Kamala today claimed that Justice Clarence Thomas ‘said the quiet part out loud’ in his concurring opinion in the Dobbs decision and that these justices are planning to take away same-sex marriage and the right to contraception.
Watch:
.@VP Harris on Dobbs decision: “Clarence Thomas said the quiet part out loud. […] They are looking at same-sex marriage and the right to contraception [next].” pic.twitter.com/OGnJZ8uW2b
— The Hill (@thehill) October 5, 2022
But this is not at all what Thomas said in his Dobbs opinion.
What he said was that the doctrine of substantive due process is a false doctrine, so to speak, and that it lacks any basis in the Constitution. He argues that substantive due process is an oxymoron, that it does not due what it’s claimed to do:
“The notion that a constitutional provision that guarantees only ‘process’ before a person is deprived of life, liberty, or property could define the substance of those rights strains credulity for even the most casual user of words.” McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U. S. 742, 811 (2010)
The resolution of this case is thus straightforward. Because the Due Process Clause does not secure any substantive rights, it does not secure a right to abortion.
Thomas then goes on to concur with Alito that this decision doesn’t have any effect on Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.
But he does say that in the future the court should reconsider their decisions based on substantive due process, namely Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell. Then, he says, the court should weigh the question of whether the constitution guarantees the right to same-sex marriage and contraception.
Thomas is NOT saying these so-called ‘rights’ should be taken away. He’s not even indicating a preference on one side or the other in these issues. Thomas is simply attacking the substantive due process doctrine that the court has used in these cases.
Kamala is just lie Biden, a liar and a fool.