Legal merits and flaws of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

[Max_S]

Remember, we disagree as to what the 9th Amendment protects.

Does the Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution itself protect individuals from State infringement of unenumerated rights?

I don’t think the Ninth Amendment is really “about individual rights”. I think it, like the rest of the bill of rights, is all about federalism. You don’t need to reply to this because I’ll make the same point when I reply to post #4, that way we can keep the thread tidy. These will also be addressed later on. I will address this right here. I do allow for federal judicial review of unenumerated rights. If, for example, a woman comes to court claiming that the State infringed her right to m…

ETA: I wouldn’t characterize the Dobbs court as picking and choosing some of the famous people who were around in the 19th century, either. I don’t see the opinion as intent-based originalism at all. In fact they presented themselves as opposed to that - see my spoiler tag for “Assumption that anti-abortion laws were enacted in good faith.” from the OP, which also addresses @Moriarty’s latter point from post #9.

~Max