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Rickety excuses. Double standards.'Supreme Court lawyer' says it would be 'weird' for the high court to leave abortion up to states 'after it just imposed a constitutional right to concealed carry of firearms'
Neal Katyal, who describes himself as a "Supreme Court lawyer," tweeted that it would "be very weird if [the] Supreme Court ends a constitutional right to obtain an abortion next week, saying it should be left to the States to decide, right after it just imposed a constitutional right to concealed carry of firearms, saying it cannot be left to the States to decide."
Katyal is a law professor and author, has argued cases before the Supreme Court, and has previously served as acting solicitor general of the U.S.
In a gun-related ruling released on Thursday, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the opinion, "Because the State of New York issues public-carry licenses only when an applicant demonstrates a special need for self-defense, we conclude that the State's licensing regime violates the Constitution."
A leaked Supreme Court draft majority opinion has indicated that the high court is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, a move that would enable states to ban abortions. Supreme Court watchers have been awaiting the release of the official ruling, to find out if it is in line with the leaked draft.
"The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives," the leaked draft opinion reads.
In response to Katyal's comments, numerous commenters pointed out that while the Constitution includes the right to bear arms, it says zilch about abortion.
"The right to bear arms is in the Constitution. The right to an abortion is not. So this might explain the weirdness," Dinesh D'Souza tweeted.
"No, because the the right to keep and bear arms is actually in the Constitution. Abortion is not - which is the point," Kurt Schlichter tweeted.
"It's only weird, my friend, if one disregards (a) the existence in the Constitution of a right to keep and bear arms and (b) the non-existence in that text of a right to elective abortion," law professor Rick Garnett tweeted.
"I adore you Rick, and think we can disagree about this reasonably. There is no right to concealed carrying of firearms in the text of the Second Amendment. Even guns in the home is not in the text, let alone concealed carrying. And if we are just going by the text, there is ... of course no right to privacy in that text; or right to travel," Katyal responded across a series of two tweets.
\u201c@neal_katyal It\u2019s only weird, my friend, if one disregards (a) the existence in the Constitution of a right to keep and bear arms and (b) the non-existence in that text of a right to elective abortion.\u201d— Neal Katyal (@Neal Katyal) 1655996875
\u201c@RickGarnett \u2026of course no right to privacy in that text; or right to travel.\u201d— Neal Katyal (@Neal Katyal) 1655996875
Former solicitor general claims new leaked audio of President Trump suggests crime, 'impeachable offense'
President Donald Trump is being accused of committing "truly an impeachable offense" over the weekend after the Washington Post published audio in which Trump appeared to tell a top Georgia official to "find" the votes necessary to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the Peach State.
What did Trump say in the leaked audio?
The Post published a brief, four-minute excerpt of what the newspaper reported was an hour-long phone conversation between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
During the phone call, Trump repeatedly claimed that he won Georgia, which Raffensperger refuted.
"The people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry," Trump said. "And there's nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you've recalculated."
Raffensperger responded, "Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong."
At another point, Trump said, "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state."
According to the Post, Trump also issued a "vague threat" to Raffensperger and his general counsel, saying that if they did not locate ballots in Fulton County that Trump claimed had been illegally destroyed, the state officials were opening themselves to criminal consequences.
"That's a criminal offense," Trump said. "And you can't let that happen. That's a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer."
What was the reaction?
The audio triggered new accusations against Trump, even by former top U.S. officials who suggested that Trump had engaged in criminal behavior during the phone call.
Neal Katyal, who served as acting solicitor general in the Obama administration, claimed on MSNBC that Trump sounded like a "mafia boss" on the call with Raffensperger.
"I've heard the extraordinary excerpts that the Washington Post has and, at least based on those excerpts, it sounds like Donald Trump is talking like mafia boss, and not a particularly smart mafia boss at that. This is the way that people in organized crime rings talk, and you see it there," Katyal said.
Katyal claimed Trump's actions on the call amount to "really, truly an impeachable offense."
"This is, you know, the heart of what the abuse of power that our founders worried about so much — it's, you know, the idea that a government official can use the powers of his office to try and stay in office and try and browbeat other officials that disagree with them," Katyal said.
"So, one question is whether or not a high crime and misdemeanor was committed, certainly the tape makes it sound like it has. The second is whether or not there has been a criminal offense and the federal code 52 U.S.C. 20511 prohibits a federal official from interfering in a state election process," he explained.
According to Katyal, the Department of Justice should take immediate action and open an investigation into Trump.
"This is the way that people in organized crime rings talk," @neal_katyal says of President Trump's language in his… https://t.co/YDi8Ij6nqz— MSNBC (@MSNBC)1609704015.0
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