Draft opinion shows Supreme Court about to revoke women's co
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 8:30 am
Draft opinion shows Supreme Court about to revoke women's constitutional privacy rights
by Glenn Kirschner
5/4/22
A leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito shows that the court is on the verge of revoking the constitutional privacy rights of women that have been part of our constitutional interpretation for 50 years. This video argues that this "monster" was created - was allowed to grow - by virtue of the fact that our county has ignored the rule of law and declined to hold criminal politicians and judges accountable for their crimes. If we don't understand this and learn from it, we have little hope of fixing or preventing these kind of judicial abuses in the future.
by Glenn Kirschner
5/4/22
“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.”
-- John Stuart Mill, 1867 inaugural address at the University of St. Andrews
We created this monster. We created this monster by abandoning the rule of law...
No, you may not have voted for any of those Republican politicians, but you may have voted for some of the Democrats who were in office as the Republicans were fighting to revoke women's constitutional rights, and the Democrats couldn't stop it. Put another way, you can say they allowed it to happen. We let it happen by allowing Mitch McConnell to violate the Constitution. When President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell violated the Constitution. The Constitution provides that the Senate shall give advice and consent on a Supreme Court Justice nominee, and Mitch McConnell said, "I don't care what the Constitution provides, I'm not doing it. No advice and consent. No confirmation hearing. No vote." And we let Mitch McConnell get away with it.
We created this monster by abandoning the rule of law. What the Obama administration could have done -- no, it wouldn't have been easy, but it would have been right -- is to very calmly say, "Senator McConnell, we will give you 30 days to set a confirmation hearing and a vote, and if you refuse, we will deem that you have waived the Senate's prerogative to give advice and consent, and I will instruct Merrick Garland to take his rightful place on the Supreme Court." Mitch McConnell would have relented, or if he didn't, and Merrick Garland took his spot on the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell would have had to have sprinted into Federal Court and convinced the judges that he, Mitch McConnell, gets to violate the Constitution, he gets to rewrite the advice and consent clause, he gets to deprive, permanently deprive, a Supreme Court nominee a hearing and a vote, and he would have lost. He would have lost that case. But the American people would have won, because the rule of law would have meant something.
We created this monster by abandoning the rule of law. Thereafter, what did Mitch McConnell do after assuring us there could be no confirmation hearing in the last year of a President's term? He turned right around and crammed Amy Coney Barrett down America's throat.
We created this monster. We saw Brett Kavanaugh lie throughout his confirmation hearing. We saw him lie blatantly, we saw him lie transparently, acting like a a badly behaved juvenile much of the time, and we did nothing. He wasn't investigated and charged with perjury, more precisely, false statements, which he could have been. We did nothing. The FBI collected up to 4,500 citizen tips about Brett Kavanaugh's unsuitability to serve on the Supreme Court, and then the FBI just delivered them to the Trump administration, and the Trump administration buried all of what I suspect was deeply derogatory and damaging information about Brett Kavanaugh. We let this happen.
We created this monster by abandoning the rule of law. We saw Clarence Thomas violate bedrock ethical principles, right, abusing his position to protect his insurrectionist wife, without repercussions. We've done nothing about it.
And friends, you think this monstrous Supreme Court is done revoking our constitutional rights? They're just getting warmed up. And the only real question now is, "will we keep feeding this monster by continuing to ignore the rule of law?"
-- Glenn Kirschner
A leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito shows that the court is on the verge of revoking the constitutional privacy rights of women that have been part of our constitutional interpretation for 50 years. This video argues that this "monster" was created - was allowed to grow - by virtue of the fact that our county has ignored the rule of law and declined to hold criminal politicians and judges accountable for their crimes. If we don't understand this and learn from it, we have little hope of fixing or preventing these kind of judicial abuses in the future.
