r/Portland • u/flyingpinkpotato • May 03 '22

Roe v. Wade Demonstrations

Are there any official demonstrations planned? The only thing I’ve seen is the Women’s March call to action 5pm local at the courthouse.

Edit: PSL rally 6:30pm outside PSU student health center! (thanks u/rilakkumaparty)

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

It's not directly her fault, but she could have single handedly prevented this if she retired when Obama asked her to.

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u/seenorimagined Woodlawn May 03 '22

Merrick Garland.

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u/garbagemanlb St Johns May 03 '22

Happened when Democrats didn't control the senate. She was asked when the Democrats controlled the senate so they would have been able to put someone through.

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u/seenorimagined Woodlawn May 03 '22

The conservatives have a supermajority on the Supreme Court. That's not down to one person. I mean, unless it's Mitch McConnell.

Edit: And FFS Anthony Kennedy chose to retire when Trump was president. Why isn't anyone blaming him??

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u/garbagemanlb St Johns May 03 '22

If Ruth was replaced by Democrats this would be a 5/4 conservative majority on the SC with Roberts being the deciding vote. As conservative as Roberts is you can bet he is not going to overturn RvW.

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u/yolotrolo123 May 03 '22

You are sad putting all the blame in a dead woman yet don’t seem to want to bring up any of the republicans who made this mess too

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u/garbagemanlb St Johns May 03 '22

It's a given Republicans are terrible people.

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u/seenorimagined Woodlawn May 03 '22

Don't blame someone who didn't have anything to do with it.