“It is worrisome beyond the direct impact of yesterday’s ruling on election law,” said, Jessica Arons, the director of the Women’s Health and Rights Program at the Center for American Progress. It’s certainly cause for concern.”
As Politico reports:
Critics said the court’s 5-4 ruling in the Citizens United case Thursday declared unconstitutional a law which has been in place since 1907 barring corporations from involvement in federal elections. Just six years ago, the Supreme Court called the longstanding ban “firmly embedded in our law.” Now, it’s gone. Abortion rights advocates said the willingness of the court’s majority to toss aside precedent undercut Chief Justice John Roberts’s assurances at his confirmation hearings in 2005 that he would tread lightly when it came to rulings like Roe v. Wade.
Folks, this is great news. Most lawyers know that Roe v. Wade is a poor excuse of a decision. It has many Constitutional weaknesses, but our system of adhering to "judicial precedent" has made it the foundation for further poor decisions and the deprivation of life for million of innocent victims. Pray hard for the justices on the Supreme Court and pray that we don't get another Obama appointment to the bench.
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