Kevin Daley on December 10, 2018
The Supreme Court declined to review three cases relating to Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood at the state level Monday, over a vigorous dissent from Justice Clarence Thomas.
The dissent was significant because it indicates that Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the high court’s liberal wing to deny review of a lower court decision that favored the nation’s largest abortion provider.
“So what explains the Court’s refusal to do its job here?,” Thomas wrote. “I suspect it has something to do with the fact that some respondents in these cases are named ‘Planned Parenthood.’”
“Some tenuous connection to a politically fraught issue does not justify abdicating our judicial duty,” Thomas added. “If anything, neutrally applying the law is all the more important when political issues are in the background.”
[Read Justice Thomas’ dissent]
Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch joined the Thomas dissent, meaning there were three votes in favor of taking the case. Since four votes are needed for the Supreme Court to take up a case, the opinion indicates that Chief Justice John Roberts and Kavanaugh joined with the four liberals to deny review.
This move could indicate that Roberts and Kavanaugh are loath to take take up an abortion-related question in the aftermath of Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation. The Court’s new junior justice has generally kept a low profile since taking the bench in October.
Monday’s cases arose when Republican state leaders in Louisiana and Kansas stripped Planned Parenthood of state Medicaid funds after a pro-life advocacy group presented evidence that the abortion-provider was harvesting and selling fetal materials. Planned Parenthood contests the accuracy of these claims.
Planned Parenthood and several unnamed female patients challenged the states’ move in federal court. The legal question in Monday’s cases was whether Medicaid recipients can challenge the disqualification of a provider under the Medicaid law.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Planned Parenthood on that question in June 2017, prompting an appeal to the Supreme Court. That ruling is left in place now that the justices have refused to take the case.
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Before any of you get too carried away, let us hear from the judge, He has not let us down before and I suspect he has valid existing law supporting his vote. We
Before any of you get too carried away, let us hear from the judge, He has not let us down before and I suspect he has valid existing law supporting his vote. We
Is Kavanaugh going to be a Turncat?
You have every right to live your moral values as you see fit. Just don’t try to self righteously insist the government impose motherhood on every female that gets pregnant. That goes against other moral values just as important as yours, but not your decision to make in a free country. When you compound imposing your values with misinformation about the facts, anti-abortion fervor is just plain wrong and very destructive. I love babies too, and raised 3 from scratch, but if someone is not ready for Parenthood, the force of law is not going to help raise healthy children. So, if you love freedom, stop supporting oppression. A fetus is not a baby and your religion is not the only source code for morality.
There is nothing sacred or beneficial about PP if they continue to practice abortion, the SCOTUS may be looking for another approach, so putting a tax paid end to the practice of abortion may be the way to PP’s present practice…Either way PP should not be using tax dollars to encourage the murder of unborns…this kind of thinking needs to be removed and perhaps there is a insurance for those willing to pay to play…..Rape, incest and life of the mother,and individual cases to be argued are major points…
There is so much disinformation, lies, and hyperbole about Planned Parenthood, one would think they are selling baby parts. Oh yea, that was one of the lies too. The Supreme Court did not take up the case because of its merits. Planned Parenthood does not use government funds for abortions! Republican legislatures do not have the right to outright ban medical abortions nor withhold medical funding for the number one woman’s health care provider organization in the country. The conservative mob has been wipped up into a self-righteous indignation temper tantrum, conflating babies with fetuses, thereby justifying all the harm that flows from the government forcibly violating a woman’s right to choose. Until your home is filled with adopted children, I don’t think you have any real standing to spout off. If you want to be pro life, value all life, not just babies and others that look and think like you.
There is so much disinformation, lies, and hyperbole about Planned Parenthood, one would think they are selling baby parts. Oh yea, that was one of the lies too. The Supreme Court did not take up the case because of its merits. Planned Parenthood does not use government funds for abortions! Republican legislatures do not have the right to outright ban medical abortions nor withhold medical funding for the number one woman’s health care provider organization in the country. The conservative mob has been wipped up into a self-righteous indignation temper tantrum, conflating babies with fetuses, thereby justifying all the harm that flows from the government forcibly violating a woman’s right to choose. Until your home is filled with adopted children, I don’t think you have any real standing to spout off. If you want to be pro life, value all life, not just babies and others that look and think like you.
What outrageous ignorance!
