Roe v Wade is on deck

[lpetrich]

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen on Twitter: "NEW: California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) just signed a bill making California a safe haven for women nationwide seeking abortion care. “We will not cooperate with any states that attempt to prosecute women or doctors,” he says." / Twitter

Brandon Richards on Twitter: "TODAY: @CAGovernor signed #AB1666 into law—protecting providers, patients & people supporting either.
REMINDER: #CALeg currently working on:
—14 MORE bills to protect/expand abortion access
—$200 million in budget $$
—Constitutional amendment protecting abortion & contraception (pic link)" / Twitter


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Overturning Roe and outlawing abortions will never make them go away.
It only makes them more dangerous, especially for the poor + marginalized.
People will die because of this decision. And we will never stop until abortion rights are restored in the United States of America." / Twitter

Noticias Telemundo on Twitter: "Activistas a favor del derecho al aborto protegen a la congresista @AOC para evitar que se acerquen a ella quienes celebran la decisión de la Corte Suprema.
@javiervegau reporta desde la capital. (vid link)" / Twitter

Activists in favor of the right to abortion protect the congresswoman @AOC to prevent those who celebrate the decision of the Supreme Court from approaching her.

@javiervegau reports from the capital.

then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "
“El patriarcado es un juez
Que nos juzga por nacer
Y nuestro castigo
Es la violencia que no ves.”
Gracias a todes por su solidaridad. Estamos en esta lucha juntes, con la inspiración de nuestras vecines Latines y en todo el mundo " / Twitter

“Patriarchy is a judge
Who judges us for being born
and our punishment
It's the violence you don't see."

Thank you all for your solidarity. We are in this fight together, with the inspiration of our Latin neighbors and around the world

derecka on Twitter: "If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control" / Twitter

 

[Derec]

Elsewhere in the world, "In London, protesters gathered outside the US embassy holding signs and chanting. Demonstrations also took place in Edinburgh, the Independent reported, while sympathy protests were also reported in Berlin."

They don't have any of their own problems to worry about?

 

[Derec]

It doesn't matter what they say. All that matters is the fire the Dems light under the base, or we are extraordinarily fucked. Turnout, turnout, turnout.

Why just the base? It should be about persuading the independents, and even trying to cleave off some Republican voters.
But they will probably be turned off by Dems moving too far to the left in recent years. Which is why this leftward lurch by the Dems (including Biden) is so dangerous.

If Republicans capture the House (which was predicted before RvW ruling), and even more if they capture the Senate (which was not), despite an unpopular ruling on RvW, it will be because Dems sabotaged themselves. Many people who are in favor of RvW will nevertheless vote R because they are afraid of the S word.

 

[Derec]

Say the very same people who swore over their mother's graves that Roe would not be overturned in our lifetimes.

This ruling changes nothing about the legality of abortion in states with no anti-abortion laws.

You'd have to be a true idiot to imagine that the legislators won't at least be trying to institute a national ban on abortions,

Maybe they will try, but I doubt they will succeed.

or at least national harassment of abortion providers,

What do you mean by that?

And this Court has signaled that it is willing to overturn almost any precedent on moral grounds.

Perhaps. Yes, this decision is extreme and overturns a 50 year precedent. But that does not mean that Griswold or Obergefell will be next.
I do hope racial preferences are next. They are blatantly unconstitutional and need to go.

I do hope these conservative fuckers remember, the next time we have a left-leaning Court, that they were the ones to destroy judicial precedent. They never stop to think whether the anti-democratic policies they promote could be turned against them at some future date...

You are definitely right on that. A future left-wing dominated court will make similarly bone-headed extreme decisions just like the Roberts court is doing.
I am an independent and detest extremists on both sides. From my perspective, so-called "liberal" justices weren't any good either. No respect for equal protection under the law (e.g. racial preferences which are blatantly unconstitutional but still have been upheld for decades) or property rights (Kelo vs. New London). Not to mention that under the logic behind Lawrence and Roe, prohibitions on consensual sex work should have been declared unconstitutional as well.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Now is the time to organize. New York is a legal abortion state, but people will need help getting here.
We have compiled a direct multi-abortion fund link to help people seek the medical care they need.
% goes to them & covers regions across the US
(link)" / Twitter
For donations to several abortion-defender groups.

