am starting to get an awful feeling that Roberts could be enlisted to use the Mississippi law
--arguments to be heard Dec. 1, final ruling to be announced by the end of the current SC term June or July 2022 latest--
to “re-vamp” Casey in the same way Casey was used to “re-vamp” Roe (parts of Roe were found unconstitutional).
The Mississippi law is not a “fetal heartbeat” law. It would allow states to outlaw abortions after the first trimester (“15 weeks”) except in cases of rape, incest. Ending most second trimester abortions would do the most harm to teenagers who put off abortions for many reasons.
How “Christian” of these weasels to force children to have children, which is already happening in Texas.
I’m no legal expert but I’m assuming if the Texas case is not decided before they rule on Mississippi, upholding the Mississippi law would automatically wipe out the Texas fetal heartbeat law.
Roberts isn’t mentioned in the story below that got me thinking on these lines, but I bet Roberts would be tempted to organize most of the 9 toward such a final “unified” effort that preserves first trimester and some second trimester under the impression this could end up being acceptable to a majority of Americans. It’s not acceptable to me!
So they’ve set up a final decision on abortion by spring/early summer of 2022, well before the November 22 elections. Will they feel the pressure of up 77 percent of Americans who want to leave things exactly the way they are. That folding pressure would likely have to applied to Kavanaugh, make him switch over to Roberts and the liberals to uphold Roe/Casey. Making Susan Collins very happy.
www.rawstory.com/...