{"id":216,"date":"2014-07-04T00:33:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T00:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/?p=216"},"modified":"2016-08-11T04:02:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T04:02:50","slug":"supreme-court-decisions-dividing-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Decisions Dividing America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Four Supreme Court judges are in their late 70\u2019s, so relating to the current generation for them must be extremely difficult.\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps it is time to add some Aricept to their hot milk before they go to bed every night, so that the possibility of clarity is thrust upon them the following day, particularly when they are making critical decisions that affect the lives of the young people in this country.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instead it appears that Cardinal Egan\u2019s limo driver<\/b> may be sneaking into the Courtroom and filling their bottles of Perrier with \u201choly water\u201d.<\/p>\n

I have scoured the twenty-seven (27) current amendments to the Constitution and have totally failed to find one that \u201cguarantees the right to harass\u201d or \u201cguarantees the right to intimidate\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Obviously, I am missing something, as the Supreme Court decision on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, struck down the Massachusetts law prohibiting anti-abortion protesters from venturing within 35 feet of an abortion clinic\u2019s entrance.\u00a0 As always, when there is no real correlation, the justices cite the first amendment, i.e. freedom of speech, as their primary defense of bad decisions.\u00a0 Yet, the same Supreme Court that denied these victims a \u201cbuffer zone\u201d at an abortion clinic, has a major encroachment ban of its own, \u201cno protesting on the plaza in front of the court building”.\u00a0 <\/i><\/b>\u00a0The only conclusion that can be drawn from this anomaly is that the First Amendment freedoms only apply when it is convenient or that its precepts simply do not apply to them.<\/p>\n

A name change may be in order (or \u201cout of order\u201d).\u00a0 We could rename this group, the \u201cMaleficent Nine\u201d in honor of a recent Disney smash hit, the Supreme \u201cCult\u201d as per the intrusion of religion into their judgments or \u201cthe Supreme Tea House\u201d based on this decision and other related ones.<\/p>\n

Ron Kuby, Esq. pronounced on his radio show that the Supreme Court decision was correct, however adding the codicil that it is somewhat conflicting that this verdict does not affect the Supreme Court rule insulating them from harassment.\u00a0 If I wasn\u2019t certain that the Supreme Court decision was inherently biased prior to Kuby\u2019s pronouncement, that completely verifies my position.\u00a0 Kuby\u2019s political views are so far left he could easily fall off the proverbial cliff.\u00a0 Kuby, who loves keeping a high public profile, has represented such upstanding citizens as: Gregory Lee<\/b>Johnson<\/b><\/a>, a protester who\u00a0 burned a U.S. Flag<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0 1984 Republican National Convention<\/a>; Sheikh\u00a0<\/b> Omar Abdel-Rahman<\/b><\/a>, the blind cleric who headed the Egyptian-based militant group\u00a0 Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya<\/a>, accused of planning and encouraging terrorist attacks against Americans;\u00a0 Colin Ferguson<\/b><\/a>, the man responsible for the 1993 LIRR shootings (who chose to represent himself at trial);\u00a0Qubilah Shabazz<\/a><\/b>, the daughter of\u00a0 Malcolm X<\/a>, accused of plotting to murder\u00a0Louis Farrakhan<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0 Nation of Islam<\/a>; and Glenn Harris<\/b>, a New York public school teacher who absconded with a fifteen year-old girl for two months.\u00a0www.wikipedia.com<\/b><\/a>.<\/b>\u00a0 Based on Kuby\u2019s profile, his opinion on this Supreme Court decision is equivalent to Ann Coulters opinion of World Cup Soccer.\u00a0http:\/\/www.anncoulter.com\/columns\/2014-06-25<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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In March, a\u00a0federal appeals court\u00a0in Texas ruled<\/a>\u00a0that state lawmakers have the right to require safer circumstances under which a woman may receive an abortion. \u00a0This includes\u00a0requirements such as hospital admittance privileges, upgraded procedural facilities and a ban on operations after 20 weeks.\u00a0New safety laws\u00a0that will subsequently go into effect later this year could reduce the number of Texas abortion clinics even further. As of September 1, 2014, abortion clinics in the state will be required to at least meet the safety standards of ambulatory surgery centers.\u00a0 These type of laws are called TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers).\u00a0 These regulations are a circuitous method whereupon state lawmakers circumvent the provisions of Roe v. Wade with the use of subterfuge.\u00a0<\/b><\/i>By making it impossible for abortion clinics to find physicians or to obtain privileges at local hospitals, these clinics are being forced to close their doors.<\/p>\n

It is only a matter of time until the Supreme Court rules on various TRAP laws. Texas has managed to use TRAP laws to close down numerous abortion clinics with Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana following suit.\u00a0 It is highly probable that in the next few years, it will be virtually impossible for a woman to find a licensed abortion clinic in these states to exercise their legal right to personal choice. \u00a0\u00a0Yet Roe v. Wade stands firm as a women\u2019s right to have an abortion. These conflicting decisions reek of religious bias and strong influence from right wing groups.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

