Gavin Newsom Joins the Freakout over the Texas-Abortion-Law Decision

It should surprise no one to learn that the hysteria over the Supreme Court’s ruling isn’t actually warranted.

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California governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a recall campaign rally in San Francisco, Calif., September 14, 2021.

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The Supreme Court’s decision Friday in the Texas-abortion-law case was, as I have detailed and our editorial discussed, a fairly modest application of traditional rules to a novel situation. And yet, there has been a predictable freakout from the usual sources on the left.

Mary Ziegler’s Atlantic piece, “The Court Invites an Era of Constitutional Chaos,” gives a taste of the outrage:

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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