roe v. wade according to our res shannon bream is that roe v. wade has been overturned and the question of abortion has been returned to the states. tucker: pandemonium ensued immediately in the headline of the babylon become democrats paused january 6th hearing to pause for insurrection and that is basically true but from a legal perspective, which is what matters, there is nothing surprising about today s decision. it s only a matter of time before roe v. wade was overturned. that s been obvious for decades. even democrats once acknowledged. roe was one of those decisions you never heard anyone defend on its own terms. lots of people want legal abortion but no one has ever explained how exactly the constitution guarantees that. roe was a political document, not a legal opinion and that its existence undermined the legitimacy of the supreme court. it was poison. the purpose of the supreme court a simple, it is to determine whether the laws the politicians pass are consiste
it was poison. the purpose of the supreme court a simple, it is to determine whether the laws the politicians pass are consistent with the united states constitution. that is it, that is all the united states constitution does. with the supreme court should not do, cannot do never do is make law and it should never do that because court making laws would be by definition antidemocratic. none of the nine supreme court justices have been elected by anyone. all have lifetime appointments. if you cared about democracy and wanted democracy to continue you would demand that all laws in the united states to be passed by elected legislatures. again, no matter how you feel about abortion or any other specific issue. in democracy voters have the final word on how they are governed. that is what democracy is. now after nearly half a century, voters have had their rights restored on the question of abortion. if they like abortion, they can vote to legalize abortion. if they don t like abortion, th