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What progressives get wrong about overturning Roe: Now, it’s citizens who will decide.

The court now has a solid majority of justices who are more motivated by what they view as “first principles” than pragmatic concerns. From a court that has long used nuanced (and maddeningly vague) opinions to avoid major changes in constitutional doctrine, we now have clarity on this issue. It will return to the citizens of each state to decide.

The court anticipated the response to the opinion by those who “stoke unfounded fear that our decision will imperil … other rights.” The opinion expressly does not address contraception, same-sex marriage or other rights. 

That claim has always been absurd but has become a talking point on the left. After the leak of the draft opinion, the New York Times opinion editors warned that some states likely would outlaw interracial marriage if Roe v. Wade is overturned: Imagine that every state were free to choose whether to allow Black people and white people to marry. Some states would permit such marriages; others probably wouldn t.

via www.msn.com

Jonathan Turley.

There is a lot of misinformation and disinformation, not to mention malinformation being issued by the organs of the Left about the Dobbs opinion. Yet I don’t believe it should be censored. Advocacy of censorship seems limited to those in power who lack confidence in their own arguments, the intelligence of their governed classes, or both.