Thursday, July 14, 2022

So, According To The Current Supreme Court…

...the heavy hand of government is a GOOD thing!

(Yes, interfering with interstate travel is a thing. If you’re volunteering to be the test case, be my guest. Enjoy the next decades of your life in hell, whether you win or lose. How much privacy do you think that 10 year old girl is going to enjoy? Anytime now…

And how long will the attention last? And what damage can it do?

“Let’s you and him fight” is not a solid basis for social justice and establishing basic human and Constitutional rights.)
I add this just to point out a ten-year old can’t consent to sex (well, maybe in Tennessee), so Swalwell’s question has a barb in the tail. Meanwhile, the Supremes should be so proud of what they have wrought, how they have “corrected” and “purified” Constitutional jurisprudence.  You know, like this:

“She would have had the baby,"[Jim] Bopp [an Indiana lawyer who serves as general counsel National Right to Life Committee] said, "and as many women who have had babies as a result of rape, we would hope that she would understand the reason and ultimately the benefit of having the child."

A 10 year old, who cannot consent to have sex even with another ten year old, is somehow supposed to "consent" to childbirth because....why, again?

This is, frankly, absolutely monstrous.  But proof the argument is not about people, but only about ideas.  People don't matter, to Mr. Bopp.  Things matter, like babies (a baby raising a baby?).  Ideas matter.  But people?  Completely irrelevant.

And for the "Lock 'em up!" files, let us recall the halcyon days when Bill Clinton was beset by a special prosecutor determined to justify his position.  Nothing compared to an elected official with an issue in an election year:

Indiana attorney general Todd Rokita criticized Bernard on Wednesday evening, accusing her of not alerting the authorities to the case of the girl, as state law requires in case of sex crimes involving minors.

"We have this abortion activist acting as a doctor with a history of failing to report," Rokita said on Fox News.

"So we're gathering the information. We're gathering the evidence as we speak and we're going to fight this to the end, including looking at her licensure, if she failed to report," he added.

The crime occurred in Ohio.  The suspect was arrested there.  But never doubt the creativity of a determined prosecutor.  If nothing else, he'll make this doctor's life hell, simply for providing the right medical care to a young girl, at the direction of her parents (who were fully authorized to request the treatment).

Meanwhile, in Texas, Ken Paxton says "Goddammit, ya cain't guarantee wimmen's right to healthcare!  That's a sovereign interest o' the state, not the Feds!"

The Biden administration reassured the nation’s doctors that they don’t need to wait until a patient’s health deteriorates before acting and that they can act in cases where nontreatment would result in serious impairment, guidance that comes as medical professionals in Texas and other states where abortion is banned are trying to figure out what kind of women’s health care is allowed under new restrictions. The guidance isn’t seeking to update existing law but is said to clarify a hospital’s duties under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.

“In no uncertain terms, we are reinforcing that we expect providers to continue offering these services, and that federal law preempts state abortion bans when needed for emergency care,” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “Under the law, no matter where you live, women have the right to emergency care — including abortion care.”

The Biden administration warned that if a hospital fails to provide emergency abortion treatment when necessary, it could be fined or have its Medicare status revoked.
Paxton's response is that carin' fer the wimmen folk is up to the Great State o' Texas, not to some natterin' nabobs of negativism and pointy-headed booreecrats in Washington DeeCee!

“This administration has a hard time following the law, and now they are trying to have their appointed bureaucrats mandate that hospitals and emergency medicine physicians perform abortions,” Paxton said in a statement. “I will ensure that President Biden will be forced to comply with the Supreme Court’s important decision concerning abortion and I will not allow him to undermine and distort existing laws to fit his administration’s unlawful agenda.”

Actually, Biden is just guaranteeing they get the medical care they need, when they need it.  I haven't seen too many people crowding emergency rooms looking for elective abortions.
Well, there's that, too.

I hope Alito feels good about what he did. Somehow I doubt he even gives a shit; which is even worse.

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