The judges don’t represent either party…they represent the law pertaining to ALL Americans!
baby murder is murder no matter how many fancy words you use
baby murder is murder no matter how many fancy words you use
Supreme Court became a joke with all the judges since they were bribed by 1million every one on Hawaii vacation by Obama. Now they expect from President Trump to do the same to them. They want more bribes.All traitors to American people.When revolution starts we will start from judges and then politicians.
This law is wrong either way you look at it: 1) Life begins at conception; and 2) the murdering of the innocent is happening through taxpayer’s funds required by the government (IRS), thereby causing us all, against it, or not to be participants in the act. The only saving grace is that God tells us to follow all rules dictated by our governments, so I pray he will forgive all of us on Judgment Day.
This law is wrong either way you look at it: 1) Life begins at conception; and 2) the murdering of the innocent is happening through taxpayer’s funds required by the government (IRS), thereby causing us all, against it, or not to be participants in the act. The only saving grace is that God tells us to follow all rules dictated by our governments, so I pray he will forgive all of us on Judgment Day.
Larry and Will, Please explain to me the, Jeremiah 1:4-5.
Kavanaugh “betrayed” no one, he followed the rule of law as he swore he would do. Life begins upon the first beath, and ceases with the very last breath, period. Why do you think the Bible says it is “the breath of life.” I go by what the Bible says, that is God’s holy word, no matter what people think.
Kavanaugh “betrayed” no one, he followed the rule of law as he swore he would do. Life begins upon the first beath, and ceases with the very last breath, period. Why do you think the Bible says it is “the breath of life.” I go by what the Bible says, that is God’s holy word, no matter what people think.
Explain to me, then, if a person kills a pregnant female, why are the charged with 2 murders?
Laws against abortion only kill women. Planned Parenthood is an important health resource for most of
America’s women. I am a Christian; my King James Bible tells WHEN to abort a fetus, HOW to abort a fetus and, in one case, has a priest perform an abortion on an altar. Yes, really. Life begins at first breath, when the soul enters the body, and ends when the should leaves the body. Grow up.
Laws against abortion only kill women. Planned Parenthood is an important health resource for most of
America’s women. I am a Christian; my King James Bible tells WHEN to abort a fetus, HOW to abort a fetus and, in one case, has a priest perform an abortion on an altar. Yes, really. Life begins at first breath, when the soul enters the body, and ends when the should leaves the body. Grow up.
Why the big surprise? Kavanaugh stated, under oath, in his confirmation hearings that he believed Rowe v Wade is settled law.
I believe, with the correct argument, RvW can and will be overturned, but this latest approach won’t do it. It is the “Right to Life..” which is at the constitutional crux of the matter.
Some people are claiing that PP pronounced Pe ePee , does not use public tax revenues 528 million this year for abortions they would have us believe the 3% of their funds used for abortions comes from the over 300 million in private donations for them? At best its a shell game. And funding the organization with the funds inevitably makes more abortions possible and the tax payer gets stuck with costs private donations could pay. That is the only way it makes sense when these kill a baby advocates claim no tax money goes to Pee Pee to fund murdering little tiny tiny babies.
Some people are claiing that PP pronounced Pe ePee , does not use public tax revenues 528 million this year for abortions they would have us believe the 3% of their funds used for abortions comes from the over 300 million in private donations for them? At best its a shell game. And funding the organization with the funds inevitably makes more abortions possible and the tax payer gets stuck with costs private donations could pay. That is the only way it makes sense when these kill a baby advocates claim no tax money goes to Pee Pee to fund murdering little tiny tiny babies.
Actually you’re WRONG! Roe V Wade said nothing about a woman having “access” to abortion, especially tax payer funded abortion; it only decided that a woman had the right to decide. The Court ruled 7–2 that a right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman’s decision to have an abortion, but that this right must be balanced against the state’s interests in regulating abortions: protecting women’s health and protecting the potentiality of human life. As usual, the leftist politicians have misinterpreted and lied about abortion just as they did with “birth-right citizenship”, and natural born citizenship! This whole fight is about two things – 1) Why does the woman get to decide, yet the father has no say – what about the father’s rights? 2) Why are people forced to violate their religious convictions by having to fund abortions through their taxes.
The Law of the land in Germany used to be killing Jews was a good thing. So the law of the land can be wrong!!! Gods Laws are the only Just Laws!!
