The Supreme Court's Radical Right Turn Is About Restoring Patriarchy, Plain and Simple

[LatteLady]

8. Back to the 1600's

Alito’s opinion in Dobbs relied on the 17th century writings of Hale, an extreme misogynist even for his own time.

By claiming “originalism”, the right wing Supreme Court members purport to represent what the original founders & authors of the constitution “meant”. Of course at the time the Constitution was written, slavery was legal and men “owned” their daughters, wives, and children; no objection to these social horrors was expressed.

While I appreciate the exit from the monarchy and the attempt to develop a set of laws that improved life for “common” white male landowners (guess who wrote the documents!), and no one else, the embrace of such “original” racism and misogyny has nothing to do with fairness or justice, and everything to do with opposition to anything that threatens their patriarchal unearned male supremacy.