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Dobbs Sentences #157: Part II C 2
Paragraph 2 of 4 Sentence 1 of 2 This sentence contains two claims: “Defenders of Roe and Casey do not claim that any new scientific learning calls for a different answer to the underlying moral question, but they do contend that changes in society require the recognition of a constitutional right to obtain an abortion.” […]
Dobbs Sentences #154: Part II C 2
Paragraph 1 of 4 Sentence 1 of 3 This sentence contains at least four claims: “In drawing this critical distinction between the abortion right and other rights, it is not necessary to dispute Casey’s claim (which we accept for the sake of argument) that ‘the specific practices of States at the time of the adoption […]
Dobbs Sentences #153: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 4 of 4 This section ends with a two-claim sentence: “They do not support the right to obtain an abortion, and by the same token, our conclusion that the Constitution does not confer such a right does not undermine them in any way.” Here are the claims: On the first […]
Dobbs Sentences #152: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 3 of 4 This might be the shortest sentence I’ve examined so far. It’s just one claim: “They are therefore inapposite.” The “they” in this sentence refers to “the other decisions cited by Roe and Casey” noted in the previous sentence. “Inapposite” is a fun word., so let’s take a […]
Dobbs Sentences #148: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 2 of 3 Another sentence with one claim: “Those criteria, at a high level of generality, could license fundamental rights to illicit drug use, prostitution, and the like. See Compassion in Dying v. Washington, 85 F. 3d 1440, 1444 (CA9 1996) (O’Scannlain, J., dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc).” […]
Dobbs Sentences #147: Part II C 1
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 1 of 3 The last paragraph of this section starts with a sentence consisting of a single claim: “These attempts to justify abortion through appeals to a broader right to autonomy and to define one’s ‘concept of existence’ prove too much. Casey, 505 U.S., at 851.” And I guess we’ll […]
Dobbs Sentences #146: Part II C 1
Paragraph 5 of 6 Sentence 3 of 3 This sentence is a single claim that continues the train of thought of the previous sentence: “Respondents and the Solicitor General also rely on post-Casey decisions like Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003) (right to engage in private, consensual sexual acts), and Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 […]
Dobbs Sentences #145: Part II C 1
Paragraph 5 of 6 Sentence 2 of 3 The second sentence in this paragraph is a cornucopia of citations: “Casey relied on cases involving the right to marry a person of a different race, Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967); the right to marry while in prison, Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987); […]
Dobbs Sentences #144: Part II C 1
Paragraph 5 of 6 Sentence 1 of 3 This paragraph opens with a single claim: “Nor does the right to obtain an abortion have a sound basis in precedent.” It will be interesting to see how the Court supports this claim. Until then, this is undetermined:
Cynical Jason 