The Law of the land in Germany used to be killing Jews was a good thing. So the law of the land can be wrong!!! Gods Laws are the only Just Laws!!
Abortion access is “THE LAW OF THE LAND”, like it or not, therefore he ruled correctly.
He’s got some ‘splainin’ to do. We can’t trust people from the Ivy league schools of liberalism.
He’s got some ‘splainin’ to do. We can’t trust people from the Ivy league schools of liberalism.
Joseph, As a Roman Catholic they should not be encouraging rampant use of abortions and sale of body parts. The church is now a liberal entity but is not pro-abortion.
We should have saw this coming, after all he is a Roman Catholic. They flip-flop on a lot of what they believe in. Just like Nancy Pelosi, she’s for abortion, and the church just won’t mention it or excommunicate her. I guess money talks and theology walks. I was born and raised Catholic, and I’m so glad I walked away from that religion many years ago.
Every time a Supreme Court judge makes a decision someone feels they have been betrayed. The SCOTUS is supposed to make decisions based on how they read the law – NOT by political opinion. That is exactly what we have been fighting for.
“The Supreme Court declined to review three cases relating to Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood at the state level Monday”. Maybe I am reading this wrong but does the state level not mean the states are free to fund it as they wish. It does not say funding at the federal level. The state =s are supposed to decide for themselves on issues like this – like the legalizing of marijuana – gambling – even prostitution legal in some states and not in others.
He is going to rule according to the law and the Constitution. This isn’t a vote against those who want to outlaw abortion but a vote in favor of not hearing the case. Not a betrayal at all. Otherwise, he would be betraying himself.
He is going to rule according to the law and the Constitution. This isn’t a vote against those who want to outlaw abortion but a vote in favor of not hearing the case. Not a betrayal at all. Otherwise, he would be betraying himself.
So after we defended him while he was being attacked on all sides by Dems, he turns around and stabs us in the back this way? SMH. SO hard to find a GENIUNE Conservative these days! Is he going to be another John Roberts “side with the Libs on every issue” DEM in sheep’s clothing?
During the Kavanaugh inquisition, I was baffled as to why the leftists were so adamantly opposed to confirmation. At the time I stated that I expected Kavanaugh, if confirmed, would rule similarly to Kennedy.
There are times when I hate being right.
During the Kavanaugh inquisition, I was baffled as to why the leftists were so adamantly opposed to confirmation. At the time I stated that I expected Kavanaugh, if confirmed, would rule similarly to Kennedy.
There are times when I hate being right.
On the other hand, the Supreme Court turned down an appeal by environmentalists against the border wall. He’s doing ok.
Very Disappointed with Kavanaugh. I think he is changing views and picking sides
Very Disappointed with Kavanaugh. I think he is changing views and picking sides
Unfortunately, Masdar, when liberal Dems are involved, that is almost NEVER the case! Which is why we need a Conservative/Constitutionalist majority Supreme Court, which we are NOT going to have, if Kavanaugh is going to be another John Roberts who REGULARLY throws in with the conniving Commucrats on the Court!
Agreed, in any case judicial thinking and decision making on law should be non partisan, unfortunately this is not always the case.
Agreed, in any case judicial thinking and decision making on law should be non partisan, unfortunately this is not always the case.
It really isn’t that simple. One would have to read the briefs and identify the point of law. You can be the most conservative justice in the world and still come down on a side with the most liberal justice in the world.
Expected from the turn coat Roberts. Very disappointed in Kavanaugh. I thought at least he had some morals.
Expected from the turn coat Roberts. Very disappointed in Kavanaugh. I thought at least he had some morals.
What do you expect from someone educated by the Jesuits. The Jesuits are not Christian. Their motto: Be all things to all people; when you are with a Jew, be a Jew, and when you are with a kangaroo, be a kangaroo too” The majority on the court is on the left, and he also has something to prove to them – that he is a “good guy”. Yuck. Pusillanimous POS.
Added thought, Why democrats enjoy murdering babies I will never know.
Added thought, Why democrats enjoy murdering babies I will never know.
This is simply a repercussion from the hearing. Chief justice has NEVER been a conservative and no one should be surprised at his vote. Kavanaugh stated he would not reverse the bad decision and he kept his word. The court is 4 and 4 and 1 right now and we will suffer for a very long time until RBG dies or retires.