CSPAN on Twitter: "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY): "Every single one of us has woken up today with less rights than we had yesterday." @AOC (vid link)" / Twitter
A speech on the House floor.

"Do they believe in universal childcare? Do they believe in life after birth?" She concludes that "the evidence is lacking." She asked her Senate colleagues to consider going ahead with codifying RvW into law, as the House has done. She then refers to those Senators who were deceived by some of the Supreme Court appointees. After noting such anti-democratic features as House gerrymandering and Senate minority rule, she said "We will not stop fighting until this is fixed", which she addressed to Congressional Republicans.

Indivisible Guide on Twitter: ""I think it’s important for us to also tackle this myth that this is...about babies or children or life. Because the same individuals who claim to be protecting life fight against universal healthcare. Do they believe in universal childcare? Do they believe in life after birth?"" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "FYI: When they tell you to “vote harder” that should also apply to primary elections, too.
The party needs to change and that’s not going to happen on its own." / Twitter
I agree. That's how she got into office, with a primary victory. That's also how the rest of The Squad got into office, by winning primaries, and also most Squad-adjacent politicians, with the exception of Katie Porter.

 

[lpetrich]

It doesn't matter what they say. All that matters is the fire the Dems light under the base, or we are extraordinarily fucked. Turnout, turnout, turnout.

Why just the base?

It's a lot of voters, and it's a strategy that Republicans have used very well. AOC herself found that she won her first victory by getting votes from people who don't usually vote, instead of people who'd otherwise love Joe Crowley.

It should be about persuading the independents, and even trying to cleave off some Republican voters.

A failing strategy. Being Republican lite turns off the Democratic base. Also, Republicans don't do that.

But they will probably be turned off by Dems moving too far to the left in recent years. Which is why this leftward lurch by the Dems (including Biden) is so dangerous.

Define "too far to the left". AOC found out recently that a lot of people are turned off from the Democratic Party for failing to deliver Build Back Better, continuing child tax credits, etc. That the party doesn't do more instead of the party doing too much.

 

[Derec]

What generation were you referring to, certainly not one that includes Donald J Trump!

Nobody was referring to the Donald as the most experienced candidate ever though.

Trump has never won a popular election.
Not ever!

Actually he did win the election. Based on the rules of said election. Rather than a metric that is irrelevant to the election. It's like saying that team X did not win the NBA finals because Y scored more aggregate points over the entire series as a result of them running up the score in game 2.

He is the first one term president to get in office since 1988.

Still beats a zero term president.

I'm not sure what you mean by "overrated".

Overrated does not mean that she was not qualified or experienced per se. But she was definitely overhyped.
Articles like these is what I had in mind:
Obama says Clinton is the most qualified presidential candidate ever
Weld ‘not sure anybody is more qualified than Hillary Clinton’ to be president
Hillary Most Experienced Presidential Candidate In US History: Expert
They laid in on way too thick. She wasn't even the most qualified/experienced candidate running in the 2016 field, much less ever.

Hillary won a Senate seat representing Trump in 2000.

She won a Senate seat in a safe Dem state?

She got the most votes in the presidential election in 2016.

So? First, we do not run presidential elections that way. Maybe we should (and I do think we should) but you play by the rules that are in force, not by the rules you want. Second, she did not win the majority. Even in a popular vote system (e.g. France) there'd be a runoff. Third, you cannot pretend that if we had a popular vote that the vote counts would be the same. No, they would be very different as both camps would run a completely different strategy in a different .

Ok, maybe Hillary's strategy would not be that different, as her EC strategy sucked. Her blunder (one of them at least) was to not focus on electoral map enough. She and her team ignored midwestern states she ended up losing. No amount of running up the score in California will compensate for that.

Seriously, if you think she's the most overrated politician in a generation, where does that put Donald J Trump?

As the guy who beat Hillary after most pundits had written him off. Say what you will about Donald Trump the president (and you could say a lot of valid things), he did far better than expected when it came to running for office.

Biggest Loser in U.S. politics in a generation?

After Hillary you mean?

Never won an election when the American voters could express their opinions?

Why do you think "American voters" could not express their opinions in 2016? Was the First Amendment suspended for a year without me noticing?

Most corrupt politician, best at cadging support from our enemies like Vladimir Putin? Least inclined to support U.S. interests?

If he was so beholden to Putin, why didn't he shut down pipelines like DAPL or do something against fracking? Increased US production has been cutting into Russian profits for years.

