Stunning victory for abortion rights as Supreme Court strikes down restrictions which shut clinics in Texas by 5-3 – and a dozen state’s laws are likely to follow
Texas law required clinics to meet hospital-style standards for clinics to stay open and was said by state to be about protecting women’s health
Pro-choice groups claimed they were simply an attempt to stop constitutionally-protected access to abortion
Biggest court action on abortion in years and first time in nine years Supreme Court has ruled on abortion
Court ruled 5-3 against Texas, which means the vacancy on the bench left by the death of Anton Scalia would not have affected the outcome
Justice Anthony Kennedy joined four liberal justices in majority opinion authored by Justice Stephen Breyer
Hillary Clinton hailed ‘victory for women in Texas and across America’ but angry Republicans said it was attack on women’s health and states’ rights
A DAY OF JUBILATION FOR THESE COWS
FOR THE UNBORN BABIES, NOT SO MUCH
In response to the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling today, the folks at The Daily Show couldn’t help but do a little end zone dance.
I’m old enough to remember when liberals insisted that abortion was an unfortunate, even tragic, necessity. This was the inspiration behind Bill Clinton’s promise to make abortion “safe, legal and rare.”
Now, apparently, abortion is the kind of thing one should do out of spite.
Actually, it’s even worse than that. This tweet is aimed at men — and I don’t mean people who simply identify as men, but actual biologically male from birth men. They are saying — yes, yes, in “jest” — that “Bros” should go out and “knock up” women because that will really stick it to those stupid conservatives in Texas. Not only is the abortion a trivial instrumentality for political payback, so is the woman who has to go through an invasive surgical procedure.
MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts didn’t try to hide his delight over the Supreme Court ruling Monday striking down a law requiring abortion clinics to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers, using part of his interview with Wendy Davis to gush over her famed pink sneakers.
“You ran for governor after the filibuster that, as I said, it skyrocketed you because of those pink sneakers,” Roberts said. “I’m not sure if you’ve put those in any type of Hall of Fame in Texas, or if they’re still somewhere in your closet, but does this make you want to get back into Texas politics again?”
“I am never stepping away from Texas politics, whether I’m in office or not in office,” Davis said. “I’ve continued to work very hard to make sure that gender equality is advanced in this country. Of course, reproductive rights are an incredibly important part of that, and I could not be happier in this moment talking to you about the decision that we received from the Supreme Court today.”
The court ruled: “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided court.”
BARRY DREAMS OF OWNING AN NBA TEAM AFTER HE FINISHES SCREWING OVER THE COUNTRY… BUT THAT’S ANOTHER STORY
This meant that the decision of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit was upheld, which ruled in favor of 26 states, led by the state of Texas, and against the Obama administration.
With the flick of a pen just before Thanksgiving in 2014, President Obama ordered that nearly five million illegal immigrants be allowed to “come out of the shadows” and work legally in the United States.
“But for more than two decades now, our immigration system, everybody acknowledges, has been broken,” hObama said. “And the fact the Supreme Court wasn’t able to issue a decision today doesn’t just set the system back even further, it takes us further from the country that we aspire to be.”
FOR 100 BONUS POINTS, SOMEBODY NAME THE LAST COURT DECISION THAT HE DISAGREED WITH THAT HE PAID ANY ATTENTION TO. ANYBODY? BEULLER? BEULLER?
The executive order would have granted work permits and legal status to millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States.
“What was unaffected by today’s ruling, or lack of a ruling, is the enforcement priorities that we’ve put in place,” the president stated. “Our enforcement priorities have been laid out by Secretary Jeh Johnson and the Department of Homeland Security are pretty clear.”
