10 XII 2021: SCOTUS votes along doctrinal lines

As predicted, the Supreme Court has declared by a vote of 5-4 that Texas’ unconstitutional abortion law can stand, thus handing another easy victory to misogyny. The vote was only partly political. The five justices are obligated to the people who made them what they are. But this vote was primarily religious, for it supported the Republican-Catholic party line. I fear we’re going to see a lot more of “good old religion” in the Court’s future decisions.