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This whole slow-motion train is heading (as you noted) towards the end of the Roe v. Wade era. Republicans long ago realized the power of the courts in shaping our daily lives, and they did so well before the Democrats ever did. Shame on us for allowing it to happen, and though Democrats are now aware of the issue, shame on the Senate for not confirming more of President Biden's judicial nominees, who could help try to balance the equation SOMEWHAT. This is a problem decades in the making, however, so it will take a very long time to fix it, if it can ever be fixed.
Oh, one other thing (and it pains me incredibly to write this): The Supreme Court will be viewed increasingly as being illegitimate given that its rulings and pronouncements are not in keeping with the views of a majority of Americans (and not just with respect to abortion). It is being seen by more and more people as nothing more than the judicial arm of the Republican Party, and I can't say that this view is unjustified.
This whole slow-motion train is heading (as you noted) towards the end of the Roe v. Wade era. Republicans long ago realized the power of the courts in shaping our daily lives, and they did so well before the Democrats ever did. Shame on us for allowing it to happen, and though Democrats are now aware of the issue, shame on the Senate for not confirming more of President Biden's judicial nominees, who could help try to balance the equation SOMEWHAT. This is a problem decades in the making, however, so it will take a very long time to fix it, if it can ever be fixed.
Oh, one other thing (and it pains me incredibly to write this): The Supreme Court will be viewed increasingly as being illegitimate given that its rulings and pronouncements are not in keeping with the views of a majority of Americans (and not just with respect to abortion). It is being seen by more and more people as nothing more than the judicial arm of the Republican Party, and I can't say that this view is unjustified.