“If you keep on blocking judges from getting on the bench, then courts cannot issue decisions,” President Obama said Thursday, in response to deadlock in the Supreme Court over his use of executive authority to liberalize immigration laws. The president blamed the defeat on the refusal of Republican senators to consider his nominee to replace the late justice Antonin Scalia. “That may have been the strategy from the start,” he went on, “but it is not a sustainable strategy. It is a strategy that will be broken by this election. Unless their basic theory is we’ll never confirm justices again.”
I THINK JUSTICE THOMAS SEES THE WRITING ON THE WALL. SINCE SCALIA DIED THE LIBERALS WILL RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND WE CAN’T STOP IT.
Justice Clarence Thomas, a reliable conservative vote on the Supreme Court, is mulling retirement after the presidential election, according to court watchers.
Thomas, appointed by former President George H. W. Bush and approved by the Senate after a bitter confirmation, has been considering retirement for a while and never planned to stay until he died, they said. He likes to spend summers in his RV with his wife.
Trump is lagging behind Clinton in the polls, with one Bloomberg survey last week showing him trailing her by 12 points. As Alexander described it, Trump spent the weekend “playing catch-up” in the fundraising battle, but he did it in Texas, a state that hasn’t voted for the Democrat in a presidential race since 1976.
“We have to have help,” Trump said at a rally. “Otherwise, I’ll keep doing what I’m doing. I’ll just keep funding my own campaign.”
AND THIS, MR. PRESIDENT, IS WHAT YOUR WIFE’S COLON LOOKS LIKE
Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, spent part of the afternoon at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, one of two national parks the First Family is scheduled to visit on a long Father’s Day weekend away from Washington.
“How cool is this?” Obama exclaimed as a National Park Service employee led the family on a tour of the Big Room, an area nearly 800 feet deep into the limestone cavern that nature carved out of the Guadalupe Mountains.
The Obamas plan to spend Saturday and part of Sunday exploring Yosemite National Park in California.
Obama Says Global Warming Already Damaging National Parks
IF ANYBODY IS AN AUTHORITY ON DOING DAMAGE IT’S THIS PRICK
“Make no mistake. Climate change is no longer just a threat. It’s already a reality,” Obama said from a podium, with Yosemite Falls, one of the world’s tallest at 2,425 feet, as a backdrop.
At the California park, where Obama was spending the weekend with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha, the president also talked about how a rabbit-like animal known as a pika is being forced further upslope at Yosemite to escape the heat.
“Rising temperatures could mean no more glaciers at Glacier National Park. No more Joshua trees at Joshua Tree National Park,” he said, adding that a changing climate could destroy vital ecosystems in the Everglades and threaten such landmarks as Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
Despicable disciples from the controversial Westboro Baptist Church showed up in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday as the first of the 49 victims killed by a radicalized Muslim gunman was being laid to rest, but the City Beautiful was in NO MOOD to put up with their nonsense.
The GLBT Community Center of Central Florida, in conjunction with the American Theater in Orlando and the Orlando Shakespeare Theater, created large angel wings for supporters to wear to shield the grieving families from the Westboro hate group.
It’s a sad day for America and the LGBTQ community. We have just experienced our worst terrorist attack since September 11, 2001. With 50 dead and 54 hospitalized in a mass shooting at an Orlando gay club, President Obama is calling it a hate crime. But what do the loving theologians at the Westboro Baptist Church have to say about it? That it’s not about gun control, or Islam, or homophobia – but that the reality is that “God sent the shooter to send a message to Orlando and America.” If you can find the message in this (their) video, kudos to you.
IF YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WATCHING THIS IS NOT ADVISED
“We are all over the moon as Chelsea and Marc welcome Charlotte’s little brother to the world and grateful for our many blessings. Chelsea and Aidan are both doing well and enjoying this very special time together.”
Aidan’s arrival comes two days after Grandma Clinton’s campaign began a $7.3 million ad blitz in swing states that pushes her as a motherly figure whose career has focused on children.
During a campaign rally in Houston, Texas, GOP nominee Donald Trump unleashed a tirade against Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen who shot and killed at least 49 people in an Orlando night club last week.
