The Hill
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday called for overturning the constitutional rights the court had affirmed for access to contraceptives and LGBTQ rights in an opinion concurring with the majority to decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
In his separate opinion, Thomas acknowledged that Friday’s decision does not directly affect any rights besides abortion. But he argued that the constitution’s Due Process Clause does not secure a right to an abortion or any other substantive rights, and he urged the court to apply that reasoning to other landmark cases.
Thomas wrote, “In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.”
In Griswold v. Connecticut, the court ruled in 1965 that married couples have a right to access contraceptive. In 2003, the court said in Lawrence v. Texas that states could not outlaw consensual gay sex. And the court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges established a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
It is unprecedented for a Supreme Court Judge to say how he would rule in a potential future case he may need to judge. Obviously there is no higher court to appeal to.
For the past 7 years I have bemoaned the escalation of norm breaking. The executive branch during the Trump years, no more words needed. Now SCOTUS, previously, tight to the vest, stickler for rules and precedent institution is joined. America is not spinning out of control, it has spun out of control.
I have no idea where the bottom is. All I can say is for American WP members, Aw f**k I don’t know what to say.
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