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<blockquote data-quote="WPLG" data-source="post: 44647" data-attributes="member: 158">The crowd outside of the barricaded US Supreme Court grew. Protesters outraged by the lack of constitutional protections on abortion took to the streets.In Miami-Dade and Broward counties — where there were protests Friday in Wynwood and Fort Lauderdale — Democrats joined President Joe Biden’s rejection of the ruling.“This decision must not be the final word,” Biden said.Justice Samuel Alito wrote in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf" target="_blank">the final opinion issued Friday</a> that Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision, was wrong and had to be overturned.Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joined Alito. Chief Justice John Roberts didn’t join. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan dissented.The decision comes just a day after the Supreme Court ruled to strike down a New York law requiring a need to get a license to carry.Thomas wrote the Constitution protects the “right to carry a handgun for self-defense.” In the dissent, Breyer wrote, “there have already been 277 reported mass shootings — an average of more than one per day.”It was all too much for Michelle Isgut, 33, who was protesting in Wynwood.“For SCOTUS to issue a ruling on gun rights saying that they can’t leave to the states to regulate, but then to turn around like days, hours later and try to regulate my body like this — It’s unbelievable,” Isgut said.Earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week ban. With the ruling, now a complete ban is on the table. State Sen. Lauren Book and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz, both Democrats, were at the protest in Fort Lauderdale.“You’ve got a Republican-appointed majority Supreme Court that tore women’s rights away and this is only the beginning,” Wasserman Schultz saidRALLYDozens protest in Broward CountyGroups of protesters marched on Friday in Miami's Wynwood after the Supreme Court ruled against Roe vs. Wade.FORT LAUDERDALE - Democratic State Sen. Lauren Book and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz joined a group to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to do away with women’s constitutional protections for abortion on Friday in Fort Lauderdale. <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2022/06/25/democrats-join-fort-lauderdale-protest-after-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade/" target="_blank">READ MORE &gt;</a>MARCHDozens protest in Miami-Dade CountyGroups of protesters marched on Friday in Miami's Wynwood after the Supreme Court ruled against Roe vs. Wade.WYNWOOD - Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava joined a protest on Friday in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. It was her way of showing that she stands against the Supreme Court’s ruling that got rid of the constitutional protections.<a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/25/miami-dade-mayor-joins-wynwood-protest-in-support-of-abortion-protections/" target="_blank"> READ MORE &gt;</a><a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/25/roe-vs-wade-falls-opponents-of-abortion-bans-protest/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WPLG, post: 44647, member: 158"] The crowd outside of the barricaded US Supreme Court grew. Protesters outraged by the lack of constitutional protections on abortion took to the streets. In Miami-Dade and Broward counties — where there were protests Friday in Wynwood and Fort Lauderdale — Democrats joined President Joe Biden’s rejection of the ruling. “This decision must not be the final word,” Biden said. Justice Samuel Alito wrote in [URL='https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf']the final opinion issued Friday[/URL] that Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision, was wrong and had to be overturned. Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joined Alito. Chief Justice John Roberts didn’t join. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan dissented. The decision comes just a day after the Supreme Court ruled to strike down a New York law requiring a need to get a license to carry. Thomas wrote the Constitution protects the “right to carry a handgun for self-defense.” In the dissent, Breyer wrote, “there have already been 277 reported mass shootings — an average of more than one per day.” It was all too much for Michelle Isgut, 33, who was protesting in Wynwood. “For SCOTUS to issue a ruling on gun rights saying that they can’t leave to the states to regulate, but then to turn around like days, hours later and try to regulate my body like this — It’s unbelievable,” Isgut said. Earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week ban. With the ruling, now a complete ban is on the table. State Sen. Lauren Book and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz, both Democrats, were at the protest in Fort Lauderdale. “You’ve got a Republican-appointed majority Supreme Court that tore women’s rights away and this is only the beginning,” Wasserman Schultz said [B]RALLY Dozens protest in Broward County[/B] Groups of protesters marched on Friday in Miami's Wynwood after the Supreme Court ruled against Roe vs. Wade. FORT LAUDERDALE - Democratic State Sen. Lauren Book and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz joined a group to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to do away with women’s constitutional protections for abortion on Friday in Fort Lauderdale. [URL='https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2022/06/25/democrats-join-fort-lauderdale-protest-after-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade/'][B]READ MORE >[/B][/URL] [B]MARCH Dozens protest in Miami-Dade County[/B] Groups of protesters marched on Friday in Miami's Wynwood after the Supreme Court ruled against Roe vs. Wade. WYNWOOD - Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava joined a protest on Friday in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. It was her way of showing that she stands against the Supreme Court’s ruling that got rid of the constitutional protections.[URL='https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/25/miami-dade-mayor-joins-wynwood-protest-in-support-of-abortion-protections/'][B] READ MORE >[/B][/URL] [url="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/25/roe-vs-wade-falls-opponents-of-abortion-bans-protest/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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