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?It is time to heed the Constitution, and return the issue of abortion to
the people?s elected representatives,? Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his
ruling last June overturning Roe v Wade.
Such democratic sentiment was a staple of the abortion debate long before the
court?s Republican majority overthrew Roe with its ruling in Dobbs v Jackson
Women?s Health Organization. After all, who were these unelected judges
making decisions for the American people? Contentious, complicated issues
belonged in state legislatures, where elected representatives, close to the
people, subject to their influence and electoral veto, would render a more
judicious outcome.
In a concurring opinion in Dobbs, Justice Brett Kavanaugh declared that the
court would no longer meddle in the debate. ?Instead, those difficult moral
and policy questions will be decided, as the Constitution dictates, by the
people and their elected representatives through the constitutional processes
of democratic self-government.?
One year after Dobbs, how is all that ?democratic self-government? going?
More from
Bloomberg opinion
A Year After Dobbs, Leaving Abortion to States Isn?t Working
The Supreme Court said it was time to return the issue to lawmakers, who
continue to flout the will of the voters.
people?s representatives has proved to be just another joke on democracy.
https://archive.is/1Gl7K#selection-3549.0-3555.114
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