Far wiser and more knowledgeable people than I have weighed in on the matter. But because of the bubble I live in, I have not seen a considered and thoughtful defense of the 5-4 decision, if one is to be made. Maybe someone can help me.
In any case, I cannot understand why the Court’s majority felt it could not disallow a state’s law that does not allow the state itself to seek out and apprehend people who break that law. Instead the law calls for citizens—Texas-armed, no doubt— to sue those they believe may be breaking the law, and if they win, to get up to $10,000 from them.
That’s not too weird for five of our esteemed justices to see through, and throw out? Apparently it’s too weird to justify, and so they offer no justification. Instead, they hide behind their imposing building’s marble facade. We are increasingly governed by people who feel they are not accountable to the citizens they are supposed to be serving. (Lots of proof of that right here in Ohio.)
I guess to the Court’s majority nothing’s too weird if it promises to “stop abortions,” because when it comes to stopping abortions, anything goes—ironically in the state that strives to be at the top in terms of guns but is near bottom in terms of children’s well-being. Unborn children are worth every protection Texas law-makers can dream up, after which they become easy targets.
To keep women from making the most private of decisions regarding their personal welfare, Texas law-makers aborted a crucial norm of the rule of law in its most basic form. And five Supreme Court justices went along with them without the slightest sign of interest. I cannot understand it—honestly.