On June 30, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4, a completely partisan vote, that \u201cnon-profit corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women\u201d. \u00a0This decision strikes down the provision of Obamacare 2010 that \u201ccontraception is among a range of preventive services that must be provided at no extra charge\u201d to employees. \u00a0The capital fax blog 6\/30\/2014.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

The problem is that there may be employees working for these non-profit organizations, e.g. a Christian College, that do not subscribe to this belief, employees who are reluctant to speak up for fear of losing their jobs.\u00a0 Should they be financially punished, i.e. contraception is expensive, because the owners of the organization are not bright enough to realize that in an overpopulated world, contraception is a necessity? And by the way, contraception prevents the need for abortion! Duh, talk about shooting yourself in the foot! Perhaps that is why the three female Supreme Court members wrote such strong dissenting opinions.<\/p>\n

Given the opportunity, I believe that I could present strong arguments on either side of this endless debate over abortion rights.\u00a0 However, at this moment in time,Roe v. Wade remains the law<\/b> of the land<\/b> and thus does the right of a woman to have a legal abortion. And yet our Supreme Court continues to tap dance around this law with controversial decisions that continue to undermine Roe v. Wade.\u00a0\u00a0 The only word to describe this situation is \u201chypocrisy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Let us envision a fifteen year old girl, who is terrified of her circumstances, living in extreme poverty in a broken home, with barely enough food on the table for her mother and siblings.
\nShe had a brief moment in time where she failed to consider the ramifications of a night of sexual activity and now she is paying the price. She has made an informed decision to have an abortion, even though she is extremely frightened and hesitant.\u00a0\u00a0 She travels alone, in shame, to a local abortion clinic, where she has secretly made an appointment, unknown to her family members.\u00a0\u00a0 She exits the bus a block from the clinic and begins her journey to the entranceway to the clinic, only to encounter a group of self-righteous zealots who harass her with exclamations of \u201cbaby killer\u201d or \u201cwhore\u201d or \u201cyou will be burned in Hell if you go through with this\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 It leaves little to ponder as to why this young girl might now be considering suicide in lieu of an abortion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

In Englewood, New Jersey, an ordinance was enacted, effective March 31, 2014 which bars individuals from \u201cknowingly\u201d entering or remaining on a public way or sidewalk within an 8-foot radius around the entrance, exit or driveway of a health-care facility or a \u201ctransitional facility\u201d such as a shelter for domestic-violence victims. Individuals also cannot occupy the area stretching from a facility\u2019s entrance, exit or driveway to the street in front of those access points.<\/p>\n

The new rules were put in place partly to address protests around Metropolitan Medical Associates on Engle Street, a women\u2019s clinic that performs abortions. In the months before the ordinance was adopted, advocates said protests had escalated from low-key, respectful sidewalk vigils to people shouting and confronting patients.<\/b>\u00a0 www.northjerseynews.com<\/b><\/a> 6\/28\/2014<\/b><\/p>\n

Pro-Life Protesters would argue that they are simply there as counselors to \u201cinform\u201d, to offer alternatives, but that would not explain the numerous incidents of violence at abortion clinics.\u00a0\u00a0 No one is curtailing the freedom of these individuals to state their opinions, just keep it 35 feet away from people who don\u2019t want to hear them.\u00a0 What the Massachusetts law accomplished was to restrict their right to incite violence.\u00a0 Taking this issue to the next level, the following question must be asked: \u201chow many physicians who make a personal choice to perform \u201clegal\u201d abortions must be killed before we recognize that they are victims, as are these young women who choose abortions, that the pro-life fanatic is nothing more than a murderer, because murder \u201cin the name of God\u201d is still murder under the law.<\/p>\n

Legislation should protect the innocent and the vulnerable.\u00a0 When a situation is created where violence is encouraged, the decision is poorly conceived, even if one cites a Constitutionally guaranteed freedom.\u00a0 One could make a strong case that the Supreme Court decision itself is inciting violence at abortion clinics, because there is a 100% certainty that more violence will be the result of this verdict.<\/p>\n

For the last decade, the growth of religious influence in this country has escalated to the point of no return. We have zealots insisting that \u201cintelligent design\u201d (creationism under a pseudonym) be taught in our schools.\u00a0\u00a0 We have religious leaders telling their parishioners to vote against certain candidates based on their views on abortion, in direct violation of their tax exempt status.\u00a0\u00a0 We have the Mormon Church threatening to excommunicate their members for posting criticisms of their religion on the internet.\u00a0 And we have Supreme Court Justices being appointed based on their views on ABORTION.<\/b><\/p>\n

There seems to be only one reasonable solution.\u00a0 We need a Constitutional Amendment that clearly states that only atheists and agnostics may be legally appointed to the Supreme Court.\u00a0 Finally, we would have true \u201cseparation of Church and State\u201d and finally we might actually have justice meted out to the American public, minus the religious bias<\/b>.\u00a0 Brave New World!<\/b>\u00a0 (Aldous Huxley, 1931).\u00a0 However, until then we are relegated to a Supreme Court with limited insight, divided by partisan politics, and 44.4% composed of pre-Octogenarians.\u00a0 To leave the future of this country and the future of our children in their hands is an extremely frightening thought.\u00a0\u00a0\"2e73294fd5919c5921de17e001acadb0\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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