Judge rejects attempt to enshrine abortion rights on Nevada ballot
Judge rejects attempt to enshrine abortion rights on Nevada ballot
A judge in Nevada rejected a proposed 2024 ballot initiative that sought to enshrine reproductive rights, including abortion, in the state’s constitution. Siding with a newly established PAC — the …
If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy.
I think one should criticize the influence of the courts rather than simply blaming 'the conservatives'. The court system has become quite the monster over the past 100 years. They can have free reign over policy decisions that ought to be handled by the legislature. Because of judicial review, the Judicial branch of the federal government can effectively make law where there was none before which used to be the domain of the Legislatures and the populace.
Did you know that around a hundred years ago, the Legislative branch controlled the docket for the Supreme Court?
I know that's not the point that you're trying to make, as blaming your woes on the conservatives is much easier for the brain. I'm sure that if the average .world user had dictatorial power for a day, one of the first acts would be to disenfranchise the Christians because they are problem voters, and shortly after repealing the second amendment in its entirety.
I like guns and free exercise of religion thank you. I do agree that the judicial branch has expanded its own power too far. I think that is an inevitable result of the intractability of the legislative branch. When it comes to judges make no decisions that should have been laws, that have been coming from conservative justices most frequently in recent years (Dobbs, Bruen, and Citizens United to name a few).
Lmao tell me you're just posting outrage without reading the article without telling me.
If you had been bothered to read before making a retarded quip, you'd notice that the rejection by judge was because the ballot measure was not specific enough, and was just meant to tack a bunch of stuff on such that it could get passed simply by being attached to a different issue.
If you don't see why that's not how things should run, I only assume you're the one person on earth who isn't a corrupt politician that just absolutely salivates over every god awful omnibus bill with hundreds of riders for random garbage
If passed by voters, the initiative would have added a new section to Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution, ensuring “every individual has a fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which entails the right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy, including, without limitation, prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, vasectomy, tubal ligation, abortion, abortion care, management of a miscarriage and infertility care.”
Lawyers would have a fun time picking apart this if it passed