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For up-to-the-minute news about today's events, don't foget to check out How Appealing. Howard Bashman does an amazing job keeping on top of breaking news (Bashman also has an emergency back-up site here in case his main site goes down).

In other developments, Senator John Cornyn has this excellent piece at National Review today, titled "R-E-S-P-E-C-T; For the Law, for the Court, for the Constitution, for the Nominee."

UPDATE: FYI, the Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to order removal of framed copies of the Ten Commandments from two Kentucky courthouses, in the case of McCreary County v. ACLU. One wonders if the justices would allow even a framed copy of one of the commandments, such as, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." Speaking of that commandment, confirmthem received an interesting email today.

I'll leave the sender's name out of it. Here's what he asked: “Didn't Casey essentially gut Roe v. Wade? What is left of Roe to overturn in the abortion area?" So, I sent the following answer:

Thanks for your email...

No, Casey did not overturn Roe at all. Casey affirmed the "central holding" of Roe, that abortion can be performed throughout the first and second trimesters [i.e. until "viability"], for any reason whatsoever.

45% of abortions in the United States occur after 8 weeks' gestation. The 8-week mark is the point where many states, including California, have laws calling it ‘homicide’ when a third-party kills the fetus. The reason is that, at eight weeks, all organs are in place and functioning (the unborn child even has fingerprints). Yet, Casey said it's okay for the mother to rip that child apart for an additional four months, for any frivolous reason whatsoever. Rape, incest, and fetal health problems account for less than 3% of the abortions that occur after the 8-week point.

If anything, Casey made things worse, by striking down laws that ensured a husband eventually finds out what his wife has done. The justices preferred court-enforced ignorance. I hope that answers the question.

Sincerely,

Andrew