Today is the anniversary of Roe Vs. Wade. Now I don't want to get into the politics of abortion because that isn't where my mind is today. It's on the news stories that mention this.
They almost all start with "Supreme court legalized abortion on this day" which is accurate, the problem is that it's also scary. I know that we are used to the supreme court doing this, but I still don't like it.
The problem is that it doesn't say "Supreme Court Found laws against abortion Unconstitutional" because while that is how they framed it, it isn't true. The Supreme Court decided that abortion should be legal in the U.S. and it passed a judgment circumventing the people, or even those who the people elect. You may agree that abortion should be legal, but do you agree that you want unelected judges running the country?
We need to stop looking at Roe vs. Wade purely as a case about abortion and start remembering that it is also a case about judicial overreach, and just because you like what they overreached on that one time doesn't mean that it won't be your side the next time they decided to overstep their bounds.
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Well stated, my friend. Legislating from the bench is a scary thing indeed.
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