Abortion can be re-legalized if Democrats in Congress choose to set aside the filibuster and either pass a law codifying Roe or, with a more long-term strategy, add new members to the Court.

Politico is reporting that the Supreme Court has already voted to strike down Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey, and possibly even Griswold v Connecticut. The decision is in draft form, but expected to be released this summer.

The GOP first set this as a goal in 1981 with the election of Ronald Reagan who, prior to cutting a cynical deal with Jerry Falwell for church help in the 1980 election, had signed the most liberal abortion law in the nation as California governor. Now it appears their 41-year campaign has reached its fruition.

This is the first time in the lifetime of anybody living today that the Supreme Court has removed from our law a major "right" that directly or indirectly affects all Americans.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Federal Abortion Ban: Court Packing Should Be Back on the Table! " by Thom Hartmann.

Case: "National Labor Relations Act".

Article: "A New Lochner Era" by Mark Joseph Stern.

Case: "Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo" (1936).

Article: "Fireside Chat on Reorganization of the Judiciary", March 9, 1937 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Article: "Associate Justice John Catron" by Britannica.

Article: "Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)".

Case: "Judiciary Act of 1801".

Case: "National Industrial Recovery Act" (1933).

Article: "This Is How FDR Tried to Pack the Supreme Court" by Lesley Kennedy.

Case: "West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish" (1937).

Law: "Judiciary Act of 1869".

Article: "Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows " by Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward.

Article: "Abortion safer than giving birth: study" by Genevra Pittman.

Article: "When Franklin Roosevelt Clashed With the Supreme Court—and Lost" by William E. Leuchtenburg.

Case: "Roe v. Wade" (1973).

Case: "Planned Parenthood v. Casey", 1992.

Article: "4 things we know, and one big thing we don't, on the draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.

Article: "Meeting with Pope John Paul II" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Case: "Griswold v Connecticut" (1965) (right to privacy, contraception for married couples).

Case: "Lawrence v. Texas" (2003).

Case: "Obergefell v. Hodges" (2015).

Article: "Senate to vote on legislation that'll codify abortion rights bill into federal law, Chuck Schumer says" by Tristan Smith.

Article: "Four Horsemen (Supreme Court)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Owen Roberts" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act" (HIPAA).

Article: "Render unto Caesar" by Jesus.

Article: "Statement by President Joe Biden", May 03, 2022 (about leaked SCOTUS decision on abortion).

Article: "Alito cites judge who executed women for witchcraft and legalized spousal rape in Supreme Court draft ruling " by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "17th Amendment. "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof...".

Law: "19th Amendment, August 18, 1920. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."

Case: "Loving V. Virginia".

Article: "What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now" by Ron Elving.

Article: "Theocracy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Quickening" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rapture" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows" by Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward.

Article: "Forty Years Ago, Women Had a Hard Time Getting Credit Cards" (2014) by Rose Eveleth.

Hour Two: How will SCOTUS decision affect states' rights?
- Heather Shumaker, Director of State Abortion Access - National Womens Law Center

Article: "Connecticut Offers Refuge to Red State Women with a "Fugitive Woman Act" " by Thom Hartmann.

Bill: "CT HB 5414: An Act Concerning Protections For Persons Receiving And Providing Reproductive Health Care Services In The State" by Reps. Blumenthal, Gilchrest.

Article: "Texas Senate Bill 8: Medical and Legal Implications" by Kari White, Gracia Sierra, Laura Dixon, Elizabeth Sepper, Ghazaleh Moayedi.

Article: "Maryland lawmakers pass bill to expand access to abortion" by Brian Witte.

Event: Foley Square, NYC 5PM: "NYC Protests on Abortion Rights Planned Tuesday as SCOTUS Confirms — and Condemns — Leak " by NBC New York.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."

Tweet: "If this is the opinion of the Court, it will be one of the greatest opinions in Supreme Court history. It will save millions of lives" by Josh Hawley.

Article: "Public Opinion on Abortion" by Pew Research Center.

Article: "Democratic Senate candidates urge eliminating filibuster and passing bill protecting abortion rights" by Alex Rogers.

Bible: "But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. What he did was wicked in the LORD's sight; so the LORD put him to death also." - Genesis 38:9-10.

Case: "Marbury v. Madison", 1803 (judicial review).

Book: "The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review" by Larry D. Kramer.

Case: "Dred Scott v. Sandford", 1857

Article: "Democratic Senate candidates urge eliminating filibuster and passing bill protecting abortion rights" by Alex Rogers.

Article: "Sending Menstrual Blood To Mike Pence Is A Stupid Protest That Hurts Women" by Joy Pullmann.

Article: "Periods As Protest: Indiana Women Call Governor To Talk About Menstrual Cycles" by Camila Domonoske.

Article: "'Periods for Pence' campaign goes viral, urges women to call Gov. Pence's office and discuss their menstrual cycles".

Facebook: "Periods for Politicians/Periods for Pence".

Article: "Dilation and curettage (D&C)" by Mayo Clinic.

Article: "Neil Gorsuch" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Remember When Neil Gorsuch's Mother Tried to Dismantle the EPA?" by Lisa Hymas.

Article: "Anne Gorsuch Burford" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Mike Pence Made Indiana's HIV Outbreak Worse" by Gregg Gonsalves and Forrest Crawford.

Article: "Ohio Lawmaker Says Pregnancy from Rape Is an 'Opportunity'" by Caitlin Cruz.

Article: "May 3 Michigan election: 64 counties will hold races -- full list and voter info" by Ken Haddad.

Article: "Pascal's wager" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dan Quayle" by Wikipedia.

Book: A Warning by Anonymous.

Article: "GOP Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, who support abortion rights, dismayed by draft opinion on Roe V. Wade" by Scott MacFarlane.

Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

It's the Anniversary of the Kent State Massacre (5/4/70)

Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) will be calling in to talk about the issues of the day and take your calls.

Plus, Equal Rights Advocates Condemns Leaked Roe Decision and its Destruction of Women's Reproductive Liberty & Autonomy - Noreen Farrell, Civil Rights Attorney / Executive Director - Equal Right Advocates

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