**BREAKING** Supreme Court Gives Victory To Planned Parenthood**

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Supreme Court will not hear lower court case which affirms the right of Medicaid users to use Planned Parenthood's non abortion services. Federal funds have been prohibited from being used for abortion since the Hyde Amendment.

[rso]

1. PP

Good, hopefully John Roberts will be the new swing vote. He is conservative, but not insane, and cares for the reputation of the Court and his own legacy.

[rso]

2. PP

Good, John Roberts will hopefully be our new swing vote. He is conservative, but not insane, and wants to guard the reputation of the Court, as well as his own legacy.

[2naSalit]

3. Wait, what?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Supreme Court won't consider state efforts to defund Planned Parenthood

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/10/defunding-planned-parenthood-supreme-court-wont-hear-case/1777972002/

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Aren't there like a half-dozen more cases coming up? Perhaps SCOTUS is waiting for a better case.

[H2O Man]

15. This would have

been the best case that the anti-choice forces had, because they defined it in terms of "state's rights." This is a huge victory.

[Mr.Bill]

6. Paywall.

[Glorfindel]

7. Here's some of it

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider efforts by Republican-led states to defund Planned Parenthood. Despite its new, more conservative tilt, the court let stand federal appeals court rulings that allowed the reproductive health organization to contest laws in Louisiana and Kansas that stripped its Medicaid funds.

The court’s refusal to hear the case represents a setback for conservative interest groups in many states that have sought aggressive action against Planned Parenthood and abortion providers in general. Notably, Chief Justice John Roberts and new Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh did not join the dissent. Three of the court's conservatives – Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch – dissented and said the court should have taken up the issue.

"What explains the court’s refusal to do its job here?" Thomas wrote. "I suspect it has something to do with the fact that some respondents in these cases are named 'Planned Parenthood.' That makes the court’s decision particularly troubling, as the question presented has nothing to do with abortion."

[Mr.Bill]

8. Thanks. n/t

[Volaris]

22. My suspicion now is that Roberts has, and will keep Kavanaugh,

On a VERY short leash for the foreseeable future.
GOOD.
I have my disagreements with Roberts, but I suspect that as a defender of the court as an institution, he will have few equals (and I can respect that).
He won't be the next Souter, but even if he's in the same ballpark, I'll take it

[calimary]

26. I think you make a good point, Volaris.

Remember, it’s called “The Roberts Court.” That’s how it’s referred to, in coverage and in books - including history books. He’s the Chief Justice. So it’s labeled with his name as long as he stays in that job. He may be one of those players who has a sense of history and the part his position decrees he must play in it. Accordingly, predecessor Chief Justice, William Rehnquist, ran what’s known as the Rehnquist Court.

Therefore, John Roberts may be highly conscious, maybe even painfully conscious, of what history will say about him.

I’d want to sit on the new wise ass too. FIRMLY sit on him. And stay glued there, indefinitely. To save him from himself and to save the respectability and credibility of the Supreme Court era that bears his (Roberts’) name.

[spanone]

9. K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[Liberty Belle]

10. Even Kavanaugh wouldn't defund Planned Parenthood on non-abortion services.

That is good news for those needing birth control, PAP smears etc.

But I still fear what they may do when the right to abortion itself comes before them.

[yardwork]

11. Note that Neil Gorsuch voted to hear the case. He's horrible.

That place should be held by Justice Garland.

[LisaM]

18. Gorsuch is horrible, and he slid right by.

There was a long article in the New York Times magazine a few months ago about everything the Reagan administration did (or didn't do) that ultimately caused great harm to the environment, and front and center was Anne Gorsuch, Neil Gorsuch's mother, who was appointed the head of the EPA, but had the full intent to gut the agency. It should have been a huge issue when they had hearings for him.

[Just a Weirdo]

20. I'm embarrassed that the shithead is from my homestate

Much less then a neighboring area of Hilltop. I am born and raised in Crestmoor Park, and his home on Fairfax and Alameda is but a mere blocks away from my home on Jersey.

[calimary]

27. Never forget that. His mom is Anne Gorsuch.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

[Polybius]

29. "It should have been a huge issue when they had hearings for him"

I can't stand him, but what does his mother have do do with him? Should Arnold's Nazi father have been brought up too when he ran for Governor?

[LisaM]

31. Because he is her political successor.

If they were wildly different ideologically, it would be different, but I think it's fair to ask whether he agrees with her scorched Earth policy on something so vital.

[mickswalkabout41]

14. It's good news to women

[safeinOhio]

17. Good news for men too.

I got my vasectomy there.

[Scurrilous]

12. K&R

[mickswalkabout41]

13. That old rule of law

Must really be pissing off the pukes.

[UTUSN]

16. K&R

[dlk]

19. I'm Thankful for this Decision

Kavanaugh, no doubt, saw this vote as a step toward repairing his tattered reputation. Nevertheless, think of the countless lives that will be saved by continuing funding for the Planned Parenthood clinics.

[AlexSFCA]

21. my secret hope is that kavanaugh

will be ruling differently as SC justice vs. his prior decisions. He can repair the trust by siding with ginsburg in key cases especially casea involving women and minorities. Gorsuch already proved he is just another thomas with no independent thinking but kavanaugh promised collins not to overurn roe v wade; Roberts has said on multiple ocassions that roe v wade is a setted law so I don’t see him completely ignoring decades of precedent especially in metoo era. His vote in ACA case was in conflict with ‘federalist society’ indicating that his ability of independent thinking which thomas, alito and gorsuch are not capable of. One of the bigger challenges is gun control where the precedent is againts us.

[rpannier]

23. Yes, Yes and No

By refusing to hear it, the restrictions in Kansas and Louisiana are tossed (Yes and Yes)
But, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to allow Arkansas to block Medicaid patients from accessing care at Planned Parenthood still stands. (Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.) (No)


And remember... It's not a ruling, it's a refusal to hear. They can always change their minds

[calimary]

28. Words to the wise in that last paragraph, rpannier.

[MFGsunny]

24. Huge, BIGLY victory

Hope we can trust this "trend" for many other cases to come.

[ck4829]

25. Kick

[Yavin4]

30. The US Supreme Court??? n/t

[lindysalsagal]

32. Take that, bigots.