I agree. Years have gone by. Most don't vote at all. Many vote without thinking of their own lives & needs. Many take for granted what we worked so hard to achieve, as if no work was required by them to maintain it.
The guy who wrote this whole idea in an opinion writing was Justice Samuel Alito. His writing was leaked to a journalist with Politico, who published it...kind of along the lines of an Assange or Snowden.
What do you mean? How does that work? (this isn't sarcasm)
Yes.
My son raised his son without the mother and he also resented the gender bias against fathers. Later he married a woman with 4 children and they had a daughter. I am extremely proud of him as a father and a husband.
Thanks for answering my question. You did not disappoint. The flaw in your well intentioned reply, and the reason why we differ in our approach to our system of laws and the Constitution was your repeated referral to morality. What is "morality", and who is the ultimate authority on the subject? Is it you or me? Is abortion immoral? Some would apparently say it is. Is allowing a woman to appear in public with her hair uncovered immoral? Millions would say it is. Is pointing out that the median IQ of African Americans is 85 immoral and deserving of a fine or imprisonment? In France, Brigitte Bardot has been arrested multiple times for criticizing Islam. Is she immoral and deserving of punishment? Immorality is a relative term that can mean something different to anyone. That is why the law and the Constitution must be specific -- to the last detail -- details that define our form of government and our system of morality. We are governed by those agreed upon details, and it is the task of our Supreme Court justices to accurately interpret their factual nature. It is NOT the court's job to apply their view of morality to what those details "should" mean, but rather to what they "do" mean. Don't like or agree with that meaning? Then we should amend and clarify the Constitution -- not picket and threaten the judges.
Tell that to THEM. They are bereft in their duties if they allow their personal persuasions to overturn Roe, while they seek legaleze to cover their true intent.
Amending the Constitution requires 2/3rds of both Houses of Congress plus the President, so that's not an option, especially with all the gerrymandered districts and voter suppression going on right now. So what other options are there for people who are having significant and crucial rights taken away from them by uber-religious Supreme Court justices?
The Constitution is not some piece of legislation that can be re-written at the whim of every congress. Amending it is deliberately rigorous, and rightly so. But ... It has been amended twenty-seven times so I think that it is reasonable to conclude that if an issue is sufficiently important a 28th amendment should be unsurprising. I would add that the Court has not ruled against Roe V Wade, and may never, in which case an amendment would not be necessary.
Uh, how do you know how and why the SC justices are motivated to do something they haven't even done yet? You don't. No one does. Gosh, they might even be motivated by their reading of the Constitution. But whatever they may or may not decide, if their decision is the horrendous tragedy you predict, the Constitution has already been amended 27 times, I would think the uproar that ensues would make #28 an easy accomplishment. What's the alternative, pack the court, scrap the old White man's Constitution, civil war, or?
Back when my kids needed day-care, single mothers could get it for free or at reduced charges. Not so for single fathers who worked. So, like I said earlier, until my oldest was 12yrs-old, I had to take shift-work, and these were often low-wage jobs. Every working parent has some help with their kids. (The crappiest parents will just leave their kids home alone, not to work but to go out and party.) Teachers, friends and friend's parents, relatives and sitters, people in church and at day-care; all these people influence our children in some way, but only their parents live with them, care for them when they're sick, teach them how to behave, help them cope with their fears - only their parents know them inside and out. Nobody influences a kid's life more than a parent.
But there is talk about amending the constitution to ensure a woman's right to decide if she wants a pregnancy or not. And I think it would pass easily, this being a congressional election year. They'd need to get it before the Houses soon, though. Although, with everyone up in arms over Judge Alito's opinion piece, this election will probably swing left really hard, and then such an amendment is inevitable.
Virtually all members of congress have one primary goal - re-election.
