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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,774 posts)
Fri May 13, 2022, 12:29 PM May 2022

President Biden Says Same-Sex Marriage, Other Rights at Risk If SCOTUS Overturns Roe: 'Mark My Words

President Joe Biden warned that a looming Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could have ramifications beyond the right to abortion established by the historic case in 1973.

"It's not just the brutality of taking away a woman's right to her body ... but it also, if you read the opinion ... basically says there's no such thing as the right to privacy," Biden said Wednesday at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Chicago.

The president referenced a leaked draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito which states that Roe was "egregiously wrong" and that the decision, as well as another in 1992 that upheld it, "must be overruled."

"If that holds ... mark my words: They are going to go after the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage," Biden, 79, said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/president-biden-says-same-sex-marriage-other-rights-at-risk-if-scotus-overturns-roe-mark-my-words/ar-AAXeU93

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President Biden Says Same-Sex Marriage, Other Rights at Risk If SCOTUS Overturns Roe: 'Mark My Words (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2022 OP
Thanks For information we already knew. Mystery sage May 2022 #1
What do you think the executive branch can do about it? nt Phoenix61 May 2022 #2
So who is president isn't important? Duly noted. Cuthbert Allgood May 2022 #3
He has all the power of the executive branch. Phoenix61 May 2022 #8
Add justices to the supreme court MyMission May 2022 #4
And you think the Senate would confirm any additional judges? nt Phoenix61 May 2022 #5
I don't know what I will do if they try to un-marry me SoonerPride May 2022 #6
Fascists are not known for their decency or self-restraint. dalton99a May 2022 #7
Loss of rights was what predicated the fight over Barrett andym May 2022 #9

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,339 posts)
3. So who is president isn't important? Duly noted.
Fri May 13, 2022, 12:39 PM
May 2022

I remember campaign promises that Biden would be able to get things done because he could work across the aisle with his friends. It's probably time to do something.

If we don't blow shit up and get something done, we will lose the next election.

Phoenix61

(18,834 posts)
8. He has all the power of the executive branch.
Fri May 13, 2022, 02:24 PM
May 2022

For better or for worse that requires extensive cooperation from other branches.

MyMission

(2,010 posts)
4. Add justices to the supreme court
Fri May 13, 2022, 12:58 PM
May 2022

Executive branch can and should start that ball rolling, should have started it already.

The will of the majority of people is being subverted by a majority of conservative christian judges, on the current court. They hijacked it. We need to stop it.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
6. I don't know what I will do if they try to un-marry me
Fri May 13, 2022, 02:21 PM
May 2022

I know I will cry.














But then I might set things on fire.
Maybe.

andym

(6,066 posts)
9. Loss of rights was what predicated the fight over Barrett
Fri May 13, 2022, 02:35 PM
May 2022

Many stated then that her ascension to the court meant the end of Roe V Wade and decisions of the SC that expanded rights.

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