Exactly what makes Clinton overrated, compared to other politicians like Trump?

Asked and answered. We are getting into the weeds though.

 

[Derec]

Hillary beat Sanders. Easily.

Easy to do when the DNC is in your corner, but how is that even responsive to what I wrote? Tom's point was that Bernie's challenge damaged Hillary.
My point is that if she was made of sterner stuff, she would be strengthened by the challenge, not weakened.
Obama and Hillary had a knock-down, drag-out primary in 2008. And Obama was a better general election candidate for it.
Not so with Hillary after Bernie.

 

[Derec]

She didn't have to let him do so,

Are you saying Hillary (and her cronies at the DNC) could have just banned Bernie (and presumably Obama in 2008) from challenging the chosen one?

 

[Derec]

Absence of the dangly bits.

You could have just said “Yes, I will”.
We didn’t need a fresh demonstration.

In other words, don't ever criticize a woman, or you are a "sexist". Or challenge her for nomination that is by divine providence her due, I guess.

 

[Derec]

She never said that. Your quote is bullshit.

It's not meant to be a direct quote but a summary of her 2016 candidacy.

Remember when Madeline Albright, one of her campaign surrogates, suggested that there was "a special place in hell" for women who did not support Hillary?

 

[lpetrich]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Twitter: "AOC just launched an insurrection.
Any violence and rioting is a direct result of Democrat marching orders.
(vid link)" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "I will explain this to you slowly: exercising our right to protest is not obstruction of Congress nor an attempt to overturn democracy.
If one were a heinous enough person to do that, they’d likely seek a pardon for it too.
But only one of us here has done that. And it ain’t me
(pic link)" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Universal healthcare and childcare. Gun safety. Combating climate change.
The GOP opposes it all. If they refuse to support life after birth, how can they claim to believe in it before?
Truth is, this is not about life and never has been. It’s about seizing power and control." / Twitter
referring to her House-floor speech.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "We should hear from Senators Murkowski, Collins, and Manchin if they believe there should be any consequences at all for misleading members of the US Senate in order to secure a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land.
Otherwise Roe’s undoing is their legacy too." / Twitter
Good point. They claim that Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh stabbed the in the back about RvW. So let's see them act as if they were stabbed in the back.


Anna Merlan on Twitter: "If a pro-life politician crowing about today’s decision ever paid for your abortion and it feels like the right time to talk about it, my email is Anna.merlan@vice.com" / Twitter
then
Anna Merlan on Twitter: "In general, I want to emphasize that you are legally allowed to speak truthfully about your own experience and experienced reporters can work with you to protect your privacy and safety if that is a concern" / Twitter
then
Anna Merlan on Twitter: "I think this speaks for itself but… “pro-life”" / Twitter

Like  Scott DesJarlais an anti-abortion politician who once pressured a mistress to get an abortion.

 

[Derec]

It's a lot of voters, and it's a strategy that Republicans have used very well.

And that gave us more extreme politicians pushing extremist policies disconnected from the majority of the voters.
The answer to that is not the same but from the other extreme.

AOC herself found that she won her first victory by getting votes from people who don't usually vote, instead of people who'd otherwise love Joe Crowley.

She won a minuscule amount of votes in a very low-turnout election. Her victory eliminated a promising leadership candidate and damaged the Democratic Party.
AOC's hostile takeover of NY14 is a good demonstration of why partisan primaries are a bad idea, especially in safe districts - they tend to elevate extremists not aligned to the majority of the voters.

A failing strategy. Being Republican lite turns off the Democratic base. Also, Republicans don't do that.

On the contrary, if we want to benefit the country, and not just have partisan victories out of sheer "will to power", then that is the only viable strategy. Focusing solely on the rabid base will lead to more polarization. Polarization of the R side gave us the RvW overturn. We do not need more of the same, but from the opposite extremist corner.

Define "too far to the left".

Concrete example taking Bernie's $6T Spendapalooza and passing it off as "Biden agenda" with only minor trimming (The $1.2T BIF and $3.5T B³ = $4.7T). On a more conceptual level, the general embrace of socialism by so many Dems. Then comes the "defund/abolish police", fauxgressive DAs not prosecuting crime etc.
Example Gascon: Mother of Slain El Monte Officer Blames DA Gascón for Son's Death

AOC found out recently that a lot of people are turned off from the Democratic Party for failing to deliver Build Back Better, continuing child tax credits, etc. That the party doesn't do more instead of the party doing too much.

