We know that Mitch McConnell floated the idea of a nationwide abortion ban shortly after the leak happened.
We know that with Roe v Wade about to be gone, the Republicans will move forward with implementing a nationwide abortion ban the next time they have enough power consolidated to do it (i.e. a trifecta, where they control the House, Senate, and Presidency).
We know that Republicans are very well positioned in the 2022 midterms, and currently the projections are that they will regain both the House and Senate.
We know that Republicans are opposed to democracy and have no problem with disregarding election results that don't favor them. Assuming that they control the Senate and House in 2024, we can count on them doing this with any 2024 presidential election result that shows a Democratic victory.
So here's the most likely (basically guaranteed in my opinion) timeline we're looking at: the GOP takes the House and Senate in 2022, they steal the presidency in 2024 (assuming they don't just win outright), and then they ban abortion nationwide in 2025 or 2026.
Am I missing anything? Is there any compelling reason to believe that this won't happen?
There's no way the US can make interracial marriage illegal, right?
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The court decision that legalized nationally is based on the right to privacy, which is an unenumerated right that made its way into legal precedent through Roe v Wade. Once Roe is overturned, Loving v Virginia is able to be challenged. It was explicitly mentioned in the leaked majority opinion on Roe
If loving v Virginia gets overturned (IIRC it has the same legal logic as roe) then interracial marriages immediately stop being recognized in like 17 states or something. I had plans to possibly move to one of those states for woek - those plans have evaporated over the past month. Way too big of a risk