Roe dies
With the death of Roe v. Wade , the reactionaries who call the Republican Party home have launched two campaigns. One is to extend the prohibition of abortion nationwide, as articulated by former Vice President Pence. Much more ominous is the view of Justice Clarence Thomas who in his concurring opinion on Roe suggested that other rights established by precedent should be revisited. Overturning Roe means that anything is possible - no rights are safe. Specifically, Justice Thomas questions the validity of the decision in Griswold vs Connecticut which buttressed the right of privacy and decriminalized contraception. The same is true of Lawrence v. Texas which threw out the states sodomy laws that prohibited same sex sexual relations. Another is Obergefell v. Hodges that recognize the legality of same sex marriage nationwide. Notably absent from Justice Thomas hit list is Loving v. Virginia , the 1967 case that legalized interracial marriage. Little is said aloud...