Quote (thesnipa @ 4 May 2022 22:16)
the idea that conservatives nominated conservative justices who would rule on laws conservatively just to overturn wade i dont believe. it was a bonus on top of getting conservative justices. they've used abortion as a rallying call for decades, if it goes away they'll lose a tool. something they can accept but they're not a 1 issue party. only in the last several justices did it even look possible, and without a win by Trump that was unexpected to the GOP leadership AND the death of RBG which wasnt exactly predicted either it wouldnt be possible. this is the culmination of some seriously happenstance events. and blocking obama's nominee was partisan politics (and dirty politics i dont like i might add), not a crusade against abortion primarily.
congress should have codified this forever ago, under one of the many mandates they squandered because they too though this day would never come. i myself have said repeatedly it would never be struck down. and i was wrong.
and rates of poor black kids without dads will rise too. time to raise welfare, food stamps, and push massive funding into inner city schools, right?
That's really the greatest irony about it:
Without Hillary Clinton smugly campaigning on the assumption that she "doesn't need white men", Roe doesn't fall.
Without the selfishness of RBG, who as an over 80 year old, multiple time cancer survivor refused to step down while Democrats still had the power to nominate a liberal, pro-choice successor, Roe doesn't fall.
The hubris of two women who have been lionized as liberal and feminist icons for decades will end up enabling to the biggest setback for women's rights in at least a generation.
Going forward, I expect that the example set by justices Kennedy and Breyer will become the norm, with Supreme Court justices stepping down between their mid-70s and early 80s whenever the political moment is opportune. The GOP is all but guaranteed to control the Senate after 2024, so if they also win back the White House, I fully expect pressure on Thomas to step down, perhaps also on Alito.