6 thoughts on “News/Politics 6-27-16

  1. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/654afc839388440f8a4efc2eb22ca41a/supreme-court-strikes-down-texas-abortion-clinic
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down Texas’ widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics Monday in the court’s biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.

    The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations were only a veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state. …
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  2. Matt Walsh has said if the Supreme Court struck down our anti-abortion law, we should secede again. There is no time like the present. Good luck with President Hillary or Herr Trump.

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    When the Eight-Member Supreme Court Avoids Deadlocks, It Leans Left:

    … Judge Garland would probably fit squarely among the liberal bloc of the court, according to an analysis of his appeals court record. (A low-end estimate would put him slightly more conservative than Justice Stephen G. Breyer, and a high-end estimate more liberal than Justice Sonia Sotomayor.) …

    On Thursday, the court was evenly split in a case considering whether the Obama administration could shield as many as five million unauthorized immigrants from deportation and to allow them to work. The tie resulted in a major loss for the administration, affirming the lower court decision and upholding a nationwide injunction blocking the program.

    Because the case was affirmed 4 to 4, no precedent was set and justice splits were not disclosed. … Should Judge Garland have been approved by the Senate in time to weigh in on the case, he may have sided with the administration, resulting in a 5-4 decision. …

    Meanwhile, Justice Sotomayor, Mr. Obama’s first nominee to the court, surpassed Justice Ginsburg as the court’s most liberal justice. …
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