so
a draft of a supreme court opinion was
just leaked
and it shows that the united states
supreme court is on the verge of
revoking
the constitutionally protected
privacy interests
of women
let's talk about that
because justice
matters
hey all glenn kirschner here so first
off i'm going to do my best to keep both
my voice and my blood pressure down
and i'm pretty sure i will fail on both
fronts
because we've just seen a leaked draft
of a supreme court opinion
that shows the united states supreme
court is on the verge of revoking
the constitutionally protected privacy
interests of women
by overruling roe vs wade
here's the headline in politico
supreme court has voted to overturn
abortion rights draft opinion shows
and here is some of what the author of
that draft opinion justice alito
wrote
we hold that row and casey must be
overruled the constitution makes no
reference to abortion and no such right
is implicitly protected by any
constitutional provision
roe was egregiously wrong
from the start
and those words
put the lie
to samuel alito's confirmation hearing
testimony and they put the lie to brett
kavanaugh's confirmation hearing
testimony and others
now i'm going to say something friends
that will probably hit your ear wrong
but
please bear with me for a minute
we created this monster
we created this monster by abandoning
the rule of law
now i know you're saying we wait a
minute
who are you putting in that category we
i didn't vote for any of the republicans
who have been working
overtime trying to deprive women of
their constitutional rights and i
certainly didn't vote for any supreme
court justice
fair enough the republicans have been
working night and day nefariously to
revoke women's constitutional privacy
rights and they're on the verge of
succeeding
and no you may not have voted for any of
those republican politicians but you may
have voted for some of the democrats
who were in office
as the republicans were fighting to
revoke women's constitutional rights
and the democrats
couldn't stop it
put another way you can say they allowed
it to happen
but
i'm going to continue to say we
our elected officials
we created this monster by abandoning
the rule of law
now i don't want this video to be you
know nothing but recriminations
right i want to
find ways to pull us up out of this
constitutional quicksand
right out of this
democracy nose dive that we're in
how did we let this happen
because
only if we understand how it happened
can we go about fixing it
and or preventing it from happening
again well
we let it happen
by allowing mitch mcconnell
to violate the constitution
when president obama nominated merrick
garland to the supreme court mitch
mcconnell
violated the constitution the
constitution provides
that the senate shall give advice and
consent
on a supreme court justice nominee and
mitch mcconnell said i don't care what
the constitution provides i'm not doing
it no advice and consent no confirmation
hearing no vote
and we let mitch mcconnell get away with
it
we created the monster by abandoning the
rule of law what the obama
administration could have done no it
wouldn't have been easy but it would
have been right
is to very calmly say
senator
mcconnell we will give you 30 days
to set a confirmation hearing and a vote
and if you refuse we will deem
that you have waived the senate's
prerogative to give advice and consent
and i will instruct merrick garland to
take his rightful place on the supreme
court mitch mcconnell would have
relented
or if he didn't
and
merrick garland
took his spot on the supreme court mitch
mcconnell would have had to have
sprinted into federal court and
convinced the judges that he mitch
mcconnell gets to violate the
constitution
he gets to rewrite the advice and
consent clause he gets to deprive
permanently deprive
a supreme court nominee
a hearing and a vote and he would have
lost
he would have lost that case
but the american people would have won
because the rule of law
would have meant something
we created this monster by abandoning
the rule of law
thereafter what did mitch mcconnell do
after assuring us there could be no
confirmation hearing in the last year of
a president's term he turned right
around and crammed amy coney barrett
down america's throat
we created this monster
we saw
brett kavanaugh
lie
throughout his confirmation hearing.
we saw him lie blatantly we saw him lie
transparently acting
like a like a badly behaved juvenile
much of the time
and we did nothing
he wasn't investigated and charged with
perjury more precisely false statements
which he could have been we did nothing
the fbi collected up forty five hundred
citizen tips
about brett kavanaugh's unsuitability to
serve
on the supreme court and then the fbi
just delivered them
to the trump administration
and the trump administration buried
all
of what i suspect was deeply derogatory
and damaging information about brett
kavanaugh
we let this happen we created this
monster by abandoning the rule of law
we saw clarence thomas
violate
bedrock ethical principles
right abusing his position
to protect his insurrectionist wife
without repercussions
we've done nothing about it
and friends you think this monstrous
supreme court is done
revoking our constitutional rights
they're just getting warmed up
the only real question now
is
will we keep feeding this monster
by continuing to ignore the rule of law
friends let me try to end on a positive
the words of president barack obama
who issued a statement
about all of this
if the supreme court ultimately decides
to overturn the landmark case of roe vs
wade then it will not only reverse
nearly 50 years of precedent
it will relegate the most intensely
personal decision someone can make
to the whims of politicians and
ideologues
president obama also said the court's
opinion
forces folks [WOMEN!] to give up any
constitutionally recognized interest
in what happens to their body once they
get pregnant
in other words
the government takes over your
decision-making
from the moment of conception
and then president obama goes on to urge
americans not to sit on the sidelines
we're asking you to join with the
activists who have been sounding the
alarm on this issue for years and act
stand with them at a local protest
volunteer with them on a campaign
join them in urging congress to codify
row into law
friends
we have been feeding
the monster for too long by ignoring the
rule of law
it's time to starve
the monster
because justice
matters
friends as always please stay safe
please stay tuned and i look forward to
talking with you all again
tomorrow