Category Justice Elena Kagan

September 2, 2021 / Posted in  Blog, Fascism in USA, fetal heartbeat legislation, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Republicanazis, Roe v. Wade, Taliban, Texas legislature, white privilege

Overturning 50 years of precedence,¹ the draconic five formally denied a request from Texas abortion providers to freeze a state  law that bans abortions after six weeks. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three liberal justices in dissent.² The five (Barrett, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch,³ and Kavanaugh) are Catholics of the extreme Pius X branch of the  Roman Catholic Church⁴

Justice Sonia Sotomeyor

Although a Roman Catholic, unlike her colleagues who voted against the rights of women, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent: “…a majority of Justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand… The [Texas] Act is a breathtaking act of defiance of the Constitution, of this Court’s precedents, and of the rights of women seeking abortions throughout Texas...