How does that compare to the number of people turned off by, for example, high inflation that would be even higher if more trillions were thrown into the already inflationary economy? In addition to trillions of B³ spending (which, btw. also includes tax cuts for Blue State rich), AOC et al also demand taxpayers pay for student loans for rich doctors, lawyers as well as people who went to fancy private $50k/a tuition universities - like AOC herself.

 

[lpetrich]

VICE News on Twitter: ""They will wake up with less rights and they don't know it yet."
@elizlanders talked to @aoc about the consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade for other rights such as gay marriage and contraception. (vid link)" / Twitter
"Into the streets!"

After noting that Texas's anti-sodomy law was overturned using the right of privacy established in Roe, AOC continued

In overturning Roe, we are overturning the right to privacy established by Roe. And that will have knock-on effects... for people even regardless of their views on abortion. They will wake up with less rights and they don't know it yet.

We are here for a reason. You were born in this space and at this time for a reason. You were born for... because we are the restorers! We were born here to be protectors. We were born (difficult to make out) to make a better future and turn this ship around.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Voting is critical but alone it’s not enough. We will need to organize, strike, fill coffers of abortion funds, open our homes to help those seeking safe passage, and more to establish and defend our rights.

People have more power than they realize. It’s time we rediscover it." / Twitter
She has the right idea. The most recent three liberal periods had a lot of activism in them: the Progressive Era, the New Deal Era, and the Sixties Era. Before that, the Civil War was preceded by lots of antislavery activism.

Noting her earlier tweet about abortion-defense activism,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Thank you EVERYONE. We are at $150k in direct contributions to grassroots abortion funds in just 5 hours" / Twitter

Farnoush Amiri on Twitter: "Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., on the Justices on the Supreme Court: (pic link)" / Twitter

"You have six justices, five of them who are appointed by Republican presidents who didn't win a majority of votes in the country. You have two of them who face credible sexual assault accusations. One of them is married to a woman who actively participated in activities to overthrow the US government and they're telling women they no longer have the right to choose?" He said. "I mean, give me a goddamn break."

 

[lpetrich]

It's a lot of voters, and it's a strategy that Republicans have used very well.

And that gave us more extreme politicians pushing extremist policies disconnected from the majority of the voters.

What are you going to do about that?

The answer to that is not the same but from the other extreme.

Do you have any better ideas? Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have done what you seem to have in mind, without much effect.

AOC herself found that she won her first victory by getting votes from people who don't usually vote, instead of people who'd otherwise love Joe Crowley.

She won a minuscule amount of votes in a very low-turnout election.

What would you consider high turnout? Are you implying that NY-14 was a district full of Crowleyites who inexplicably refused to turn out to vote for their hero?

Her victory eliminated a promising leadership candidate and damaged the Democratic Party.

Promising leadership candidate??? Damage to the Democratic Party???

Define "too far to the left".

Concrete example taking Bernie's $6T Spendapalooza and passing it off as "Biden agenda" with only minor trimming (The $1.2 BIF and $3.5T B³ = $4.7T). On a more conceptual level, the general embrace of socialism by so many Dems. ...

Define "socialism".

AOC found out recently that a lot of people are turned off from the Democratic Party for failing to deliver Build Back Better, continuing child tax credits, etc. That the party doesn't do more instead of the party doing too much.

How does that compare to people turned off by, for example, high inflation that would be even higher if more trillions were thrown into the already inflationary economy. In addition to trillions of B³ spending

While price gouging is OK? Massive spending on Wall Street bailouts is OK? Big military spending is OK?

(which, btw. also includes tax cuts for Blue State rich),

Like what? Right-wingers agreeing with AOC on taxing the rich is such a sight to see.

AOC et al also demand taxpayers pay for student loans for rich doctors, lawyers as well as people who went to fancy private $50k/a tuition universities - like AOC herself.

Pseudo-left-wing posturing. Most people with lots of student-loan debt are *not* very rich.

 

[Toni]

Hillary beat Sanders. Easily.

Easy to do when the DNC is in your corner, but how is that even responsive to what I wrote? Tom's point was that Bernie's challenge damaged Hillary.
My point is that if she was made of sterner stuff, she would be strengthened by the challenge, not weakened.
Obama and Hillary had a knock-down, drag-out primary in 2008. And Obama was a better general election candidate for it.
Not so with Hillary after Bernie.

