This isn't good!

  • Dewot523 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    To be fair, even if that was a lib seat Roberts just would have swung his vote and made it 5-4 again. He's trying to appear objective and moderate and conservatives having a 6-3 majority lets him do that.

    • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Eh, don't agree here. Roberts had the opportunity to shut down a bunch of abortion clinics in Louisiana last year and sided with the liberals 5-4 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Medical_Services,_LLC_v._Russo). Roberts is a snake, but he has institutionalist brainworms just like some of the liberals.

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      For corporate handouts yes, but not as likely for just flat out overturning roe v wade

      • Haste_Hall [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        just flat out overturning roe v wade

        But they technically haven't in a way that matters to a legal dork like Roberts and that's the justification that he would've leaned on in this hypothetical.

        • SerLava [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Well roe v wade was specifically about women having complete medical privacy until at least fetal viability. This is definitely overturning the core part of it, even technically I think