BUT SCOTUS!

BUT SCOTUS! October 29, 2016

The 9 judges in 1973 (Roe) were 6 R and 3 D.
1) Kennedy was Reagan-appointed. He decided Obergefell (gay marriage)

2) Roberts was Bush-appointed. He decided Sebelius (Obamacare)
3) Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) failed to overturn Roe. It was 5-4. Kennedy and O’Connor, both Reagan-appointed, were in the majority. If they decide against Roe, it is overturned 6-3.
4) Roe v. Wade (1973) was 7-2.
1 dissent (White) was Kennedy-appointed, the other (Rehnquist) was Nixon-appointed.
Of the 7 who decided Roe, 4 were Democrat appointed, 3 were Republican appointed (Powell, Burger, Brennan)

For further discussion of how to proceed in the real world as it actually is in order to stop getting suckered and actually fight abortion relying on both prudence and the teaching of the Church, go here and here.


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