Democrats are Overreacting to the Supreme Court

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Op-ed in the Washington Post by Committee for Justice president Curt Levey:
By Curt Levey With the end of the Supreme Court’s term, Democrats are denouncing the court as ideologically motivated, extreme, undemocratic, even destabilizing. Their angst is understandable, but it’s misguided.It’s understandable because, until recently, progressives were able to rely on the court to achieve or ratify many of their most important policy goals. It’s misguided for at least two reasons. First, this court is not ideologically motivated — that is, committed to conservative outcomes. It is committed to a textualist approach that sometimes will produce outcomes that political conservatives cheer and sometimes will infuriate them.Second, Democratic warnings of a constitutional apocalypse — with the court supposedly poised to strip away Americans’ rights to contraception (Griswold v. Connecticut), homosexual sex (Lawrence v. Texas), same-sex marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges) and other rights not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution — are overblown. The court is not inclined to do any such thing.Any impression that conservatives could rely on this court for conservative outcomes was dispelled on the final day of the term. The court upheld the Biden administration’s repeal of President Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. It also declined to review New York state’s vaccine mandate for health-care workers, which lacks a religious exemption.Given strong legal arguments on both sides of the “Remain in Mexico” debate, an ideologically motivated court could have found plenty of reasons to strike down the repeal. Instead, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh joined the court’s liberals in ruling it lawful, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett agreeing but for a procedural point. Similarly, the right-wing Supreme Court that Democrats imagine would have taken the vaccine case to cheers from conservatives. A few days earlier, the court disappointed law-and-order conservatives when it ruled 9 to 0 that convicting doctors allegedly operating opioid “pill mills” requires that they genuinely believed they were prescribing the medication improperly.These mixed results are best understood by recognizing that this court is reliably conservative in the jurisprudential sense, rather than the ideological sense. That is, the majority — rather than pursuing a conservative policy agenda — is focusing on the text and intent of statutes and the Constitution, in contrast to the more flexible “living Constitution” approach popular on the left. While that often results in decisions that please conservatives, this court is not afraid to rule otherwise when that’s where textualism — or originalism, as many call it — leads.And that’s how it should be. A court that never disappoints conservatives is likely a court that believes in a conservative version of the living Constitution.As the majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization notes, “Americans hold sharply conflicting views” on abortion policy, but the Constitution is silent on the issue. For the textualist justices, that is the bottom line.While textualism is not an exact science, it takes a lot of hand-waving to conjure up a right to abortion or even a broad right to privacy in the words of the Constitution, as written and amended. Nor can abortion rights be found among the common law rights that were implicitly incorporated into the Constitution. Roe v. Wade can’t change that fact. The issue must, therefore, be left to the democratic process.Textualism easily explains the court’s other conservative decisions this term as well. The Second Amendment explicitly guarantees “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.” Likewise, the court’s decisions on religion and the administrative state are firmly grounded in the text and intent of the First Amendment and the Constitution’s placement of lawmaking authority in the hands of Congress.While this approach will often disappoint progressives, the rights to contraception and the like are in no danger. To start, the Dobbs decision cannot be used to undermine those rights because the court made clear that abortion is “critically different”; it involves ending what Roe called a “potential life” and “[n]othing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.”The parade of horribles trumpeted on the left assumes that the Dobbs majority has a hidden agenda to overturn other unenumerated rights. But there is no secret agenda. The conservative legal movement has been shouting for 40 years that Roe should be overruled. There are few if any voices in that movement calling to overrule GriswoldLawrence or even the more recent Obergefell decision.Those three decisions resulted in or from profound changes in our culture and in popular opinion. Roe never stuck in the same way. Regardless of what the court says about Griswold and Lawrence, the democratic process would prevent any state from outlawing contraception or homosexual sex. Bans on either have moved outside the Overton window, and prohibition of same-sex marriage is quickly moving in that direction.What the future does hold is more controversial cases in the next Supreme Court term, including blockbuster cases on affirmative action and the power of state legislatures to set voting rules. Next term will tell us a lot more about the fortitude and vitality of this court’s conservative majority. I expect it will continue to be guided by principled textualism, fearing neither intense criticism from the left nor disappointment among some conservatives when those principles lead to liberal outcomes.

