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LeftInTX

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42. I don't think he will keep Roe v Wade
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:10 PM
Jun 2018

I think he will keep same sex marriage. I say this because you can't force legally married people to get divorced.

An abortion is a medical procedure. It is not an ongoing relationship.

But sometimes he swung. We're going to get another Gorsuch. America as you know it is over. Squinch Jun 2018 #1
Precisely. Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #2
Correct J_William_Ryan Jun 2018 #38
We're going to get a YOUNG THEOCRAT, that's what we're going to get. Thirty more Nay Jun 2018 #80
Yep. Call me Martha. Squinch Jun 2018 #92
we're replacing a sometimes semi-decent justice in his 80s with an asshole in his 40s. unblock Jun 2018 #3
Exactly FBaggins Jun 2018 #72
What?? SCantiGOP Jun 2018 #4
Kennedy gave us GWB and the rest of this whole horrible mess. Aristus Jun 2018 #6
Kennedy voted with the dems on Obamacare spanone Jun 2018 #81
Except now we're sure to get a Scalia clone, or worse. n/t Coventina Jun 2018 #5
What are we losing? Bettie Jun 2018 #7
Even if we do unite, what can we do to prevent it? Aristus Jun 2018 #8
We can't Bettie Jun 2018 #11
Yeah, cause now we get another Gorsuch. sinkingfeeling Jun 2018 #9
The timing is horrible. No question about that. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #10
Damn straight. Aristus Jun 2018 #14
Roberts is now the swing vote but there will be a lot fewer swings in our direction. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2018 #12
I expect Roberts to protect gay marriage and Rie v Wade. Blue_true Jun 2018 #27
Are you gay? dbackjon Jun 2018 #31
No. But when that right was approved, the vote was 6-3 with Roberts. nt Blue_true Jun 2018 #43
WRONG- IT WAS 5-4 dbackjon Jun 2018 #46
No. The vote on the constitutionality of gay marriage nationwide was 6-3. Blue_true Jun 2018 #59
READ THE FUCKING LINK dbackjon Jun 2018 #64
I read it. There were two gay marriage cases, one was 5-4, the other was 6-3. Blue_true Jun 2018 #69
Are you a troll or just being dense dbackjon Jun 2018 #70
I remember a ruling on the basic constitutionality that was 6-3 for a case from the West. Blue_true Jun 2018 #85
You just won't admit you are wrong, and are continuing to spew lies dbackjon Jun 2018 #89
Someone else brought up the case from the West. Blue_true Jun 2018 #91
Obergefell was the Gay Marriage CASE dbackjon Jun 2018 #93
Which 6-3 decision are you citing? I am unclear which named case you are citing. Thanks irisblue Jun 2018 #74
It was a case out of the west on the basic constitutionality of gay marriage. Blue_true Jun 2018 #79
You still have not given a case name irisblue Jun 2018 #86
The Prop 8 case was the one that I was thinking about. I remembered it being 6-3 Blue_true Jun 2018 #87
Shoot, no one remembers everything. We're good. irisblue Jun 2018 #88
I PRESENTED FACTS You refused to listen. dbackjon Jun 2018 #90
Picking up stones? That gonna help? nt irisblue Jun 2018 #94
For people that dismiss legitimate concerns and spew false, harmful narratives? dbackjon Jun 2018 #95
And yet irisblue Jun 2018 #96
And I can hope we can as well dbackjon Jun 2018 #97
Disagree J_William_Ryan Jun 2018 #63
I truly disagree w/ your assessment here. irisblue Jun 2018 #71
Indeed his recent rulings have been horrid mvd Jun 2018 #13
He was the swing vote for same sex marriage and abortion rights. herding cats Jun 2018 #15
So: Barely. UTUSN Jun 2018 #16
Roberts was the swing for gay marriage. I expect that to hold. Blue_true Jun 2018 #28
"Justice Pirro" "Justice Sessions" "Justice Giuliani" "Justice Cruz" "Justice Moore" hatrack Jun 2018 #17
We are losing an unreliable swing vote, in exchange for a sure-fire right winger jberryhill Jun 2018 #18
I am not sure that Roberts will go for repeal of Woe v Wade. Blue_true Jun 2018 #30
You keep saying that dbackjon Jun 2018 #33
