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“When I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.” —Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent from the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Garland v. Cargill

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And when I see justices whose minds are not open, whose decisions come pre-canned I say we’ve lost the rule of law and bought into fascism.

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Any first year law student would quickly realize the plaintiffs in the mifepristone case didn't have standing. Why did it take them so long to come down with an obvious decision like this?

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They needed the time to lay the groundwork for the next case that will come before the court so that they CAN ban mifepristone. Read the decision. In the words of the Monty Python song, if you are a fundamentalist Catholic, “Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted. God gets quite irate.”

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The wisdom of the “ fools on the hill “

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Yes, I’d love to know what behind the scenes wrangling was happening to slow down such an obvious conclusion.

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Duck behave like ducks. Humans often lack humanity.

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And that lack of humanity yesterday produced folks who had supported treason right back to the historical site where it had initially occurred….to honor the guy who had implemented it…..

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It was In-your-face, screw you world. We are sitting in the halls of government, outliars no more

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SOME humans lack humanity. Not all.. I believe there are many decent people still in this world.

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So do I …and I sure hope they vote…and get others out to vote too!

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So do I. A majority. But the cretins cheat and lie with barely a twinge of guilt

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