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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the Texas abortion law hasn't changed Republican popularity in Texas, what makes anyone think it will change the political landscape elsewhere?[/quote]

That's because nobody has brought a case (not designed for an appeal) yet.  That calculus changes after this ruling comes down.  For instance, laws against travelling out of state for an abortion (fugitive pregnancy acts). People haven't seen what the natural consequences of these laws are yet.  Inter-state conflicts are where the big problems will become apparent.  Getting an abortion out of state.

After that it will be other privacy/individual rights that will now have no more constitutional protection because they weren't specifically enumerated in 1787.  Who knows what will happen, it all depends on the self-restraint of state legislatures and congress - something that has been in short supply lately, but the fact remains that a lot of things we take for granted as being no business of government will now be allowed to be regulated.

Th import of this massive activist change in our basic governance social contract cannot be understated.  The power of the state to control our private behavior has been massively increased.  An individual is right, for the first time in our history, has been taken away.  That's a big freaking deal.  [/quote]

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