On Friday, the Department of Justice filed an astonishing appeal with the Supreme Court, urging the justices to intervene in the Jane Doe case that seemed to have ended last week. Doe, an undocumented 17-year-old in a federally funded Texas shelter, was denied abortion access by the Trump administration, which argues that it can force undocumented minors to carry unwanted pregnancies to term. On Oct. 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that Doe must be allowed to terminate her pregnancy, which she did the next day. Now the DOJ is urging the Supreme Court to vacate that decision—and punish the ACLU attorneys who represented Doe.
Make no mistake: With this filing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department has declared war on attorneys and groups who dare to oppose it in court.
This site seemed to kick a political can. I am going to kick it back. I do not like Trump, however, I do hate Hilliary, Obama, the DNC/RNC even more. All of them have destroyed America and hate RCs.
I have the greatest respect for ACLU attorneys. They are usually most educated and highly intelligent. Unlike the DOJ attorneys, ACLU attorneys defend the Consitution against what it was designed to protect us from: government tyranny. Take the parolee First Amendment case as an example. I don’t think even Janice or Chance would have taken that (at least without lots of $$?). Yet ACLU took that man’s case, regardless of his recidivist history, and created well-written, scholarly briefs that seem absolutely perfect.
Thank you ACLU!
So you want to create a fascist regime?
First step, go after the press. Second step,
go after the civil rights attorneys…
Ok this is clearly a very biased article. Can we not get into divisive politics please. That’s not the goal of this organization.
It’s Donald “The Turd” Trump’s way. He figures that tactic, in which he pounces upon whomever in hopes that they will tuck tail, turn on their heels and run. Remember when Trump sued Bill Maher when Maher said he would donate $5 million to a charity if Trump could prove he wasn’t the “the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan?” Bill didn’t back down and the suit went away. The moral of that story? Never back down, always question authority, and always confront a bully.
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I read the article and the ACLU is an absolute blessing to me and our cause. In reading the article there was definitely some misunderstandings and if what I read and comprehend is true the DOJ has every right to appeal. Just know Trump haters are gonna hate, Trump could walk on water and some Hater on here is gonna say “yeah but he got his feet wet.” All well, enjoy the ride for the next 8 years. When Trump F**ks me or my cause as a whole then I’ll complain.
Let’s not forget it was Obummer that signed IML and defended ML policies first.
I find it interesting that so many on here would be opposed to Trump. Afterall, popular opinion is that he is an unconvicted sex offender. Therefore, he may be more sympathetic to SOs- though perhaps not publicly. He may be persuaded to push for sensible sex offense laws under the guise of “it can happen to anybody, even you Mr. President.”
Yes, Obama signed it. However, it was Republicans who pushed it. Chris Smith, in particular. And it was only when both houses came under the control of the Republicans that Smith’s annual attempts at pushing his agenda finally bore fruit. And it appears that only a handful of mostly Republicans and a couple of Democrats were able to slam it through under a “suspension of the rules.” We can’t know for sure as it was a voice vote.
I don’t like either party, I’m a libertarian. But the idea that today’s sex hysterical legal justice system is primarily a product of Democrats is complete hogwash. It is to ignore the essential participation of socially conservative religious fanatics in influencing society.