If nothing else can be said it is apparent that these four justices see nothing wrong with killing a fetus for the specific purpose of selling body parts.
If nothing else can be said it is apparent that these four justices see nothing wrong with killing a fetus for the specific purpose of selling body parts.
It’s a giveaway. They got something out of it. I hope the bastards are happy. You know they won’t be.
Before any of you get too carried away, let us hear from the judge, He has not let us down before and I suspect he has valid existing law supporting his vote. We
Is Kavanaugh going to be a Turncat?
There is nothing sacred or beneficial about PP if they continue to practice abortion, the SCOTUS may be looking for another approach, so putting a tax paid end to the practice of abortion may be the way to PP’s present practice…Either way PP should not be using tax dollars to encourage the murder of unborns…this kind of thinking needs to be removed and perhaps there is a insurance for those willing to pay to play…..Rape, incest and life of the mother,and individual cases to be argued are major points…
You have every right to live your moral values as you see fit. Just don’t try to self righteously insist the government impose motherhood on every female that gets pregnant. That goes against other moral values just as important as yours, but not your decision to make in a free country. When you compound imposing your values with misinformation about the facts, anti-abortion fervor is just plain wrong and very destructive. I love babies too, and raised 3 from scratch, but if someone is not ready for Parenthood, the force of law is not going to help raise healthy children. So, if you love freedom, stop supporting oppression. A fetus is not a baby and your religion is not the only source code for morality.
There is so much disinformation, lies, and hyperbole about Planned Parenthood, one would think they are selling baby parts. Oh yea, that was one of the lies too. The Supreme Court did not take up the case because of its merits. Planned Parenthood does not use government funds for abortions! Republican legislatures do not have the right to outright ban medical abortions nor withhold medical funding for the number one woman’s health care provider organization in the country. The conservative mob has been wipped up into a self-righteous indignation temper tantrum, conflating babies with fetuses, thereby justifying all the harm that flows from the government forcibly violating a woman’s right to choose. Until your home is filled with adopted children, I don’t think you have any real standing to spout off. If you want to be pro life, value all life, not just babies and others that look and think like you.
What outrageous ignorance!
The judges don’t represent either party…they represent the law pertaining to ALL Americans!
baby murder is murder no matter how many fancy words you use
Supreme Court became a joke with all the judges since they were bribed by 1million every one on Hawaii vacation by Obama. Now they expect from President Trump to do the same to them. They want more bribes.All traitors to American people.When revolution starts we will start from judges and then politicians.
This law is wrong either way you look at it: 1) Life begins at conception; and 2) the murdering of the innocent is happening through taxpayer’s funds required by the government (IRS), thereby causing us all, against it, or not to be participants in the act. The only saving grace is that God tells us to follow all rules dictated by our governments, so I pray he will forgive all of us on Judgment Day.
Kavanaugh “betrayed” no one, he followed the rule of law as he swore he would do. Life begins upon the first beath, and ceases with the very last breath, period. Why do you think the Bible says it is “the breath of life.” I go by what the Bible says, that is God’s holy word, no matter what people think.
Larry and Will, Please explain to me the, Jeremiah 1:4-5.
Laws against abortion only kill women. Planned Parenthood is an important health resource for most of
America’s women. I am a Christian; my King James Bible tells WHEN to abort a fetus, HOW to abort a fetus and, in one case, has a priest perform an abortion on an altar. Yes, really. Life begins at first breath, when the soul enters the body, and ends when the should leaves the body. Grow up.
Explain to me, then, if a person kills a pregnant female, why are the charged with 2 murders?
Why the big surprise? Kavanaugh stated, under oath, in his confirmation hearings that he believed Rowe v Wade is settled law.
I believe, with the correct argument, RvW can and will be overturned, but this latest approach won’t do it. It is the “Right to Life..” which is at the constitutional crux of the matter.
Some people are claiing that PP pronounced Pe ePee , does not use public tax revenues 528 million this year for abortions they would have us believe the 3% of their funds used for abortions comes from the over 300 million in private donations for them? At best its a shell game. And funding the organization with the funds inevitably makes more abortions possible and the tax payer gets stuck with costs private donations could pay. That is the only way it makes sense when these kill a baby advocates claim no tax money goes to Pee Pee to fund murdering little tiny tiny babies.
