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Samuel Alito: “There’s nothing in the Constitution that says a woman has the right to an abortion.”

Well, you know what else isn’t in the Constitution? Nine justices on the Supreme Court.

@Strandjunker

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Well, as enjoys citing primeval documents so much, I think I can raise his citation by a way older document:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain 👉unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.👈--
That ...

archives.gov/founding-docs/dec

National Archives
National Archives · Declaration of Independence: A TranscriptionNote: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling and punctuation reflects the original.

@HistoPol @Strandjunker Alito is taking that literally… men, not women!

@KimSJ
@argv_minus_one

status of women in the late 18th century

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Granted, would most likely prefer to interpret it that way. However, this would be historically and legally incorrect.

1. The earliest version of Webster's Dictionary from 1828 also had the meaning of "man/"men meaning "mankind:
webstersdictionary1828.com/Dic
(Sense 2.)

2. While married women's property mostly became a husband's property, husband and wife were...

@Strandjunker

@KimSJ @argv_minus_one @Strandjunker

status of women in the late 18th century

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considered as one legal entity, one of them could only be the other's property if (s)he had been a slave before the wedding.
One of the key aspects of private property is that the owner can sell it and often even destroy it.

In the , there actually, in fact, the institution of (e.g., unfaithful ones. However, AFAIC, this habit was never transferred to (common) law..

@KimSJ @argv_minus_one @Strandjunker

status of women in the late 18th century

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...in the Colonies, much less in the .
I recommend this interesting thread for more details:

law.stackexchange.com/question

So, married women had greatly diminished right, but they were people, i.e. "men" / part of mankind, unlike slaves.

That said, having read (very) few of his opinions, he'd probably like to interpret the Declaration...

Law Stack ExchangeHave wives ever been legally a man's property in the US?I'm studying A Level English literature at the moment and we are reading The Great Gatsby. I have a teacher who alluded that during the time the text was written, 1925, wives were considered to be ...
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

@KimSJ @argv_minus_one @Strandjunker

status of women in the late 18th century

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...that way.

(Full disclosure:
I'm not a constitutional lawyer.)

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