Frank wrote on Jun 27
th, 2022 at 9:18am:
AusGeoff wrote on Jun 27
th, 2022 at 9:07am:
Unbelievable how divisive and socially destructive this moron is. Never
having heard of her, I checked her Wiki entry, and was duly disgusted...
And the people of South Dakota will be able to vote her out of office on 8 Nov 2022 if they wish.
That's one of the important aspects of this whole issue, as stressed by the SCOTUS decision - let the people, not unelected judges decide.
I don't think that's really the point Frank. By November, South Dakota's abortion
bans will be legislated, so it's not just a matter of voting Noem out—most likely to
be replaced with another anti-abortion state governor anyway. The state is the
tenth-most Republican in the US. Since 1889, South Dakota has voted Democratic
only four times in presidential elections. In the 2020 presidential election, 62% of
electors voted Republican.
The other problem is that the SCOTUS has effectively taken the wishes of
we the
people out of the democratic equation by an illegitimate decision overturning Roe.
The current SCOTUS is top heavy with Republican/conservative/far-right/Christian
judges. It's no longer impartial by any means, nor is it apolitical.