If I were a certain Floridian, I guess I'd be fulminating. But since I'm not, I'm ...expostulating. My mom would've been all riled up.
So, Supreme Court justices: I take it the elimination of the 35-foot buffer zone at women's clinics means that all or most buffer zones must be eliminated in the cause of free speech.
Hey! That must mean that anytime a political figure comes to town and gives a speech, and you're a protestor, you should no longer be confined to that fenced-off cage the police tend to use for political protestors.
The ACLU will probably sue as soon as the police do that again. Which they will. And soon, since elections are warming up.
And then there's the decision concerning no contraceptive care! It's as if we're all employed by the Catholic Church! Or some fundamental Christian outfit. I knew we were going to have to fight Roe vs. Wade all over again.
But the worst part of that decision is that it seems to have given corporations consciences, or moral standing. They don't have morals or consciences!! They are business frameworks!! (IF the court wants to say they have consciences, THEN they should be punished with jail sentences when found breaking the law. So let's see that.) I hope there is a strong move to fight the definition of corporations. They are not people, not citizens, they should not enjoy rights that are guaranteed to us.
I guess these decisions were very much expected from this 5-4 court. I'm disappointed in Ruth G. about the 35-foot rule. She should have held out.