As the Supreme Court demonstrates they're being out of step with public opinion on gun safety yesterday and a Roe v Wade overturned today, their public opinion support has sunk to 25%. Expect a revolt from the public as the Court no longer gets public respect. The revolt will take the form of state legislation, executive orders, and downright workarounds. Expect this to be a hot issue in state house elections in 2022 and 2024, likely favoring the Democrats. Abortion rights could be key issue in 2022 midterms and state races (usatoday.com) Sadly, to avoid threats from those carrying concealed weapons, we will not be able to have airport-type scanners to keep wannabe killers and robbers out of our private shopping centers that ban armed visitors. https://news.gallup.com/.../confidence-supreme-court...
The right to abortion is protected by law in Colorado...one of the few places in the region. From the CPR article:"The next stage of Colorado’s abortion debate will likely involve bringing the issue directly to voters. At the federal level, there will be another attempt to codify Roe v Wade in Congress, making it a law.
Several groups are already collecting signatures for a ballot measure that would ban the procedure at any point in pregnancy and under any circumstances. Meanwhile, RHEA’s supporters have said they also plan to go to the ballot in 2024. Their goal is to guarantee the right to abortion in the state constitution.Coloradans have repeatedly voted to uphold legal abortion in previous ballot initiatives."
Update 6/28/2022: James Fallows of the Atlantic on Morning Joe this morning suggested reforms that would resolve the problem of an ideological, partisan Supreme Court that has lost its legitimacy and respect and is extremely out of step with the majority of public sentiment. One would be term limits of 18 years. Currently, there is lifetime tenure, with the gruesome death watch waiting for vacancies and elderly justices with equally elderly opinions. This could give a chance for every administration to have nominees for two replacements. The other proposal he advanced was to expand the Court to 13 from the current 9 which has precedent in the past basing expansions on the number of federal appeals courts. He believes this would be constitutional.
Colorado concealed handgun law:Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP) | Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Colorado is an open carry state requiring you in certain instances to keep your weapon in plain view. Colorado Gun Laws | Department of Public Safety
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/06/gov-jared-polis-roe-v-wade-dobbs-abortion-executive-order/
//www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/6/25/23182868/district-attorneys-trigger-laws-abortion-ban-roe
fate of extreme laws out of step with the public willstep with public norms : tragedies and repeal
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