Roe vs Wade vs SCOTUS legitimacy

[hollodero]

(05-12-2022, 01:09 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Logical, but it's hard to see the toothpaste going back in the tube on this one.  So much of the American identity is about being a rebel, standing up for yourself, and defending yourself (defending, being rather offense-related) against tyranny (another concept that is really thrown around a lot).  There is so much political capital to be made by stoking the fires of unrest, but it's mostly been aimed at sources outside of the USA and now it has become a very "the enemy is here" domestic conflict.

Basically, when your identity and political strategy involves acrimony and "standing up for yourself when justified" you can't expect everyone to read the fine print and warning labels.

I fully agree with that analysis.
I would, however, claim that such circumstances make it all that more important to stick to sensible and meaningful principles. As much as I hate it, the more I contemplate the more I think I have to go with Sled on this one. Maybe the DoJ should do exactly that and enforce the law to the letter here. Eg. indicting the protesters in front of Alito's house as the law seems to demand. Even if the toothpaste indeed were to never go back, one should not just accept that as a given.

It turns into one of the things I love about America, even though here it happens to be something cynical. It makes me appreciate my own country that much more, where things are just so much more measured.