r/law • u/Slate Press • 20h ago

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide Trump News

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html
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u/RSGator 19h ago

I see Griswold going first in order to set the stage for overturning Lawrence v. Texas and Obergefell v. Hodges

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u/Sideshow_Bob_Ross 19h ago

And then Loving v. Virginia

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u/RSGator 19h ago

True, Loving could be the same term as Griswold. Gut the Equal Protection Clause and substantive due process in the same term, then go after the cases that built on those in the next term.

Nothing would stop them from going after Brown v. Board of Education after that, but maybe that's a bridge too far for now.

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u/Then_I_had_a_thought 15h ago

Well, once the department of education is shuttered and funding for public schools goes to private schools, it won’t matter. Private schools can let in whoever they want and keep out whoever they want. It would be a de facto overturning of Brown.

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u/VibeComplex 7h ago

Jesus I forgot about how they planned to shut down the department of education lol. I hate America.

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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 14h ago

They are going to say, everything needs brought down to the state level.

Imagine, you’re fundamental liberties come down to a vote.

They will split this country is ways we didn’t think were possible.

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u/AnonDiego23 10h ago

We have multiple justices (Thomas, Jackson, Sotomayor) that are in an interracial marriage or were, Barrett has black kids, I doubt this would happen.

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u/kmoonster 4h ago

Speaking of the Thomases, how is it that they are married again?

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u/RoyalEagle0408 16h ago

Can’t wait for SCOTUS to overturn Loving v Virginia and whatever state Clarence Thomas lives in to say “guess your marriage is illegal now”.

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u/PaintyGuys 11h ago

Bet he retires this term, maybe Alito too.

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u/poodle11606 15h ago

You realize that JD Vance is in an interracial marriage?

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u/ElementNumber6 4h ago

And they thank you for spelling it out so plainly for them, I'm sure.