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BumRushDaShow

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Thu May 9, 2024, 02:51 PM May 9

Harris: Supreme Court could threaten 'fundamental freedoms'

Source: The Hill

05/09/24 2:30 PM ET


Vice President Harris in a new interview expressed concern that the Supreme Court and its conservative majority could “undo recognized rights” after its 2022 ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. “This court has shown itself to be an activist court,” Harris told The New York Times. “I worry about fundamental freedoms across the board.“

The vice president said she didn’t want to raise any specific legal precedents the court could overturn because she didn’t want to sound “alarmist.” “But this court has made it very clear that they are willing to undo recognized rights,” she told the outlet.

“You could even look at Clarence Thomas saying a lot of the quiet part out loud,” she said. “Just look at what he said and then maybe that gives us some indication. Just look at one of the justices to see where they might go next.”

Harris has been the face of the White House’s response to the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and set the stage for several GOP-led states to enact strict abortion bans.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4654280-harris-supreme-court-fundamental-freedoms/

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Harris: Supreme Court could threaten 'fundamental freedoms' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 9 OP
Roe, Voting Rights Act, what's next? yankee87 May 9 #1
We ever get the control we need, there is a hell of a lot we have to do. bluestarone May 9 #3
This threat cannot be overemphasized. Thank you VP Harris. Hermit-The-Prog May 9 #2
I love her with my whole heart. She's magnificent. ❤️ littlemissmartypants May 9 #4
Expand the court & enforce term limits onetexan May 9 #5
Thank You VP Harris. It's easy to be pre-occupied with what they have done already. n/t NowsTheTime May 9 #6

yankee87

(2,214 posts)
1. Roe, Voting Rights Act, what's next?
Thu May 9, 2024, 02:58 PM
May 9

I wish I was being dramatic, but they can make it illegal again to have 'unnatural" sex, no divorce for women, already made corporations into people.
I do not have the imagination to see what they will take away next.

bluestarone

(17,286 posts)
3. We ever get the control we need, there is a hell of a lot we have to do.
Thu May 9, 2024, 03:05 PM
May 9

Don't EVER give these bastards another chance. NEVER!!

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