Ari Melber

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RT @TheBeatWithAri: What the Supreme Court's conservative Justices said about Roe v. Wade during their confirmation hearings: https://t.co/… — PolitiTweet.org

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Justice Thomas uses today's ruling against Roe to suggest, in writing, that the court should grant states the legal ability to *ban same sex intercourse* and *jail people* who have such sex. — PolitiTweet.org

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While the Court majority defensively insists this case "only" deals with Roe, one of its members, Thomas, adds today: It is time to overrule rights to - contraception - same sex marriage - intercourse between people of the same sex. — PolitiTweet.org

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"A law regulating abortion, like other health laws," now gets a "'strong presumption of validity.'" Alito says virtually any state abortion rule now "#must be sustained" by judges. Lawmakers just have to show they "thought" a rule was a state interest. Open season. — PolitiTweet.org

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Alito explains that starting today, abortion bans can rarely be questioned in court: "Rational-basis review is the.. standard for such challenges... abortion is not a fundamental constitutional right because [it] has no basis in the Constitution’s text or our Nation’s history" — PolitiTweet.org

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Note the Supreme Court decision overturns Roe and also erects the *lowest possible* standard for allowing abortion bans -- meaning they will be hard to challenge, for any reason, in lower courts. 1/2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Every Justice who voted to overturn Roe today, under oath: Roe is "settled law," I respect "stare decisis." Today in the ruling: "Traditional stare decisis factors do not weigh in favor of retaining Roe." — PolitiTweet.org

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After all that, Alito's majority opinion claims to be neutral about abortion: "Our opinion is not based on *any view* about if and when prenatal life is entitled to any.. rights." — PolitiTweet.org

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The dissent says this ruling could topple the right to contraception, or same-sex marriage. Alito responds those rights do "not destroy a 'potential life,'" while an abortion does. That's (a) legally bizarre (b) there are people who think contraception destroys a potential life — PolitiTweet.org

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Alito notes those who want the government to ban abortion say "many people now have a new appreciation of fetal life." — PolitiTweet.org

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Alito opinion: "Abortion is nothing new. It has been addressed by lawmakers for centuries, and the fundamental moral question that it poses is ageless." — PolitiTweet.org

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There are strong and genuine debates about when life begins. But Alito's phrasing here all but admits his personal, (non legal) view is controlling the outcome... reducing much of the opinion to window dressing/cover. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Court majority gets close to admitting this ruling is not actually about law, but advancing their personal, religious views on "life": Quote: "Abortion destroys.. 'potential life' and what [this abortion ban] regards as the life of an 'unborn human being.'” — PolitiTweet.org

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The Court majority argues that efforts to "justify abortion through appeals to a broader right to autonomy...prove too much. That [could] license fundamental 'rights to illicit drug use, prostitution, and the like.' — PolitiTweet.org

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Alito cites writers from the 1700s to approvingly note their view that "abortion of a 'quick' child was 'by the ancient law homicide or manslaughter' [or] a very 'heinous misdemeanor'" — PolitiTweet.org

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As in the leaked draft, the Court majority signs on to Alito approvingly citing: A "13th-century" treatise which said hitting or poisoning a pregnant woman in a way that "caused abortion" was "homicide." — PolitiTweet.org

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“We hold that Roe .. must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision." The Supreme Court overturns Roe, 6-3, June 24, 2022. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tribelaw: #JeffreyClark (he of the search & seizure PJ’s) claimed the 5th & executive privilege at the same time. Sorry, no: It’s one o… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Acyn: Jeff Clark emerges on Tucker Carlson https://t.co/MClt6KDCxi — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AriMelber: Trump appointees recount how they thwarted Trump’s plot by warning of mass resignations on Jan 3. That moved Trump — partly… — PolitiTweet.org

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A legal point here, in a land of bonkers Opposite Day rhetoric: Trump appointee Jeffrey Clark was not trying to “investigate fraud” at DOJ, he was trying to “perpetuate a fraud.” - @RepAdamSchiff to @JoyAnnReid — PolitiTweet.org

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@tribelaw . Many Trump appointees didn’t speak out at the time, or after leaving government. They are speaking now under a legal obligation to testify. (With a few exceptions.) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BeschlossDC: @AriMelber: “The plan was to Putinize the Justice Department.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ihuntusa: @ChrisJansing @neal_katyal @MSNBC Coup Coup for Cocoa Puffs -@AriMelber — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pjhoody: @AriMelber this ain't a movie, dawg! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tribelaw: “Rarely have so many been so praised who were so tardy.” — @AriMelber. Amen! — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump lawyer John Eastman says he is a “constitutional law” expert, and he certainly seems to be an expert on the Fifth Amendment. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheBeatWithAri: WATCH: @AriMelber breaks down the new heat on Trump ally Jeffery Clark https://t.co/xF17NWhYYj — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump appointees testify Trump still did not fully grasp the federal org chart, and whom he could fire, on Jan 3. As they warned him against possibly illegal coup plans, they also accurately educated him that only he had the lawful power to fire Clark (a Senate appointee). — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump appointees recount how they thwarted Trump’s plot by warning of mass resignations on Jan 3. That moved Trump — partly because it would have *hindered* his plans to try to steal the election or cause havoc in the certification *on Jan 6.* — PolitiTweet.org