Why wouldn't the DNC support an actual member of the party rather than someone who joined only when it was convenient?

Obama narrowly beat Clinton in the 2008 primaries.
Clinton handily beat Sanders in the 2016 primaries.

Sanders did siphon votes away from Clinton in the 2016 POTUS gen election even after he urged voters to vote for Clinton. Bernie bros are still hanging out and about, ready to pounce like tiny little kittens on anyone whoever speaks a word against Sanders. Misogynist bunch.

 

[lpetrich]

Team AOC on Instagram: “@aoc addressed the crowd at an abortion rights rally in NYC”
She described how she once worked near where she was speaking, and how nearby there was a free family health center. She talked about helping friends get abortions after being sexually assaulted, and when she was 22 - 23 years old, she herself was raped. She was completely alone and she had to take a pregnancy test in a public bathroom in downtown Manhattan. She thought to herself that at least she has a choice of abortion, and she was relieved to discover that she was not pregnant.

She then talked about being an activist, and she said that there are things that President Biden could do, like build abortion clinics on Federal lands. I find that an ingenious idea, using Federal sovereignty as a way of getting around state laws.

-

I looked at AOC's fellow progressives and I didn't see anything like how Republicans and Kyrsten Sinema passed around "horrified and heartbroken".

Ayanna Pressley on Twitter: "This is a matter of life & death.
The Supreme Court has once again obstructed the will of the people and we must use every tool available to protect our reproductive rights & freedom. (vid link)" / Twitter

Rashida Tlaib on Twitter: "Abortions are still legal in Michigan. We must fight for every person to control their bodies. We won't stop fighting. I will see you in the streets." / Twitter


Ilhan Omar on Twitter: "Roe v. Wade is a privacy case, a bodily autonomy case & it’s ultimately about the right to make our own decisions about our uteruses.
Today, the Supreme Court ruled a person w/ a uterus needs government controlling their decisions and should be treated as less than a full human." / Twitter

Andrew Leyden on Twitter: "Cong. Ilhan Omar speaks about the Dobbs decision at the Supreme Court. (vid link)" / Twitter

Ilhan Omar on Twitter: "This isn’t it. We’re going to stand up. (vid link)" / Twitter
She described her daughter texting her "Mom, is this it? Is there nothing that can be done?" Presumably the end of abortion rights. IO then continued about how abortion was outlawed in several states and may be outlawed in others, including all 50 if we don't do anything about that. But that we can avoid that fate by becoming abortion defenders.

Progressive Caucus on Twitter: "
“If you don’t want to go back, you have to fight.
If you don’t want a ban on contraception,
If you don’t want a ban on same-sex marriage,
If you don’t want our trans kids criminalized, you have to fight.
We’re going to hold each other up, and we’re going to fight.” -Whip @ilhan
(pic link)" / Twitter

WCCO - CBS Minnesota on Twitter: "Rep. Ilhan Omar says she's outraged by the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
She said the decision will fall hardest on those who are most vulnerable, "victims of incest, who have been raped, who are...struggling to put food on the table."
MORE: (links)" / Twitter
noting
"How dare they?": Minnesota leaders react to abortion ruling

Ilhan Omar on Twitter: "The reversal of Roe..." / Twitter

The reversal of Roe will be recorded in the history books in the same nauseous tones as decisions like Dred Scott, Korematsu, Plessy, and Buck.

This is an institution that has legitimized slavery, concentration camps, and eugenics.

This decision is the same.

We claim to live in a democracy. A form of government that does not just do the will of the people, but protects the rights of the people.

There are times we have lived up to our ideals.

And there are many, many times where we haven’t. Like this.

How can a society function when the ultimate word on the rights of citizens - the rights of Blacks to be free from bondage and later to vote as equals, or of Japanese Americans to not be herded into camps, or the rights of women to not be forced to give birth…

Are decided by 9 unelected lawyers, serving decade after decade with as much a political agenda as my most partisan colleagues in the House?

Because make no mistake: SCOTUS is as much a political body as the House or Senate.

We just pretend it’s above all that.

Like every case I’ve named before, overturning Roe proves it’s not. The Court’s majority is serving its purpose.

