Although much is happening in the world, the biggest stories this week are the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) rulings regarding the gun law in New York and the abortion law in Mississippi. I would like to comment/link on each of these and then move on to another topic or two.
Before addressing these
two SCOTUS decisions, I want to give credit for these monumental moments of
judicial clarity and significance to two individuals who are often criticized,
both fairly and unfairly, for their performances in public office. They both took personal political risks to
help create a SCOTUS that made decisions like these possible.
The first significant
ruling dealt with a restrictive gun law in New York. The clear, simple, and perfectly proper
message delivered by the SCOTUS in this ruling was that (1) The Constitution
contains an undeniable right for citizens to bear arms and (2) Government
entities at different levels have undeniable authority to regulate within
reason how that Constitutional right is exercised. In general terms, government cannot
deny your right to own a gun; but they can regulate how that gun might
be acquired, owned, and used.
Here is some information
about exactly what the New York case was about, followed by several links to
articles addressing the significance of the opinion.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/06/justices-back-the-second-amendment-and-they-mean-it/
https://www.jewishworldreview.com/0622/hammer062422.php3
And why do you suppose
our Constitution provides a fundamental right for self-protection by arming
one’s self? Consider this: https://nypost.com/2022/06/22/its-despicable-to-defund-police-while-you-live-in-a-safe-neighborhood/
The second major SCOTUS
decision was the long-awaited verdict on the Dobbs case from Mississippi. That decision not only upheld the Mississippi
abortion law, but it also overturned the terrible judicial precedent of Roe
v. Wade and returned the authority to regulate abortion in America to the
individual states.
This decision did not
make abortion in our nation illegal. It
simply recognized that the SCOTUS over-reached its authority when it created out
of whole cloth a constitutional right to abortion. No such right exists and this decision bears
that out. It will now be up to each
state to craft a law that deals with abortion in their jurisdiction. Some will be severe and restrictive; some
will be liberal and place few, if any, restrictions on abortion.
For those individuals who
reside in the states who implement restrictive abortion laws; they will have
the freedom to travel to nearby states who have less restrictive laws in order
to acquire an abortion. It is my guess
that the overwhelming majority of states will end up passing abortion regulations
that will be quite similar to the Mississippi law that the SCOTUS upheld with
this decision. Here is that law: https://legiscan.com/MS/text/SB2116/id/1846191
Here is an article that
will provide a full text link of this decision, followed by several articles that
analyze the impact of the case. It is
important to note that the media coverage on this specific case and abortion in
general is notoriously irresponsible and inaccurate. My home state of Kentucky is a prime example
of this. As is being reported, Kentucky
has a “trigger law” in place that would immediately take precedence in
the case of Roe v. Wade being overturned and essentially makes abortion
a crime. But it also recently passed
new abortion legislation (vetoed by our Governor and that veto being
over-ridden by the Legislature) that is quite similar to the Mississippi
law addressed by the SCOTUS. The point
is that with the authority to regulate abortion now being passed to the
states from the federal level, it will begin a “sorting out” process
whereby the people and governments of each state will be deciding how they wish
to deal with this emotional issue. Proper, constitutional order will be restored…at
least to this subject.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/list-where-every-state-stands-on-abortion
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/the-long-battle-to-overturn-roe/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/06/a-stain-erased/
https://technofog.substack.com/p/roe-v-wade-is-dead
https://www.city-journal.org/roe-v-wade-is-gone
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/elections-have-consequences/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/and-the-biggest-abortion-hypocrite-award-goes-to.php
Of all the stupid things
that President Biden and his Administration have done, no particular areas
stand out more than those intertwined issues of the economy and energy. What is so outrageous about the mishandling
of these areas is the fact that when Biden came into office, they were both in
great shape, primed and ready to continue improving. He has royally screwed that all up and in the
process, royally screwed up our country.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/21/biden-and-oil-destroy-america-in-order-to-save-it/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/06/bidens-oil-tantrum/
https://www.americanexperiment.org/gridwatch-2022/
https://nypost.com/2022/06/21/bidens-claims-on-the-economy-are-pure-malarkey/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-dc-worst-economic-equality-race-america-study
It is depressingly painful
to watch our President Nero (Joe Biden) fiddle while Rome (America)
burns down around him.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/18/joe-incompetent/
https://jewishworldreview.com/0622/lowry062222.php
There are two particular
aspects of the House Select Committee hearings on January 6 that stand out to me. One is the pure hypocrisy on display. Second is the bald-faced partisan collusion
between the mainstream media and Congress.
But hey…I repeat myself.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/17/democrats-selective-outrage-over-insurrections/
https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/20/january-6-show-trials-expose-biden-democrats-at-a-low-ebb/
https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/17/a-cretinous-beltway-reproduction-of-a-stalinist-show-trial/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/who-are-the-election-deniers.php
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/06/20/the-shameful-silence-on-the-plot-against-brett-kavanaugh/
To close out this piece,
let us continue to glance forward a few months and speculate on who our NEXT
president might be.
https://jewishworldreview.com/0622/hanson062322.php
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-new-yorker-accidentally-makes-ron-desantis-look-awesome/
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