“If some of those wonderful people had guns strapped right here, right to their waist, or right to their ankle and this son of a bitch comes out and starts shooting,” Trump said as the crowd cheered in a massive roar.
Buzzfeed published a celebratory video this week about a lesbian couple — Dashiell and Michelle — attempting to “queer” their toddler. Dashiell describes herself as “gender non-conforming” and the couple explains how they’re similarly trying to free their young son from the restrictions of gender — whether he likes it or not.
Twin Falls County Prosecutor Grant Loebs has confirmed the investigation to Idaho’s First News, but he says there will be no charges filed in the case until the police investigation is complete.
McCain: Obama ‘directly responsible’ for Orlando shooting
ELECTION COMING….GOTTA PRETEND HE’S NOT A SNIVELING DEMOCRAT SHILL FOR A COUPLE MONTHS
“Barack Obama is directly responsible for it, because when he pulled everybody out of Iraq, al-Qaida went to Syria, became ISIS, and ISIS is what it is today thanks to Barack Obama’s failures, utter failures, by pulling everybody out of Iraq,” a visibly angry McCain said as the Senate debated a spending bill.
HIS DEMOCRAT MASTERS GAVE HIM A SCOLDING AND HE COWERS LIKE A WHIPPED PUPPY
“I misspoke,” McCain said in a statement.
“I did not mean to imply that the President was personally responsible. I was referring to President Obama’s national security decisions, not the President himself.”
Emperor Barack H. Obama and his sacrificial lamb, Merrick Garland, chief judge of the D.C. Appeals Court.
AND THE LOSER IS…….US
Your intrepid reporter had the unfortunate circumstance of being in my eye doctors’ office while Jugears went before the adoring media and praise the Clinton-appointed barrister. He’s 63, so he’s not intended to be voted on because Barry wants somebody who can take 30-40 years to disfigure whatever is left of the nation when he heads for Hawaii. He’s being hailed as a “moderate.” So was Steven Breyer when H.W. was conned into nominating him. How’d that work out?
Obama’s Supreme Court justice nominee wells up over ‘greatest honor’ of his life — as Republicans line up to block him from ever getting onto the bench.
Obama urged senators ‘to play it straight’ and give Garland the consideration he is afforded by the Constitution.
‘I hope they are fair. That is all,’ Obama said today.
YEAH, WE KINDA HOPED THE DEMS WOULD BE FAIR WITH ROBERT BORK
The Senate Judiciary Committee must give the green light for a hearing to go forward and its Republican chair responded to Obama’s speech with a statement reconfirming its unwillingness.
McConnell, Grassley Voted Against Obama’s SCOTUS Pick In 1997
I don’t even have to look him up to know that not a minority + prior votes against him = very left.
THERE WILL BE NO VOTES ON SCOTUS NOMINEES UNTIL AFTER HILLARY IS ELECTED (WINK WINK)
McConnell Says ‘No’ to Merrick Garland for SCOTUS, Citing ‘Biden Rule’
Republicans have already vowed that there will be no vote on his nomination through the end of 2016, with Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) citing the “Biden rule,” i.e. that nominations should not happen in a lame duck presidential election year.
Senator Harry Reid
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@SenatorReid
I hope the President’s nomination of an exceptionally qualified nominee will convince Republicans to change course. #DoYourJob
HEY, DICKHEAD: REMEMBER IN 2015 WHEN YOU SINGLE-HANDEDLY REWROTE THE RULES FOR APPROVING JUDICIAL NOMINEES SO YOU PONDSCUM COULD PACK THE COURTS?
AT LEAST THE PRICK HAS HIS PRIORITIES IN ORDER
Obama has made an annual spectacle of his bracket picks, leading critics to comment that he spends more time on basketball, and on pop culture in general, than he does on addressing the nation’s urgent priorities.