He voted for gay marriage, the ruling was 6-3 for. Blue_true Jun 2018 #44
WRONG- IT WAS 5-4 dbackjon Jun 2018 #48
I don't think he will keep Roe v Wade LeftInTX Jun 2018 #42
I think Roberts will go for more restrictions on abortion. Blue_true Jun 2018 #47
We're losing about another decade of reform. n/t Orsino Jun 2018 #19
They'll find another spineless hack to fill his shallow shoes. nt Snotcicles Jun 2018 #20
Well, the biggest thing we lose is the chance to make that seat better Lee-Lee Jun 2018 #21
Potter Stewart and Harry Blackmun were put on the bench as hard conservatives. Blue_true Jun 2018 #36
There's Always RobinA Jun 2018 #40
I saw a tweet , which I'm trying to find, that Trump's list of 25 octoberlib Jun 2018 #22
Sure. with him we'd win some...and now he, like O'connor, has decided to truly screw us all. I think JCanete Jun 2018 #23
It's age. They'll put in some wingnut in his 50s muriel_volestrangler Jun 2018 #24
Part of me believes Kennedy is retiring now purely so that Trump and the GOP DemocraticSocialist8 Jun 2018 #25
Kennedy Liberalhammer Jun 2018 #57
Why does only part of you believes that? haele Jun 2018 #76
I tend to agree. Blue_true Jun 2018 #26
He wrote a dissent in Obergefell exboyfil Jun 2018 #73
MY MARRIAGE FUCK YOU AND YOUR STRAIGHT PRIVILDGE dbackjon Jun 2018 #29
John Roberts might actually be a vote against the repeal of Marriage Equality. Aristus Jun 2018 #32
HE VOTED AGAINST IT dbackjon Jun 2018 #35
He voted for it, the vote was 6-3 for. Blue_true Jun 2018 #37
WRONG- IT WAS 5-4 dbackjon Jun 2018 #45
There were two rulings. Blue_true Jun 2018 #53
I LINKED THE MOTHERFUCKING ARTICLE dbackjon Jun 2018 #60
I don't think Roberts will repeal same sex marriage LeftInTX Jun 2018 #49
I'm glad to hear that. But wouldn't a repeal of Marriage Equality simply nullify existing marriages, Aristus Jun 2018 #50
Marriages are legal entities..... LeftInTX Jun 2018 #58
I hope the reality behind a repeal of anything the pukes don't like will make it harder Aristus Jun 2018 #61
It wouldn't do either of those things jberryhill Jun 2018 #82
Yeah because a vote always against us is always better than an unreliable 'swing voter' , Brilliant krawhitham Jun 2018 #34
It really is the Roberts Court now... RockRaven Jun 2018 #39
He's a coward SubjectTrip Jun 2018 #41
He was still as SWING vote and now he'll be replaced by a CONSERVATIVE vote for decades to come. beaglelover Jun 2018 #51
Kennedy mostly voted Liberalhammer Jun 2018 #52
He wasn't much help, but the problem isn't just that his replacement will be another conservative, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #54
We are losing a seat on the Supreme Court that will be potentially occupied for over 30 years Freethinker65 Jun 2018 #55
It's not what we're losing. It's what they're gaining. Umm let's see. Maybe he'll be replaced by a 3 Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2018 #56
Kennedy was allowed to vote for gay marriage because it didn't affect corporate profits Power 2 the People Jun 2018 #62
That was kind of my point. Aristus Jun 2018 #66
Roe v Wade & Obergefel were very very impt. He voted for them. That impacts many irisblue Jun 2018 #65
We are losing the chance of the liberal justices ever getting a majority on a vote oberliner Jun 2018 #67
We'll be losing a vote to preserve Rowe v. Wade and same-sex marriage, among other things. pnwmom Jun 2018 #68
We are going to get someone very young & very radical. -nt CrispyQ Jun 2018 #75
He was one protecting Roe V Wade...this is a disaster. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #77
Considering where we are, I would have preferred he stayed. But you are right, we haven't Hoyt Jun 2018 #78
We're losing Roe v. Wade and, probably, gay marriage Azathoth Jun 2018 #83
It's not so much of what were loosing but what we might be getting. TNLib Jun 2018 #84
My marriage, Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #98
I agree. The gnashing of teeth is more about KPN Jun 2018 #99
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