: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 4 of 7 I get two claims from this sentence: “Those on the losing side—those who sought to advance the State’s interest in fetal life—could no longer seek to persuade their elected representatives to adopt policies consistent with their views.” The claims: Before I get into the claims, I should […]
Dobbs Sentences #238: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 3 of 7 There are two claims in this sentence: “Casey described itself as calling both sides of the national controversy to resolve their debate, but in doing so, Casey necessarily declared a winning side.” The claims: The first claim is phrased strangely. I can wrestle meaning out of the […]
Dobbs Sentences #237: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 2 of 7 This sentence looks like it has four claims: “Rather, wielding nothing but “raw judicial power,” Roe, 410 U.S., at 222 (White, J., dissenting), the Court usurped the power to address a question of profound moral and social importance that the Constitution unequivocally leaves for the people.” The […]
Dobbs Sentences #236: Part III A
Paragraph 4 of 5 Sentence 1 of 7 This sentence is a series of three claims: “Roe was on a collision course with the Constitution from the day it was decided, Casey perpetuated its errors, and those errors do not concern some arcane corner of the law of little importance to the American people.” The […]
Cynical Jason 