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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 #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 #233: Part III A
Part III A Paragraph 2 of 5 Sentence 3 of 3 This sentence looks like it has three claims: “It was ‘egregiously wrong’ on the day it was decided, see Ramos, 590 U. S., at ___ (opinion of Kavanaugh, J.) (slip op., at 7), and as the Solicitor General agreed at oral argument, it should […]
Dobbs Sentences #231: Part III A
Paragraph 2 of 5 Sentence 1 of 3 Just one claim in this sentence: “The infamous decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, was one such decision.” By “one such decision,” I assume they mean that it’s one of the “more damaging” decisions featuring “erroneous interpretation of the Constitution.” I don’t know anybody who’s going to disagree […]
Dobbs Sentences #225: Part III
Paragraph 7 of 8 Sentence 1 of 3 This sentence contains two claims: “No Justice of this Court has ever argued that the Court should never overrule a constitutional decision, but overruling a precedent is a serious matter.” The claims: The first claim is essentially impossible to lock down as true, as confirming an absence […]
Dobbs Sentences #224: Part III
Paragraph 6 of 8 Sentence 2 of 2 The next sentence has two claims: “Without these decisions, American constitutional law as we know it would be unrecognizable, and this would be a different country.” The claims: The first claim is actually nonsense. Literal nonsense. I think whomever wrote this sentence didn’t look to closely at […]
Dobbs Sentences #221: Part III
Paragraph 5 of 8 Sentence 1 of 2 I count two claims in the next sentence: “Finally, in West Virginia Bd. of Ed. v. Barnette, 319 U. S. 624 (1943), after the lapse of only three years, the Court overruled Minersville School Dist. v. Gobitis, 310 U. S. 586 (1940), and held that public school […]
Dobbs Sentences #220: Part III
Paragraph 4 of 8 Sentence 2 of 2 Just one claim here, but three citations: “West Coast Hotel signaled the demise of an entire line of important precedents that had protected an individual liberty right against state and federal health and welfare legislation. See Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905) (holding invalid a […]
Dobbs Sentences #219: Part III
Paragraph 4 of 8 Sentence 1 of 2 This sentence contains two claims: “In West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937), the Court overruled Adkins v. Children’s Hospital of D. C., 261 U.S. 525 (1923), which had held that a law setting minimum wages for women violated the ‘liberty’ protected by the […]
Cynical Jason 