He’s got some ‘splainin’ to do. We can’t trust people from the Ivy league schools of liberalism.
Abortion access is “THE LAW OF THE LAND”, like it or not, therefore he ruled correctly.
The Law of the land in Germany used to be killing Jews was a good thing. So the law of the land can be wrong!!! Gods Laws are the only Just Laws!!
Actually you’re WRONG! Roe V Wade said nothing about a woman having “access” to abortion, especially tax payer funded abortion; it only decided that a woman had the right to decide. The Court ruled 7–2 that a right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman’s decision to have an abortion, but that this right must be balanced against the state’s interests in regulating abortions: protecting women’s health and protecting the potentiality of human life. As usual, the leftist politicians have misinterpreted and lied about abortion just as they did with “birth-right citizenship”, and natural born citizenship! This whole fight is about two things – 1) Why does the woman get to decide, yet the father has no say – what about the father’s rights? 2) Why are people forced to violate their religious convictions by having to fund abortions through their taxes.
We should have saw this coming, after all he is a Roman Catholic. They flip-flop on a lot of what they believe in. Just like Nancy Pelosi, she’s for abortion, and the church just won’t mention it or excommunicate her. I guess money talks and theology walks. I was born and raised Catholic, and I’m so glad I walked away from that religion many years ago.
Joseph, As a Roman Catholic they should not be encouraging rampant use of abortions and sale of body parts. The church is now a liberal entity but is not pro-abortion.
Every time a Supreme Court judge makes a decision someone feels they have been betrayed. The SCOTUS is supposed to make decisions based on how they read the law – NOT by political opinion. That is exactly what we have been fighting for.
“The Supreme Court declined to review three cases relating to Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood at the state level Monday”. Maybe I am reading this wrong but does the state level not mean the states are free to fund it as they wish. It does not say funding at the federal level. The state =s are supposed to decide for themselves on issues like this – like the legalizing of marijuana – gambling – even prostitution legal in some states and not in others.
So after we defended him while he was being attacked on all sides by Dems, he turns around and stabs us in the back this way? SMH. SO hard to find a GENIUNE Conservative these days! Is he going to be another John Roberts “side with the Libs on every issue” DEM in sheep’s clothing?
He is going to rule according to the law and the Constitution. This isn’t a vote against those who want to outlaw abortion but a vote in favor of not hearing the case. Not a betrayal at all. Otherwise, he would be betraying himself.
During the Kavanaugh inquisition, I was baffled as to why the leftists were so adamantly opposed to confirmation. At the time I stated that I expected Kavanaugh, if confirmed, would rule similarly to Kennedy.
There are times when I hate being right.
Very Disappointed with Kavanaugh. I think he is changing views and picking sides
On the other hand, the Supreme Court turned down an appeal by environmentalists against the border wall. He’s doing ok.
It really isn’t that simple. One would have to read the briefs and identify the point of law. You can be the most conservative justice in the world and still come down on a side with the most liberal justice in the world.
Agreed, in any case judicial thinking and decision making on law should be non partisan, unfortunately this is not always the case.
Unfortunately, Masdar, when liberal Dems are involved, that is almost NEVER the case! Which is why we need a Conservative/Constitutionalist majority Supreme Court, which we are NOT going to have, if Kavanaugh is going to be another John Roberts who REGULARLY throws in with the conniving Commucrats on the Court!
Expected from the turn coat Roberts. Very disappointed in Kavanaugh. I thought at least he had some morals.
What do you expect from someone educated by the Jesuits. The Jesuits are not Christian. Their motto: Be all things to all people; when you are with a Jew, be a Jew, and when you are with a kangaroo, be a kangaroo too” The majority on the court is on the left, and he also has something to prove to them – that he is a “good guy”. Yuck. Pusillanimous POS.
This is simply a repercussion from the hearing. Chief justice has NEVER been a conservative and no one should be surprised at his vote. Kavanaugh stated he would not reverse the bad decision and he kept his word. The court is 4 and 4 and 1 right now and we will suffer for a very long time until RBG dies or retires.
Added thought, Why democrats enjoy murdering babies I will never know.
If nothing else can be said it is apparent that these four justices see nothing wrong with killing a fetus for the specific purpose of selling body parts.
It’s a giveaway. They got something out of it. I hope the bastards are happy. You know they won’t be.