Georgia Guidestones toppled last week but media ignores most important piece

The Georgia Guidestones was destroyed last Wednesday in Elberton, Georgia after the Georgia Bureau of Investigations alleged someone set off an explosive device.

 

The explosion created safety hazard leading to government officials to demolish what remained.

 

For likely most Americans, they probably never even heard of the Georgia Guidestones until last week. Why? The mainstream media ignored its existence.

 

For background, the monument devoted to promotion of a depopulation agenda was commissioned in 1979 and constructed in 1980 by a man using the pseudonym R.C. Christian. The individual who commissioned the monument said he was doing it on behalf of an anonymous group, according to the banker Wyatt Martin who spoke with Christian.

 

The monument was initially constructed on private land, but Christian eventually transferred that land to Elberton County.

 

The Georgia Guidestones consisted of four granite slabs laid out in a way reminiscent to Stonehenge in England. The Guidestones, however, are engraved in what is best described as the globalist 10 commandments.

 

Engraved, in eight different languages, was this:

 

1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
10. Be not a cancer on the Earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.

 

The mainstream media suddenly acknowledged the existence of this disgusting monument last week after the destruction of it. Wyoming News did a search of the term “Georgia Guidestones” on a few mainstream media outlets’ websites and found that CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC and CBS had not once ever referenced the monument prior to last week’s events.

 

But more importantly, even in their coverage of it they left out the 10 statements from above. Instead, all of them described the “conspiracy theories” that have surrounded the monument for years as they ridicule people who dare to have thoughts not in the mainstream.

 

There are conspiracy theories surrounding the monument, including from the mainstream narrative media itself. We don’t know who Christian is nor the mysterious group he affiliated with. Certainly, people will come up with thoughts, and that’s perfectly fine to express them.

 

But the most important thing is that it’s not a theory to say there’s a depopulation agenda behind in and that the same agenda is shared by so many global elites. It’s right there in plain language on the Georgia Guidestones, and from the mouths of the globalists. Just consider the first statement of maintaining a world population of no more than 500 million. That would mean we need to kill off 7.5 billion of the world’s current 8 billion people, 4 billion of the 4.5 billion at the time of the construction of that heinous monument.

 

The COVID Blog noted, on the mainstream’s conspiracy theories of who set off the explosion last week, that “videos of the incident went viral. Critical thinkers immediately wondered how the video of the explosion was captured, but there is no footage of the explosives actually being placed there (except for a car driving away from the scene after the explosion).”

 

But, as The COVID Blog goes on the say, discussing who was behind the Georgia Guidestones or its destruction is a distraction. The Georgia Guidestones and its destruction are merely symbols.

 

What’s not a symbol is the depopulation agenda, which is not a theory but a fact, that’s playing out daily. We are witnessing it with the destruction of supply chains and food supplies, the push for digital currency where all of your purchases will be tracked and we’re seeing it with the COVID jab program.

 

The COVID Blog estimated a 150 to 200 million number in excess deaths in 2022, based on data coming out from the life insurance industry. The Exposé has reported on several studies linking increases in infertility rates associated with the experimental gene therapy shots.

 

And let’s just listen to the words of one globalist, Bill Gates, who has been a proponent of the jab regime.

 

Gates, in 2010, gave a TED Talk as he discussed how the world is overpopulated and described how there needs to be a new way of “vaccination” (hint, hint: mRNA). He said: “If we do a really great job on new vaccines, healthcare, reproductive health services we could lower (the population) by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.”

