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Justice Alito's draft opinion on abortion is a courageous gift to American children Ashley McGuire Tue, May 3, 2022, 3:38 PM Are we really shocked that the draft opinion in the most significant Supreme Court case in 50 years was leaked? We certainly should be, as the leak is, to quote legal scholar Carter Snead, a “shocking act of betrayal and a breathtaking breach of ethics.” To those who don’t follow Supreme Court politicking closely, the leak matters because it is an act of corruption of the highest order, one that appears to have been done to exert political pressure on the justices to change their opinions. The justices represent the one branch of government that was designed to be independent of political pressure. The leaker strikes at the heart of the American system of government and its design. Yet, the leak feels more like the death rattle of a movement that has fought to keep decisions about how to regulate abortion out of the American people's hands for generations. Alito demonstrates legal courage The leak also is a misfire. If anything, the leak has given the American people a preview of the kind of constitutionalism that voters crave and a glimpse of the legal courage we have yearned for. The draft opinion’s greatest gift is its clarity. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” writes Justice Samuel Alito. “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.” The fight over abortion has raged precisely because the court, both in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, hijacked the issue from the American voters and left the lower courts and legislatures with an illegible road map for implementation. Perhaps the greatest thing to be feared from a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was another muddled opinion full of lofty language and lacking legal clarity that would have dragged out the years of legalized abortion for many decades more. Supreme Court opinion drafts do not leak: Abortion may be at risk but so is court's sanctity. The fight over abortion has raged precisely because the court, both in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, hijacked the issue from the American voters and left the lower courts and legislatures with an illegible road map for implementation. That legacy has gnawed away at the fabric of our culture and has wormed its way into nearly every issue in politics. We need a clean break from Roe, and the leaked opinion gives us the way to make that break. Draft opinion dismantles legal arguments for abortion The opinion dismantles with great precision the many sagging lies that have upheld Roe for nearly half a century. It obliterates the viability standard, for example, as an arcane one founded on rusty science and on weak moral reasoning. It soundly rejects the notion that stare decisis protects bad law forever and quotes from countless scholars on the left to make the case. And it rebukes the assertion that societal reliance on a bad law is grounds for permanence, pointing out that the same reasoning is what the court first used when it "blessed racial segregation." But perhaps most notable is the courage that undergirds the writing. Justice Alito writes: “We do not pretend to know how our political system or society will respond to today’s decision overruling Roe and Casey. And even if we could foresee what will happen, we would have no authority to let that knowledge influence our decision.” If the leakers think that a man who writes like this and the justices who stand boldly behind his words will be kowtowed by the wails of the elite, by the theatrics of red capes and by angry hashtags, then they betray their own blind desperation. Nonetheless, the leak has given Americans the gift of seeing the truth come tearing out of the halls of justice. It’s truth we are ready for. And it's truth we desperately need if we are to begin the work of building up a culture where women can truly flourish without curtailing the civil rights of an entire class of people.

The initial ruling by the court in Roe V. Wade was totally ridiculous. The court used the excuse that science hadn't demonstrated that the fetus was a human person (the word fetus actually means "child" or "offspring") and stated that if science/medicine ever established that, their ruling would and should be reversed as the baby would be protected by the 14th amendment. This was definitely not "activist" and is valid and should have been ruled correctly in 1973. We've murdered 61 million babies in the U.S. since that ruling. The most shameful thing we as a nation have ever done (and we've done plenty of other stuff). No doubt the left will use this ruling as an excuse to continue their assault on the constitution and the American ideas of freedom and liberty.

com'on CH man, you know dems can't be totalitarian.... relax it's no big deal.

Oh yeah, before any of you overpaid self-loving douchebags get your panties in a wad, s/

If you sky bus drivers weren't sitting up in the cockpit spanking hank you might get paid starting at boarding too. We all know what you commercial guys and gals do up there before the plane is boarded and doors secured, absolutely nothing! https://news.yahoo.com/delta-begin-paying-flight-attendants-163906902.html

They were very much socialist until they got into power...just like all of the other socialist countries' leadership has done. I'd argue the political spectrum can't be viewed as a tape-measure/line but rather as a loop/circle and the far left and far right meet on the backside at fascism. Small sample but look at the antifa/BLM movements and see how they are fascists in their own right but claim to be on the leftist end of things. Both extremes end with absolute control and tyranny.

This version might be more accurate.

Yes I had them shipped. It just shocked me because TN also has such high sales tax (9.75%) it makes it difficult to think any investment has a 10% hit (added base) the day you get it. I thought about having it sent to my brother in TX but just had it sent straight to me. I get that I'm buying the precious metal but if the US puts a legal tender value, you'd think it wouldn't be taxable. If I go to the bank I don't get charged for buying a roll of quarters (legal tender). I was just surprised and frustrated, so thought I'd see if anybody else had been hit by that lately.

