>> As for proportion, a candlelight vigil of 100 people outside someone's house vs a takeover of the Capitol as part of a coup. Hmmmm.
Any protest at a justice's home to attempt to persuade the outcome of the election is illegal, so I've heard.
If it was serious enough to force Alito & his family to vacate and find another place, that's more serious than a candlelight vigil.
I understand how they feel; it is just a variant on Jan 6. A lot of voters were pissed the election was stolen and protested. Here, a lot of people feel their abortion law was stolen, so they're protesting. The difference, of course, is that the Court has followed its standard process. This is how it is done.
I'm sure these people have been made to feel they're aggrieved, but the truth is it is a pretty minor thing. We're still going to have abortions in almost all -- if not all -- states. While I've always been pro-choice personally, I can understand that as medical knowledge progresses, the incidence of abortion must be reduced because it looks an awful lot like infanticide as viability becomes closer to the time of implantation.
Intelligent people can comprehend that we are on a kind of glide slope toward a time when abortions will no longer be allowed, or at least not far into the future. We already discussed that today and it is clear that civilized countries are having to find a new standard for the next few years.
When Sen Warren reacted as she did, it seemed more like the temper tantrum a child pitches when they don't get the toys they want.
If being "mad" (her word) on getting angry caused the Court to change its mind, then Certiorari wouldn't be worth having and the entire system would just collapse. |
