Just one more -- and then I'll stop talking and start listening -- honest! Wasn't that Ron and Dan Lafferty's motto? "Women! Stop Talking and Start Listening!" "As Roe reserves the power *to the people* it is not in violation of the 10th Amendment." "COMMENT: The "power" referred to in the 10th Amendment is not the power to make personal choices, it
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Henry Bemis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, yes, keep on digging! > > "Henry -- really? The 10th Amendment reads "The > powers not delegated to the United States by the > Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, > are reserved to the States respectively, or *to > the people*." > > COMMENT: Yes, t
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Henry Bemis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, yes, keep on digging! > > "Henry -- really? The 10th Amendment reads "The > powers not delegated to the United States by the > Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, > are reserved to the States respectively, or *to > the people*." > > COMMENT: Yes, t
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This is good -- ISSUE BRIEF: Reproductive Originalism: Why the Fourteenth Amendment’s Original Meaning Protects the Right to Abortion https://www.theusconstitution.org/think_tank/issue-brief-reproductive-originalism-why-the-fourteenth-amendments-original-meaning-protects-the-right-to-abortion/
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P.S. Roe -- which you really should read, by the way -- specifically mentions that as neither scientists nor religions agree about abortion, they refused to rule on its right or wrong but returned that decision to the people. There is plenty in the Constitution to support that.
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I wish we could just up vote. I would for the skipper's post and LW's response to Henry. Henry -- really? The 10th Amendment reads "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or *to the people*." As Roe reserves the power *to the people* it is not in violation of the 10th Amendment. A
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Lot's Wife Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Isn't the rationale for Alito's opinion explicitly > states' rights? > > Assuming they have your understanding of the > legislative process, which I think is a given, > doesn't it strike you as disingenuous of the court > to suggest that they are returning the abortion > question to the
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Hmmm -- are you sure you are following the conversation? Yes -- I know that the Supreme Court and the federal government are not one and the same -- AS WAS MY ORIGINAL POINT which this post was to bolster. Although -- as a matter of fact -- as interpreters of the supreme law of the land -- the Constitution, the Supreme Court can in fact force other branches of the government to do its bidding --
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Lot's Wife Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Isn't the rationale for Alito's opinion explicitly > states' rights? > > Assuming they have your understanding of the > legislative process, which I think is a given, > doesn't it strike you as disingenuous of the court > to suggest that they are returning the abortion > question to the
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tumwater Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > janeeliot Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Here ya' go -- > > > > "Mitch McConnell Says Federal Lawmakers Could > Ban > > Abortion Across The Nation > > If the leaked Supreme Court opinion becomes > final, > > federal
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So much for states' rights -- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-national-abortion-ban-possible-roe-v-wade_n_62772e80e4b0b7c8f0851155
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Here ya' go -- "Mitch McConnell Says Federal Lawmakers Could Ban Abortion Across The Nation If the leaked Supreme Court opinion becomes final, federal lawmakers could prohibit abortion everywhere, said McConnell." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-national-abortion-ban-possible-roe-v-wade_n_62772e80e4b0b7c8f0851155 Hope this clears that up for you.
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Lot's Wife Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, and Freedom of the Press means that Americans > get their laundry done for free. > > And Freedom of Association means Columbia Records > cannot charge for an obscure rock group's LPs. > > As I said above, we are talking about the zone of > privacy within which the government may n
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For anyone struggling with the history of the right to privacy, here ya' go -- the best book on the topic -- by the guy who has argued the most successful cases before the Supreme Court -- so he actually gets -- like -- Constitutional law -- and stuff like that. https://www.amazon.com/Abortion-Absolutes-Laurence-H-Tribe/dp/0393309568/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3ITJ1NY6VY3CI&keywords=abortion+the+cl
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oldpobot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know its complicated, but is there any merit in > the idea that Roe was always a highly imperfect > basis for Federal confirmation of abortion rights? > Is there any chance that democratic process will > lead to a stronger legal basis for these rights, > essentially via the states? > > I
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It's sorta like Avon -- and sorta not. Avon always skirted close to a legitimate company. I used to sometimes buy it -- back in the day -- which was -- oh -- mid '60's. The cosmetics aren't bad -- a little tame, proper, and prim, as cosmetics go, but not bad quality and not an outrageous price. I think they seem to have switched over to more legitimate online sales rather than neighbors who knock
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I'm not so sure that was the problem with the company, Summer. Everyone (of the female gender) does wear leggings -- although not so much for modesty's sake. It wasn't lack of a market or saturating a market -- it was the product, which was described as arriving "wet, torn, and smelling like “dead farts"... And it was that MLM's are intrinsically scams. How the scam was wor
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"“I think it was pretty simple physics. We were a body in motion,” Furst says. “We were going to make a film, and you can either have a voice in it and tell your story or others will tell your story. I don’t know if it’s pure human instinct to want to defend and tell your own story, or if it’s part of our lesser self, our narcissistic or egoic self, that wants to be in control an
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I can't wait to see it.
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Yeah! I am not watching it -- yet -- but I was reading this article and thought about this forum immediately. "The Stidhams are unbelievable characters. DeAnne, who apparently has “the higher hair, the closer to God” stitched onto her soul, was a divorced single mom of seven when she met Mark. After 23 years together, the couple, who identify as Mormons and often preached the church�
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P.S. That's because now when a guy and his wife get pregnant when she's ready to deliver, he gets fired -- right? So that will be equality to fire her, too. Got it. I'm so glad you aren't unclear on the concept of equality!
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Old Al Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don’t consider people who have a different > opinion than I do stupid. +1
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+1
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Ah --- yet another caught up in projection -- because speaking of stupid... You can be an atheist and join several religions including Hinduism, the most ancient, and Universal Unitarian, one of the more recent. Perhaps the OP can delineate exactly what "lies" are involved in being atheist. Or -- not so much. Not to mention that many, many religious people understand their beliefs
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macaRomney Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's the real world. These kids maybe learned > something useful, which is that in society > coworkers and the public are going to say rude > things sooner or later. There is no such thing as > special people, exempt from nasty comments. Sexual > harassment is reality. (Wolf whistle) Cute ass
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I need to stop coming here to skim. I always end up annoyed by several things all at once. It brings out the editor in me, which isn't perhaps my favorite side. There is this huge idea out there that the Scandinavia countries are living proof that atheism is the "successful" way to go. (Also that they are socialist, but we needed go there.) Problem: They aren't particularly athei
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Someone thought it was offensive to compare them. I don't know about *offensive,* but it is scientifically inaccurate -- for anyone who cares about science. FGM is considered a violation of human rights. There are no benefits for the woman -- only harm -- sometimes grave, sometimes death. That is the opinion of the medical community and the legal community. Circumcision -- the medical comm
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And art as good as anything from contemporary artists -- or anything in history. That gets at something I have wondered about as I read this thread. I am not sure I completely grasp the thesis of this book, but I *believe* art historians at least do not believe in a progression of human consciousness -- at least when it comes to making art. The first art was as good as art gets. I always th
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Haha! I like it!
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No kidding!
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