Alright, a question for any of you that invest in bullion. So I recently bought some Platinum Eagles. How can a state charge sales tax on what is officially United States legal tender? I realize the face value is only $100 but according to the mint's own website it is legal tender (even if the face value is a nominal value). The wholesalers I checked with (Cal Numismatic, JM bullion, apmex)) all say states are now collecting sales tax on bullion coins sales (even ones that are US Mint products and are U.S. legal tender). I've never paid sales tax on US coins before and it doesn't seem right to pay on official US minted coins.

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The trailer only showed F-18s, I wonder if Fat Amy will make an appearance in the new Top Gun. History: I had completed my T-38 contact check and was prepping for the form check when the original came out. Some of us went together to check it out and of course were throwing penalty flags on some of the BS/hype but we still enjoyed the attention it got us at ASU's Devil House and other locations around Tempe/Mesa after its debut.

Here are the date points from the same Our World in Data source used by NSPlayr. I don't know where the Prager U speaker got his data/information but this data shows he wasn't far off with the 2% change in energy consumption from Solar and Wind. This graph shows it went from less than 1/2 a % in 2000, to just over 3% in 2019 (their latest validated year for world energy consumption that I could find). Obviously my stated bias is Nuclear but I do see a role for solar and other renewables (I've had solar on my roof since January 2016 and haven't paid an electric bill since - and get a yearly check for my roof's production surplus). I calculated an 8 to 9 year oay-back when I installed the system and am on track to reach payback at 9.5 years. Without the 30% TVA tax credit it would have been closer to a 20 year payback. I admit my personal hypocrisy in accepting the government tax credit while advocating for less government interference. At my age I wouldn't have made the move without the credit. If I had been in the same financial situation when I was 30 I might have still done it without a government subsidy/tax credit. I'm for pretty much anything other than coal for electricity production (though I recognize that the industry continues to improve on the efficiency and cleanliness of coal). And, I guarantee any of you guys who are north of 50 like me, can attest to the improvement in our environment over the past 40 years (water and air). We need to be good stewards but we can't let emotion and the leftist shrills screw up everything in the name of another crisis. Slow and steady wins most races and is usually the best policy.

https://www.prageru.com/video/how-much-energy-will-the-world-need?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_3965824 Interesting summary of energy trends and cost. Bottom line, we've only moved 2% of energy usage away from fossil fuels to wind and solar (over the past 20 years) in spite of governments spending more than 5 Trillion on solar and wind technology and incentives.

Now I know why everyone here is bailing from USAA...they have to put a plan in place to stop your money laundering.

Lots of new fuel sources are being tested/developed. I read this article last year on where some of the technology for nuclear power generation is heading. Substantially less initial fuel required and less waste as a result. The French (Germans were - but not sure of their current efforts) are seeking ways to recycle nuclear waste resulting in even less waste going forward. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2021/07/20/new-nuclear-fuel-can-be-here-even-faster-than-new-reactorsaneel/?sh=55792faccc19

The Chase Amazon card has 2% on certain things and 5% on anything bought from Amazon and whole foods. A great deal if you buy from Amazon, and a decent deal if you don't. No annual fee. I use it more than my USAA card.

Wind is a terrible energy source for mass production. Nuclear is the cleanest and safest energy source we have available. We even have the ability to make power from elements that can't be weaponized and can be recycled almost to zero remaining waste. Let's spend some money and energy getting that in place (to at least eliminate coal usage). There is no excuse for us to depend on coal for more than 20% of our power generation. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3

There is truth in your words of iron ... (sorry, I just watched Outlaw Josie Wales again.)

I'm just hoping we never have all three (house, senate, potus) controlled by the same party. I absolutely love a slow cumbersome government that has to convince everyone that the cause du-jour is a good idea. It's not foolproof, as evidenced by the Patriot Act among others, but it usually works better than either party does alone.

And on a side note, a couple of the smartest guys in my UPT class washed out. Intellectually they made the rest of us (including the IPs) seem like special ed students. So even if he had washed out, it doesn't mean he doesn't have the smarts to logically crush anybody else's arguments/thoughts.

I'm wondering what rational person listened to that feces and thought "yeah, he seems to have it all under control". I get that his supporters know what he is and accept it, but how did that dumpster fire of a speech positively sway anybody's opinion??

You're shitting us right? Our energy policy is totally about politics. it shouldn't be but, in the US everything is politics now. We still have decades and decades of energy in the ground under the US. The newest Nuclear technology is the cleanest and most green energy source we have available right now, but sadly it's out of fashion.

no doubt Putin got a hold of one of Hunter's crack pipes, but there is still no fargin way he goes nuclear!

There is no way Putin drops nukes (tactical or otherwise) in Ukraine! So far the Russian troops seem to be diligently trying to minimize deaths. Putin is in the wrong to invade, but he fully outlined his reasoning and intent. goingkinetic is dropping some strong acid with the "war crimes" talk.