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Dobbs Sentences #122: Part II B 3
Paragraph 8 of 11 Sentence 2 of 5 More citation than claim in this sentence: “This Court has long disfavored arguments based on alleged legislative motives. See, e.g., Erie v. Pap’s A. M., 529 U. S. 277, 292 (2000) (plurality opinion); Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC, 512 U. S. 622, 652 (1994); United States […]
Dobbs Sentences #120: Part II B 3
Paragraph 7 of 11 Sentence 2 of 2 This sentence makes it easier to do the work of the last sentence*. I’ll have to remember that when I come back through. I guess that’s a hazard of working a sentence at a time. “According to this account, which is based almost entirely on statements made […]
Dobbs Sentences #118: Part II B 3
Paragraph 6 of 11 Sentence 4 of 4 This sentence has two claims that need some discussion: “That is not surprising since common-law authorities had repeatedly condemned abortion and described it as an ‘unlawful’ act without regard to whether it occurred before or after quickening. See supra, at 16–21.” The claims: The phrase that separates […]
Dobbs Sentences #116: Part II B 3
Paragraph 6 of 11 Sentence 2 of 4 This sentence contains three claims: “But the insistence on quickening was not universal, see Mills v. Commonwealth, 13 Pa., at 633; State v. Slagle, 83 N.C. 630, 632 (1880), and regardless, the fact that many States in the late 18th and early 19th century did not criminalize […]
Dobbs Sentences #109: Part II B 3
Paragraph 4 of 11 Sentence 3 of 4 There are a few tightly-bound claims in this sentence: “But as we have seen, great common-law authorities like Bracton, Coke, Hale, and Blackstone all wrote that a post-quickening abortion was a crime—and a serious one at that.” Here’s where we get into issues that annoy people who […]
Dobbs Sentences #96: Part II B 2 c
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 3 of 4 Here’s a slightly more complex sentence: “And though Roe discerned a “trend toward liberalization” in about “one-third of the States,” those States still criminalized some abortions and regulated them more stringently than Roe would allow. Id., at 140, and n. 37; Tribe 2.” I see three claims: […]
Dobbs Sentences #87: Part II B 2 c
Paragraph 3 of 6 Sentence 3 of 4 Just one claim in this sentence, and it’s a strange one: “In 1803, the British Parliament made abortion a crime at all stages of pregnancy and authorized the imposition of severe punishment. See Lord Ellenborough’s Act, 43 Geo. 3, c. 58 (1803).” I found the cited passage […]
Dobbs Sentences #79: Part II B 2 b
Paragraph 2 of 2 Sentence 2 of 3 Finally. The next sentence is a single claim, and one that’s easily tracked down and confirmed: “In Maryland in 1652, for example, an indictment charged that a man ‘Murtherously endeavoured to destroy or Murther the Child by him begotten in the Womb.’ Proprietary v. Mitchell, 10 Md. […]
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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