The Five Reasons SCOTUS Overturned Roe and Casey
Spencer Brown – TownhallTipsheet
The Supreme Court’s opinion released Friday is the culmination of
decades of work by pro-life activists and comes amid an unprecedented
level of hostility toward members of the high court who believed that
the “right” to abortion created in
Roe and revised in
Casey was
based on flawed legal reasoning. While the left is already planning for
a “night of rage” in response to the decision overruling
Roe
that merely returns abortion policy-making power to the people and their
elected representatives, here’s what Justice Alito said were the five
factors that weighed strongly in favor of overturning
Roe and
Casey.
An erroneous interpretation of the Constitution is always important,
but some are more damaging than others. The infamous decision in Plessy
v. Ferguson, was one such decision. It betrayed our commitment to
“equality before the law.” 163 U. S., at 562 (Harlan, J., dissenting).
It was “egregiously wrong” on the day it was decided, see Ramos, 590 U.
S., at _ (opinion of KAVANAUGH, J.) (slip op., at 7), and…Read more here.
