Like many people, I was alarmed when the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade. It seemed like an act of extreme overreach by a highly activist court.<\/p>\n
The decision radically changed the legal landscape. Long-standing civil protections for millions of Americans simply evaporated overnight.<\/p>\n
I suspect that the radical nature of the Court’s decision had a lot to do with the fact that the Democrats won the Senate this past week. Americans are an ornery bunch, and when you mess with us, we vote.<\/p>\n
We may disagree about many things, but there is one thing we agree upon: We hate to have the rug pulled out from under us.<\/p>\n
Whenever there is judicial, legislative or executive overreach, whether on the Left or the Right, Americans will turn out on election day. And they will say enough is enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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