 

The depopulation agenda isn’t a theory, it’s in our faces. The Georgia Guidestones should serve only as a reminder that this evil agenda exists, and we have to be vigilant.

Tony Louis Valez (65-year-old male) Charged With Two Deliberate Homicide Charges

Sunday, July 10, 2022, @ 1705 hours

Police were called to the 800 block of Orange Ave for a report from a male that he shot at people inside his residence due to those people trying to assault him.  A second 911 call was made by another individual in the same residence advising an adult female was shot.  Police arrived on the scene and immediately attended to a juvenile female that had sustained a gunshot wound.  The juvenile female was transported to the hospital via ambulance and was later pronounced deceased.  An adult female also sustained a gunshot wound and was transported to the hospital via private vehicle.  The adult female is currently at the hospital and in stable condition.  Officers were able to gather information from parties involved in the incident and witnesses to the incident that indicated the male in the residence shot at an adult female and an adult male.  The adult male did not suffer any injuries.

Investigation into the shooting led to a Helena resident identified as Tony Louis Valez (65-year-old male) being placed under arrest for the following charges:  Deliberate Homicide and (2) counts of Attempted Deliberate Homicide.  He was transported and booked into the LCSO Jail without incident.

This shooting was an isolated incident and occurred at the residence.  Police were able to locate the male responsible for the shooting quickly as he was still at the residence, and we did not believe there was any threat to the Community.  We will not be releasing the names of the shooting victims until all notifications to families had been made.  Helena Police will work in conjunction with the LCSO Coroner’s Office for these notifications.  The investigation is ongoing at this time and will be on Monday.

Murder Suspect Arrested For THe “Ambulance Shooting” Case

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North Hollywood:  On July 8, 2022, around 2:20 p.m., North Hollywood Area Patrol Officers responded to a Radio Call, “Ambulance Shooting” at Vanowen Street and Camellia Avenue.  Officers arrived and located the victim inside a camping trailer suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Los Angeles Fire Department arrived and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene. 

Operations Valley Bureau Homicide responded, and by interviewing several witnesses, identified the suspect by name and distinctive facial tattoos. The investigation revealed that the suspect fled the location in a white Toyota Camry sedan. 

The suspect’s sedan was located shortly after the incident at the 7000 block of Worster Avenue and was impounded as evidence. 

On July 9, 2022, around 3:00 a.m., officers received a radio call for a ‘Battery Suspect’ at a convenience store in the area of Whitsett Avenue and Victory Boulevard.  LAPD patrol officers arrived and arrested the suspect for the battery. The suspect was transported to North Hollywood Station, where his distinctive facial tattoo was observed and recognized.   

Operations Valley Bureau Homicide Detectives responded to North Hollywood Station, positively identifying the suspect of the homicide as Ricardo Martinez, 25 years of age, from North Hollywood.  Martinez was booked to Van Nuys Jail for 187 Penal Code- Murder. The bail was set to $2,185,000. 

This case will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office for criminal filing on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. 

The City Of Casper Having To Shut Water Off to Many Whom Have Not Paid Their Bill

The City of Casper Wyoming is in a financial crunch and is forced to start the “pay your bill” campaign that encourages property owners or renters to pay their water bills that are 15 days overdue. The city can no longer carry those individuals or businesses that have not paid their water bills over the last two years due to the so call Covid-19 virus scare.

Casper has been in a “pause” mode during the Covid-19 pandemic, but now is starting to shut off water utilities to those who owe a balance over 15 days. If a person’s water is shut off, they will have to pay a $20.00 reconnection fee Rachel Bouzis IFO Officer, stated to the Wyoming News.

The city would rather work with residents and businesses than shut their water off but the City needs the bills to be paid. If a family is having financial problems there are several places they can go to get the assistance that is needed. They are as follows:

Community Action Partnership, (307) 232-0124; Interfaith of Natrona County, (307) 235-8043 and the Salvation Army, (307) 234-2002.