Comments on: Penumbra Obliterated

By: mishu

mishu — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:05:44 +0000

5% no longer fear socialism? That’s good to know.

By: joseph hill

joseph hill — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:08:04 +0000

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By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:38:10 +0000

Logic will play no role in any question relating to the continuation of Roe/Casey.

If you read the Casey v. Webster decision, you’ll find that even the majority concedes that Roe was decided wrongly, but for various social reasons, they felt that the “essential holding” of Roe had to be upheld. If you read Scalia’s dissent, which is a hoot, and per usual with Scalia, tremendously well-written, you’ll see he absolutely eviscerates the rationale advanced by the majority for effectively upholding Roe, while replacing it.

So don’t go holding your breath on any encroachment on privacy rights really in any way eroding abortion rights.

Abortion is as sacrament for them; that’s how morally and intellectually lost they’ve become. They’re out there, and if 9/11 couldn’t haul them back in, they’ll never come back. They’re gone forever, forever beyond the reach of their fellow citizens.

By: Marty

Marty — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:59:26 +0000

ThomasD is right. We’ve seen limitations of free speech and assembly concerning protests at abortion clinics, not to mention parental rights regarding medical procedures on their minor children, that are seen nowhere else in US law.

By: ThomasD

ThomasD — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:05:01 +0000

Your argument contains the implicit assumption that the left would respect such applications of logic, reasoning, and intellectual consistency even to the detriment of their cherished institutions.

What ever gave you that idea?