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Rhiannon12866

(205,309 posts)
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 09:10 PM Jun 2022

Anita Hill Issues Dire Warning: Expect Stronger Restrictions On Reproductive Rights In Coming Years



The legitimacy of the Supreme Court remains in question as their ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade continues to roil America. At the same time, Justice Clarence Thomas continues to be scrutinized over everything from his wife’s MAGA activism to his calls for overturning precedents on gay marriage and contraception.

Anita Hill, now a professor at Brandeis University and the author of the book “Believing,” joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber to discuss SCOTUS and the state of women’s rights in America. - The Beat - MSNBC - Aired on 06/30/2022.



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Anita Hill Issues Dire Warning: Expect Stronger Restrictions On Reproductive Rights In Coming Years (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 OP
Sounds to me like enforcement will be spotty in some states bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #1
Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Jun 2022 #2
I fear she's right... I can only hope she isn't IngridsLittleAngel Jul 2022 #3

bucolic_frolic

(43,146 posts)
1. Sounds to me like enforcement will be spotty in some states
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 09:25 PM
Jun 2022

SCOTUS is acting like a Tribunal. But illegitimate laws are always ignored by some people, and enforcement requires universal adherence to the law and that is something not going too well nowadays.

 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
3. I fear she's right... I can only hope she isn't
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:09 PM
Jul 2022

But she is one smart lady to begin with, so she obviously knows her stuff. And then she knows Coke Can Clarence well... too well. She saw the nasty, cruel, vindictive side of him well before we did.

We could be in for a very ugly stretch.

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