Minnesotans, we are lucky we have Tim Walz and Keith Ellison in office to protect our rights at home.

If Republicans win in November, MN will look a lot like Texas.

As we fight to make abortion legal at the federal level, I continue to reject the legitimacy of such an undemocratic institution.

Expand the court.

 

[lpetrich]

Cori Bush on Twitter: "Abortion care IS health care. It was so before this. And it will remain so after this.
We don’t care what a far-right extremist Supreme Court that is in a crisis of legitimacy says. Your racist, sexist, classist ruling won’t stop us from accessing the care we need." / Twitter

Cori Bush on Twitter: "We dissent." / Twitter
noting
Taniel on Twitter: "The final paragraph ..." / Twitter

The final paragraph of the three liberals' Dobbs dissent:

"With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent. "

The 3 dissenters warn that more is coming. They write that the conservatives' approach in the Dobbs ruling "places in jeopardy other rights, from contraception to same-sex intimacy and marriage."

The dissent: The majority is "acting at practically the first moment possible", "eliminates a 50-year-old contitutional right that safeuards women's freedom," "breaches a core rule-of-law principle," "places in jeopardy other rights," and "undermines the Court's legitimacy."

Cori Bush on Twitter: "The far-right court overturned Roe as I hosted Secretary Becerra for an abortion round table at the same St. Louis clinic where I received my abortion at 18. I felt lonely and scared then. I do not feel alone or scared now.
We won’t stop until abortion care is legal everywhere." / Twitter

Cori Bush on Twitter: "Forced birth will not stand.
As long as abortion care is legal we’re going to make sure you have the access you need. Call your local abortion provider. Call my office and we’ll point you in the right direction.
Because you still have access to abortion care. (vid link)" / Twitter
From Joy-Ann Reid interviewing CB as she was at a rally and wearing a T-shirt that says "ABORTION CARE IS HEALTH CARE"

She hoped that the thought of a teenage girl getting pregnant from being raped would nag on the consciences of anti-abortion politicians, but that may be overoptimistic.

 

[lpetrich]

Marie Newman on Twitter: "I’m mad as hell, but we can’t give up. We need more women in power who will fight to protect reproductive rights. (vid link)" / Twitter

Marie Newman on Twitter: "It’s not just abortion.
They are coming for same-sex marriages. Birth control. And so much more.
Fight like hell. We need more women with the lived experience in Congress. I won’t let the next generation have fewer rights than I had." / Twitter

Congressman Jamaal Bowman on Twitter: "Today is a dark day in American history. We knew it was coming, but that doesn’t make it any less devastating." / Twitter
Then continuing with a long Twitter thread about the revocation of RvW.

Senator Tina Smith on Twitter: "There was no doubt in my mind when I voted against Kavanaugh and Barrett that they were both going to overturn Roe. It was obvious." / Twitter

Rep. Mondaire Jones on Twitter: "We won’t go back.
Expand the Supreme Court. (pic link)" / Twitter
Showing MJ at a rally with a sign with 5 repetitions of "ABORTION IS ESSENTIAL" and with @PROCHOICECAUCUS

MJ had proposed a solution: packing the Court.
Mondaire Jones on Twitter: "In April 2021, my colleagues and I introduced the Judiciary Act to add four seats to SCOTUS.

Many of my colleagues scoffed, but the American people are on our side.

If we had passed our bill, the right to an abortion would exist today. Tell your Representative to cosponsor it." / Twitter
FDR had proposed packing the Supreme Court when it struck down too much of his New Deal legislation. Though the packing itself was a failure, the Court stopped striking down New Deal stuff.

Dan Schuering on Twitter: "@MondaireJones @joncoopertweets I’m a lawyer. I hated this idea. The last 2 days have changed my mind. The law must be stable, consistent & predictable. Right now, it is none of these. 1 Justice per Circuit makes sense. The damage to the law will take 50 years to fix. Might as well start by fixing the Court." / Twitter

 

[marc]

Sanders beat her in the presidential election. He made sure that enough Democratic voters considered her terrible that Trump won the White

Cut this bullshit. More Sanders voters voted for Hillary than Hillary voters voted for Obama when she lost the primary. Sanders did 35 campaign rallies to get people to vote for Hillary. He in no way made people consider her a terrible candidate. 25 years of republican smears of her, and her own pro-corporate politics-as-usual made her terrible in some people's eyes.