The univac has crashed twice today wanting to update software I have no idea about. All I know is I tried updating a malware program once and wound up importing stuff I couldn’t delete. I had to get my now-ex techhie to do it. So if it dies in the middle of something you’ll know why.
ON TO THE WHINING
In the span of about two days our elected representatives went from ‘no judicial appointments until after the election’ to ‘we’ll give the nominee a hearing.’ There was no doubt in anyone’s mind they’d fold like a cheap suit, I just hoped it would take a little longer before they waved the white flag of surrender.
Judiciary chairman open to hearing for Supreme Court pick
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said he backs Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s view that Obama’s successor should make the nomination of a lifetime appointment. But Grassley didn’t rule out holding confirmation hearings and a vote by his panel on an Obama selection. http://news.yahoo.com/senate-gop-obama-dont-bother-nominating-court-081937671–election
GOP Showing Signs Of Beginning To Back Down From Pledge To Block Obama SCOTUS Pick
The Golfer-In-Chief took time from his busy recreational foray to hold a “press conference” with hand-picked reporters asking hand-picked questions. He made it clear he’s going to get the communist he wants to finish off the country he despises.
He didn’t even bother to put on a tie.
The first rumor was it would be a Hindu named Sri Srinivasan
Obama nominated to D.C. Circuit & may nominate now was confirmed on a 97-0 vote in 2013. McConnell, Cruz, Rubio voted yes
Like all flaming liberals,he would pretend to be moderate and say all the right things until he was confirmed.
NOW COMES A MORE LIKELY SCENARIO:
Projection: Loretta Lynch ‘Likely’ To Be Obama’s SCOTUS Nominee
The most revered and deliberative court will be reduced to Stevie B. and the Four Bitches. An old crone, a ‘wise Latina’, a Jewish dyke and a female Eric Holder. All given to Obama on a silver platter by the worthless trash who call themselves republicans. It’s certain the most vulnerable GOP senators will raise a stink, but they may have underestimated the firestorm it would ignite from a population that’s already fed up with the lies, the betrayals and the collusion.
Democrat voters will accept anything from their candidates. Lies, hypocrisy, corruption. It doesn’t matter as long as the free stuff keeps coming. Democrats are elected on a platform of governmental control of everything, taxation on a shrinking middle class, overt race-baiting and the wholesale slaughter of the unborn. They keep their promises.
Republicans are the polar opposite. They promise reform, smaller government, less regulation, the sanctity of life. But when they get to DC it all goes by the wayside and they join their colleagues for dinner parties, vacations on some big donors’ money, and making empty promises until it’s re-election time and they have to pretend to be conservative again. See: John McCain.
Our liberties will evaporate with every new court edict and we can do nothing about it. We never had a chance.
IT’S FUN TO F**K 32O MILLION PEOPLE AND GET AWAY WITH IT
The good news is that my cataract surgery yesterday was a success. According to my checkup today my vision is now 20/20.
Shockingly, the nurses all remembered me from my first procedure 4 weeks ago. DW says sometimes I’m like a bloody wreck with multiple fatalities that you witness. You never quite forget the trauma. When the anesthesiologist came by to meet me, I said: Pump a gallon in me, Allen, then slip the juice to me, Bruce. He asked me what I was talking about, so I started singing the 1956 psycho-billy classic, Transfusion, by Nervous Norvus. This will mess with your head.
One minute he was standing there and the next his head had exploded. The commander remained standing upright for a couple of seconds before collapsing and that’s when panic set in. We later heard most of the recruits deserted.
The Dan .338 bolt-action rifle features a .338 LAPUA Magnum bullet which tumbles end-over-end once it hits flesh, displacing the liquid within a body in a process called “hydrostatic shock.” Once the bullet hits a body it creates a large cavity within the target, leaving a massive wound as it exits. To see an example of how this process works, watch the video below.
