{"id":866,"date":"2016-06-28T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T19:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=866"},"modified":"2016-06-28T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T19:37:44","slug":"scotus-decision-threatens-self-governance-and-the-unborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2016\/06\/scotus-decision-threatens-self-governance-and-the-unborn\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS decision threatens self-governance (and the unborn)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/543299184\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/543299184?et=LRhRxCnXTRJIkqKim6oL8g&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=a21dzlcQfwuInvkivVPaUq2mA26wIE0pTcTZ2fg_FFk=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Self-governance suffered a deadly blow yesterday.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With a vote of 5-3, the Supreme Court struck down Texas law which required abortion facilities and doctors to meet the same health, safety, and qualification standards as surgical facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe decision erodes States\u2019 lawmaking authority to safeguard the health and safety of women and subjects more innocent life to being lost,\u201d Gov. Greg Abbott said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wake-up, America!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Why should five lawyers in black robes get to decide policy questions on which the Constitution gives them no such directions?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">State laws, it seems, are nothing more than placeholders until the U.S. Supreme Court rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There is only one way to shrink the power of the Courts. Congress can\u2019t do it. Neither can the President.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Only an Article V Convention of States can propose the necessary constitutional amendments to restore the balance of power, and limit the Court\u2019s ability to supersede state law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/conventionofstates.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=3a21cd3d06284c105dbd92fee&amp;id=416741afbb&amp;e=3f223d029d\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Will you stand with us today and contribute $50, $75, or even $100?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Every gift will be matched dollar for dollar, until Independence Day. 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