Because Republicans are not for the people or by the people.
“[Republicans] have been out there plotting, carefully cultivating these Supreme Court justices so they could have a majority on the bench who would accomplish something that the majority of Americans do not want. 69 percent of people across this country, red states and blue states, old people and young people, want Roe v. Wade to maintain the law of the land. We have a right. We’ve heard enough from extremists and we’re tired.”
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Since Monday night’s report by POLITICO of a draft Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case written by Justice Samuel Alito, massive protests have hit cities across the country, including a near-constant presence in front of the court itself.
The size and intensity of the protests is also reflected in the raw polling numbers regarding the popularity of abortion access in America. According to analysis released by Data for Progress, there is not a single state in the country with more than 30 percent support for an abortion ban. Red states, blue states, and every state in between overwhelmingly support maintaining the right to legal and safe abortion care.
The current Supreme Court, like the MAGA Republican former president who failed to win a majority of the popular vote, is wildly out of step with Americans’ priorities.
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Not sure where the person who made that meme is getting their information. According to this Pew Research Study, there are only 5 states that DON'T have greater than 30% support for banning abortion: Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Hell, 14 states have 50% or better the number that think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases with Arkansas topping the list at 60%.
I do not believe stuff like this is helpful.
Okay, I looked them up. "Data for Progress" didn't do any polling. Their numbers are total junk. This is what they state regarding that conclusion they reached:
"MRP [multilevel regression model, not sure why that's not MRM, but they said 'MRP' three times in their explanation, so...] consists of two steps. First, we fit a multilevel-regression model to a survey sample to estimate how likely someone is to hold a particular opinion based their self-reported demographic characteristics and the state where they live. A regression model is a statistical model used to analyze the relationships between some observed outcome (in this case, a political opinion) and other characteristics, called predictors. Multilevel regression is an advanced modeling technique that makes efficient use of sample data. The second step in MRP is called post-stratification, where we use our multilevel model to predict the responses of the population of each state. Using the demographics and population counts from the voter file, which account for differences in the demographics and geography, we post-stratify the survey sample and the population."
ChestRockfield
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May 5, 2022
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Why are MAGA's invalidating the will of the people? Because they can. And they've lined up a bunch of other cases. The MAGA's complained about Biden stacking the court (which he has demurred from doing). But better believe that in short order, he'll have no choice. Some of those justices should be removed for lying to Congress. And Thomas removed for ethical violations.
racocn8
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May 5, 2022
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Well...it's a challenge to voters, isn't it? And since the GOP's been so successful in gerrymandering voting districts, it's even a greater challenge to the Democrats to mount campaigns of pro-choice candidates ASAP!
LucyLoohoo
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