The Supreme Court Hears Dobbs

If the justices follow the Constitution and do their jobs, Roe will soon take its rightful place on the ash heap of history. But that’s a big ‘if.’

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Anti-abortion rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court building, ahead of arguments in the Mississippi abortion rights case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, in Washington, D.C., December 1, 2021.

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Will the big fake cow them again?

In this instance, “them” is Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court he leads, in particular the Court’s newest conservative members, Justices Neil Gorsuch, Bret Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. We could, however, be talking about any faction of well-meaning right-of-center Republicans, the type who consistently rationalize their way into solidifying the Left’s Fabian advances. Whether it’s out of some warped sense of duty to maintain “stability,” or the delusion that they are preserving the legitimacy of their institution, or a desire to “show that we can govern” by being collegial (an obligation that somehow never burdens progressives), they find a way to prioritize their craving for the progressive ruling class’s affection — however reliably unsatisfied it remains — over doing their jobs the way fidelity to the Constitution would demand.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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