SO MUCH FOR THE GOOD NEWS
Just as predicted, the democrats are whining about GOP “obstructionism” for planning to block Barry’s judicial nomination. They sang a different tune when George W. was in office. After all the uproar, nobody doubts he’ll get what he wants one way or the other. The end justifies the means. That’s how they roll.
In other news, the reply section has:
Hillary barking like a dog (I wish I were kidding)
A former victim telling how Bent Penis used to put on her frillies and play his saxophone
Donald Trump again threatening to go third party
Gary Sinise giving a shoutout to the troops
The White house giving a shoutout to worthless punk, Kanye West (but has no time for dead policemen)
A few other things.
There was a republican debate last night. From what I read, it got pretty contentious. In the end, it really won’t matter much. The cancer known as The Great Society that was inflicted on us by Lyndon Johnson has spread to all corners. The country was so strong, it took decades to succumb to the evil of socialism. First, breaking up the family by replacing the father with a welfare check. Then came free love, drug use became popular and to a large extent accepted. The leftists who protested the Vietnam War and spit on returning soldiers are now democrat politicians, newspaper editors, and college professors. They have done yeoman’s work spreading the disease with help from a union of teachers more concerned with tenure than actually teaching. Poor kids are trapped in failing schools because the liberals want no part of charter schools where a poor kid could have a chance of breaking the grip of dependency that keeps the left in control of everything.
Still, we managed to barely keep our heads above the rising floodwaters of taxation, regulation, and the terminal disease known as Barack Hussein Obama. I had hoped that by the time the communists took control of the Supreme Court I wouldn’t be here to see it. That hope was dashed yesterday with the passing of Antonin Scalia. I’m sure Barack got a diamond-hard erection when he found out he will now complete his sorry legacy with the permanent shift of the Supreme Court for the rest of time. Exploding deficits, nationalized healthcare, 100 million on the government dole, flooding the country with enough illegal voters-in-waiting for a permanent democrat tyranny, the rise of Islamic terrorism worldwide, and the forced participation of Christians in the debauchery of a homosexual lifestyle.
If you think you know how deep into the sewer the leftards can sink, you’re not even close. If you’ve read any comments already, I’m sorry. If you haven’t, consider yourself lucky. I’ll never post any of it here, I love the people too much. It is beyond vile. The DNC is already fundraising off his death. Hillary made the comment that republicans would “dishonor” the Constitution if they didn’t give Obama what he wants. If anybody embodies dishonor, it’s the Clintons. Obama plans to name a successor shortly, probably within a few weeks. Then the charade will begin. McConnell is claiming there will not be a vote until after a new president is elected. The whiny little pissant Harry Reid is already complaining about how awful it would be to delay the vote. Remember, he’s the one who unilaterally changed the rules from a super majority to a simple majority to force through hundreds of Barry’s hand-picked stooges for the courts. We all know how that’s going to end up. I had a number of links, but I’ve decided not to post any at this time. I’m having surgery on my other eye tomorrow, so it may be a time before I post again.
Ben Shapiro,writing for Breitbart had the same notion as I did on hearing the news yesterday:
Antonin Scalia’s Death Could Mark End of Constitution
Unlike Kennedy, Scalia represented a consistent vote for a Constitution beyond modern progressive power politics. But with his death, President Obama now has the power to appoint a fifth justice to join hard-left social engineers Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. If the Republican Senate allows President Obama to select Scalia’s successor, the left will have a complete monopoly on the Supreme Court. Within the next few years, Citizens United will be overturned, restoring limits on free speech; the Supreme Court will render the Second Amendment meaningless by reinterpreting the right to bear arms as a non-personal right; freedom of religion will be made subservient to same-sex marriage and abortion priorities; the death penalty will be ruled unconstitutional; unions will be allowed to continue confiscating the dollars of people who disagree with them politically; redistricting along leftist lines will return. Scalia ensured that the Supreme Court wasn’t a transformative institution; now it will become the chief tool in the left’s arsenal.
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