Post by ck4829 on Aug 9, 2022 4:09:33 GMT
Justice Alito Cited a Few Cromwellian Nightmares In His Draft Opinion
On the walls of the Massachusetts State House, there are portraits of past governors going all the way back to John Winthrop’s establishment of the colony back in 1630. And, let me tell you, these are some truly terrifying old white dudes, in their black suits with those high, ruffly collars. A casual visitor from, say, Mars would conclude that, in its early days, the Commonwealth (God save it!) was presided over by a succession of vampire ice sculptures.
I thought about these cats on Wednesday night when Lawrence O’Donnell explained to his audience that, in his now-infamous draft opinion, Justice Samuel Alito cited the work of one Sir Edward Cooke who, in 16-freaking-44, declared abortion to be a crime. O’Donnell made the salient point that Cooke also was deeply involved in actual witch trials, so maybe we can do better for legal theory in 2022 than a guy who practiced law under Charles I.
This prompted curiosity as to what other Cromwellian nightmares contributed to an opinion eliminating a constitutional right in the United States of America in 21st century. Lo and behold, right after citing Cook, Alito summoned the ghost of Sir Matthew Hale, who was a real beauty, bless his heart, several times throughout his draft. For example:
Hale wrote that if a physician gave a woman "with child" a "potion" to cause an abortion, and the woman died, it was "murder" because the potion was given "unlawfully to destroy her child within her."
Hale also was a witch hunter, sending women off to the loving arms of judicial murder. And, finally, Hale was fundamental to the development of the legal theory that there was no such thing as marital rape.
www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a39918468/alito-draft-opinion-roe-citations/
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Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
On the walls of the Massachusetts State House, there are portraits of past governors going all the way back to John Winthrop’s establishment of the colony back in 1630. And, let me tell you, these are some truly terrifying old white dudes, in their black suits with those high, ruffly collars. A casual visitor from, say, Mars would conclude that, in its early days, the Commonwealth (God save it!) was presided over by a succession of vampire ice sculptures.
I thought about these cats on Wednesday night when Lawrence O’Donnell explained to his audience that, in his now-infamous draft opinion, Justice Samuel Alito cited the work of one Sir Edward Cooke who, in 16-freaking-44, declared abortion to be a crime. O’Donnell made the salient point that Cooke also was deeply involved in actual witch trials, so maybe we can do better for legal theory in 2022 than a guy who practiced law under Charles I.
This prompted curiosity as to what other Cromwellian nightmares contributed to an opinion eliminating a constitutional right in the United States of America in 21st century. Lo and behold, right after citing Cook, Alito summoned the ghost of Sir Matthew Hale, who was a real beauty, bless his heart, several times throughout his draft. For example:
Hale wrote that if a physician gave a woman "with child" a "potion" to cause an abortion, and the woman died, it was "murder" because the potion was given "unlawfully to destroy her child within her."
Hale also was a witch hunter, sending women off to the loving arms of judicial murder. And, finally, Hale was fundamental to the development of the legal theory that there was no such thing as marital rape.
www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a39918468/alito-draft-opinion-roe-citations/
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Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence
Samuel Alito mocks foreign leaders but cites a foreign jurist who believed in witchcraft and thought dreams were evidence