IT: Biden voices support for cease-fire in Gaza-Israel violence, and... Should SCOTUS reconsider Roe v. Wade?
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President Joe Biden expressed his support for a ceasefire to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as fighting between Israel and Hamas enters its second week.
“The president reiterated his firm support for Israel’s right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks. The president welcomed efforts to address intercommunal violence and to bring calm to Jerusalem,” according to a White House readout of the call.
More than 3,000 Hamas-launched rockets have bombarded Israeli cities.
On Sunday, Israel carried out the deadliest strike in the ongoing conflict, leveling several homes in the Gaza Strip and killing 42 people.
Meanwhile, the United Nations General Assembly will meet Thursday "in light of the gravity of the situation and its rapid deterioration."
Supreme Court to Hear Mississippi Abortion Case
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will consider a case involving pre-viability abortions this fall, which could reshape the Court’s precedent surrounding abortions.
Known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the case concerns Mississippi’s ban on elective abortions more than 15 weeks into pregnancy except in cases of medical emergencies and severe fetal abnormalities.
Mississippi enacted the Gestational Age Act in 2018, although a district court judge blocked it shortly thereafter and appeals have been unsuccessful to date.
Specifically, the Court will consider: “Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.”
This will be the first abortion case to be argued before SCOTUS since Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed, handing conservatives a 6-3 majority. It could potentially provide a pathway to challenging Roe v. Wade and allow outright bans on abortion.
Is it constitutional to restrict pre-viability abortions?
Bipartisan Commission to Investigate Capitol Riot
The Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee have announced an agreement over legislation to create a bipartisan commission tasked with investigating the attack at the Capitol on January 6th and recommending security improvements.
The bill, which is being drafted by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Ranking Member John Katko (R-NY), is expected to get a vote on the House floor this week.
Modeled on the 9/11 Commission, this one would have 10 members with significant expertise in law enforcement, civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, intelligence, and cybersecurity.
The commission proposed by the bill would also have the authority to issue subpoenas to obtain information for its investigation if there is an agreement between the chair and vice-chair or a vote by a majority of commission members.
Read the full proposal here then join the conversation:
Do you support or oppose the proposal?
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I support Israel and their right to defend themselves against Hamas. Please use your voice and vote to do the same!
Women’s right to choose means fewer back alley botched pregnancies, fewer unwanted children. Palestinians are humans with a right to their homes and we need to stop acting as if that is controversial.
This is the most mixed bag of nonsense topics to vote on in one forum I've ever seen. Israel, go ahead and unleash your resources on the devils while idiots babble about peripheral topics so they don't have to answer adults questions. Biden is a pussy as are all of his appointees. Weak kneed punks just covering their tails and their interests 24/7. All of you mentally impaired Dimocrat voters are enabling their power grab. You are so illiterate you will probably be surprised when they kick you to the curb.
Abbott and the state trumpublicans have now also passed a 6 week limit on abortions (no exceptions for rape or incest) here in Texas, trying to shove their religion and need to interfere in women’s personal/medical decisions, down all of our throats. Texas, it’s time to get ALL of these Old, White, Pricks out of office!! That includes my US Reps. cornyn, brady and even you cruz!
SCOTUS I have the solution to Roe v.Wade. There will never be a need for an abortion again. This plan will be cost effective, ensure all children are brought into the world wanted & properly cared for and end this controversy for good. At age eleven every male in the United States undergoes a vasectomy, a minor, reversible procedure to ensure that there will be no unwanted pregnancies...as MEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 100% OF UNWANTED PREGNANCIES! Once a male and female are both willing and emotionally, financially, educationally, and medically ready to bring forth life into this world then the male’s procedure may be temporarily reversed so that a child may be produced. Males can be monitored with an ankle bracelet during the time that their sperm is viable to ensure that only the intended female is impregnated at this time. In the event the male impregnates a female that did not go through screening, the woman would have a right to terminate the pregnancy or force the sperm donor to be fully responsible for the care & development of the child. All shame will be carried by the responsible party which is neither the mother nor the child. In addition, this male would be castrated, because of his violation of US law, so that his actions are never repeated. Don’t like my answer? Butt cheeks tighten a bit? Don’t like the government telling you how or when to have babies? Huh. Stay out of our bodies & we will do the same.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not fighting Hamas. He is committing genocide with the US backing him. Call for a ceasefire, but also put some strings on the almost $12 billion we pay them every year.
Who really cares anymore! This is stupid and way to much time and MONEY spent on this do not make crowds or trashing city’s law!!!
Masks vs No Masks: The CDC and the White House need to get their messaging straight. If this happened under the prior administration, the bias media would be yelling about kaos.
No, Women’s rights should be protected. This subject will continue to be debated, which makes Justice Breyer’s retirement a whole new waiting game. Political poison has seeped into every crevice of our system, instead of free thinkers, we have radical flag wavers. I wish we could finally scape this nonsense off the bottom of our shoe...
Support a woman’s right to choose
Time to stop supporting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. Abortion is healthcare, not a political football.
Everyone it’s make phone calls, send emails and write letters time We want an independent commission to review the events of January 6th Tell your reps to stop standing on their …. and get it done now I’m so sick of all the farting around waiting for the Republicans to get on board Dems are in charge Get it done now before we lose the majority and all the criminals plan to do it again because there are no consequences What are we teaching our children? Lying, cheating, overthrowing the government, painting walls with feces, stomping on the constitution is ok ? What a sick country this is becoming
Larubia has got it all figured out! I love this plan.
That life of an unborn baby is equal to the mother under the constitution. They have rights like every human. Society should do more to protect that life by means of advancing medical technologies, making contraceptives readily available, and providing as much support to the mother and child if finances is a burden. Abortion of the unborn child is the worst human rights abuse of our time and more should be done to decrease or prevent unwanted pregnancies while valuing the life of the mother also. …that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The Israelis need to stop. For them it’s like shooting fish in a barrel. They’ve put the Palestinians in an untenable position and are punishing the whole over the actions of a few. They’ve kept the Palestinians corralled and under their thumb for years. If any American were put in the Palestinians position they would be outraged and demanding their rights. Leave Roe vs Wade alone and how about actually upholding women’s legal rights to access abortion. Overturning Roe vs. Wade is not going to fix what many believe the problems in America are. This whole fixation on getting women back to being housewives and keeping immigrants out, forcing everyone to be a “Christian” and bringing back the 50’s isn’t going to make everything better. Guess what? The 50’s weren’t all that great.
This is really stupid. Does anybody NOT support a cease fire?
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Roe v Wade is an old ruling based on NO science. FOLLOW the science that the physician involved in making abortion legal changes his stance after sonograms gave the first look at the baby in a womb. Babies are viable at 22 weeks.
What did you expect when you give money to the terrorist that have vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the earth to start attacking Israel. Hamas has attacked first and Israel has a right to protect themselves. No money should ever be given to any terrorist group or country...ever. Israel has a right to defend itself. I blame Joe’s administration for giving money to them to buy weapons and I blame the four squad members for encouraging the attack. The squad are very un American and should be expelled from government office as they take the Nazi position on Jews... shame on them and Joe if they give into the terrorist group. I support the revisiting of Roe v Wade. The first ruling was to have abortion as few and rare and for the health for the mother, but has turned into something that is no where near what was intended by the Supreme Court ruling, into many abortion and often which as also included killing the baby after they were born alive. Hope this is revisited with more protection for the baby.
They should not reconsider.