Comments on: A Longshot To Save Nationwide Abortion Rights http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/12/02/a-longshot-to-save-nationwide-abortion-rights/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- How About A Little Economic Good News? http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/12/02/a-longshot-to-save-nationwide-abortion-rights/#comment-181821 ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- How About A Little Economic Good News? Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:40:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21306#comment-181821 [...] A Longshot To Save Nationwide Abortion Rights [...] [...] A Longshot To Save Nationwide Abortion Rights [...]

]]> By: C. R. Stucki http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/12/02/a-longshot-to-save-nationwide-abortion-rights/#comment-181819 C. R. Stucki Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:03:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21306#comment-181819 What the hell CW, you may be about to "lose a right", but it sure as hell ain't a "constitutional right"! The last time I read the list of constitutional rights, I found "the right to life", but NOT "the right to take a life"!! What the hell CW, you may be about to "lose a right", but it sure as hell ain't a "constitutional right"!

The last time I read the list of constitutional rights, I found "the right to life", but NOT "the right to take a life"!!

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/12/02/a-longshot-to-save-nationwide-abortion-rights/#comment-181814 John M from Ct. Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:38:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=21306#comment-181814 This is the most "inside baseball" column in a long time. So the Senate is supposed to pass an exception to the filibuster that addresses ONLY "discredited" Supreme Court decisions that affect constitutional rights. This sounds like the non-starting proposal to abolish the filibuster only in the area of 'voting rights' except it's even more abstruse. When is a Supreme Court decision 'discredited'? Which Supreme Court decisions affect 'constitutional rights'? What the heck are constitutional rights, anyway? The constitution doesn't actually mention the right to have an abortion, so is the 14th amendment really enough to drag abortion rights over the line to the point where the filibuster must be abolished so the Supremes aren't the final arbiters, according to this new filibuster rule? As Grandpa said in 'Moonlight': "I'm confused!" This is the most "inside baseball" column in a long time. So the Senate is supposed to pass an exception to the filibuster that addresses ONLY "discredited" Supreme Court decisions that affect constitutional rights.
This sounds like the non-starting proposal to abolish the filibuster only in the area of 'voting rights' except it's even more abstruse. When is a Supreme Court decision 'discredited'? Which Supreme Court decisions affect 'constitutional rights'? What the heck are constitutional rights, anyway? The constitution doesn't actually mention the right to have an abortion, so is the 14th amendment really enough to drag abortion rights over the line to the point where the filibuster must be abolished so the Supremes aren't the final arbiters, according to this new filibuster rule?

As Grandpa said in 'Moonlight': "I'm confused!"

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