Circles

Sorry, no results were found.

Posts

04/24/2024


Watch: Hillary Gets OWNED On CNN For Mocking Voters: ‘Get Over Yourselves’
Posted by

Stephen A. Smith, the outspoken ESPN commentator, never holds back when he speaks his mind on political matters. This time, he took aim at presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for her recent remarks toward voters.
During an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Clinton was promoting the new Broadway musical “Suffs,” which she helped produce. Fallon couldn’t resist asking about the upcoming election, and Clinton’s response was less than endearing.
“Get over yourself,” she quipped, referring to voters who may be upset with their options of Donald Trump and Joe Biden for president. She then went on to promote Biden, taking a jab at Trump by saying that one candidate had a heart and compassion, while the other was “old” and had been charged with 91 felonies.

The response from the studio audience was positive, but similar sentiments have not been seen across the country. When Smith sat down with CNN’s Abby Phillip and was asked about Clinton’s comments, he didn’t hold back.
“I don’t think that was a wise statement on her part,” he stated. “How did that work out for her in 2016?”
Smith then proceeded to outline the numerous faults of Clinton’s failed campaign in 2016, including her lack of appearances in key states and the controversy surrounding former FBI Director James B. Comey’s investigation into her handling of classified information.

04/24/2024

Encountering God in the High Places of Heaven by Patty Sadallah

Spirit Life Workshops recently delivered the SOAR HIGHER Spirit Life Workshop in Panama City Beach, Florida and I (Mark Virkler) asked Dr. Patty Sadallah to share the anointed finale encounter she led us in. Both Patti and I had powerful heavenly experiences as we participated in this visionary journaling experience. In the guided exercise below, Patty Sadallah had us go for a walk with Jesus up through the clouds into heaven where there were several doors/rooms He could take us into to reveal things to us. As "flow" took over, this became wonderful heavenly room experiences that profoundly impacted our lives with faith, hope, and love. I trust you will experience the same!
________________________________________

Workshop participants worked through four stages during the four-day event including 1: Learning about their Christ Identities so they can know “I am who God says I am”. 2. Stretching past their comfort zone challenges them to say “Yes” to the large and wonderful call on their lives. 3. Understanding how to pass the tests of character and spiritual warfare trials to persevere toward the plans God has for them. And understanding how to worship and battle from the uniqueness of who God called them to be. And finally, 4. Learning how to see things from God’s heavenly perspective and live out of the flow of the Holy Spirit from the high places where their spirits dwell.

There are some anchoring Scriptures to help you understand why it is important to seek God in the high places.

Come Up Higher
Revelations 4:1,2 - After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold … And then John received the rest of the 21 chapters of the book of Revelation.

Notice that John looked and when he did, he saw. John looked 17 times and saw 47 times in the 21 chapters of the book of Revelation. Looking with the eyes of your heart is one of the spiritual senses that everyone has, and the purpose is for us to receive from the Lord what He has for us to understand.

John also heard a voice speaking to him. He was using the ears of his heart to listen. The voice was the LORD and he said, “Come up here”. This may sound like an invitation, or a suggestion, but when a verb begins a sentence in the Bible, it is a command. God wants EVERY believer to come up to His perspective.

The Lord comes down to meet you where you are
I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath (Ps. 116:1,2)!

The Lord bends down and listens to you when you pray. But He wants you to come up to His perspective because there is more for you there. It is the journey to spiritual maturity to want to move from God coming down to meet you where you need Him, to you wanting to come up to meet Him where He needs you to be.

The Spiritually High Places
My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. (Jn. 14:2,3 NIV)
The word for room is moné and it means a place to abide, to dwell, to stay, to be.

There are many places that Jesus could take you. He can take you to one of these places today, and then He can take you to any of these other places whenever you desire and He has something to show you there.

Some of the places in heaven that Jesus could take you today… He will take you to one, but you can ask Him to take you to any and all of them! He knows which room you need today!

About 100 verses about heavenly places: https://www.openbible.info/topics/seated_in_heavenly_places
• Your special place - This is your spiritual home base where God meets with you about all the areas in your life that you need His help and guidance. The more time you spend with Him in this place, the more you will love and trust Him and realize who He really is.
• Healing places - for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs.
• Truth places - to help you understand who God is and who you truly are:This is for unlearning limiting lies that may be holding you back so you can allow God to transform you into your Christ Identity.
• Treasure places - to help you understand how to pull down the resources of heaven for Kingdom purposes, not for selfish purposes. See the link for 14 verses about the treasures of heaven: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Treasure-In-Heaven
• Library places - where the book of your life and God’s plan is for you. (See Jeremiah 29:11 and Psalm 139:16.)
• Destiny places - where God can show you how to navigate this life plan and give you glimpses of the future He has for you. Here are about 25 verses about God’s plans for you: https://scripturesavvy.com/bible-verses-about-gods-plan-for-you/
• Creative strategy places - for God to birth new ideas and longstanding solutions to problems related to your destiny mountain.And to receive wisdom and angelic assistance for problem solving and destiny assignments. See podcast episode about ways that angels help us and how to cooperate with the ministry of angels: https://pattyej.podbean.com/e/how-to-partner-with-angels-for-gods-purposes/
• Connections places - where God can show you who is your tribe and how to connect with them for your destined purpose.
• Other places - He can take you exactly where you need to go!
Remember that you can ask Jesus to take you to any of these rooms because your spirit is now seated in heavenly places. So go back and visit them all!
The guided walk into heaven with Jesus
• Click here (https://bit.ly/4d2TP8a) for Dr. Patty’s guided encounter where you will meet God in the high heavenly place of His choosing.
• At minute 17:20 you are with Jesus in the Throne Room. Hit "pause" on the audio recording and journal for the next 5-15 minutes the full encounter as Jesus explains to you what is in this particular room He has led you to.
Spirit Life Workshops will be producing a SOAR HIGHER Spirit Life Workshop downloadable product if you would like the teaching content and handouts of the entire 7 session, 4-day event. If you want to be notified when that is released, and you are not already on our mailing list, please go to https://spiritlifeworkshops.com and sign up for our mailing list for this and information about all future workshop offerings.

A topical Bible which shows the most relevant Bible verse for each topic

bible.knowing-jesus.com

04/23/2024

Is it OK to always believe I'm right, and yet change my mind so often?

I have always believed I was right, no matter what position I held. And I notice other people hold the same opinion of themselves. They believe they are right, even when they disagree with me. Hm!
________________________________________
So is this good, necessary, and right to live out what you believe to be right, even though you acknowledge that you have only limited insight and are likely to change your mind as you go along?
Living with our hearts NOT condemning us is a MUST!
If your heart does not condemn you then you have confidence before God (1 Jn. 3:21). Well, we all desire and need to walk in confidence before God, allowing the peace of God to rule in our hearts. So we have to live according to what we understand to be right, pure, and holy. If we violate our hearts we will have no peace or rest, and physical, emotional, and spiritual disturbance will plague us so we do not sleep at night, as we find ourselves in a self-destructive mode.

Meekness is ALSO a MUST!
Pride comes before a fall (Prov. 8:13; 11:2; 16:18). Blessed are the meek (Matt. 5:5:KJV), for now, we see through a glass dimly but then face to face (1 Cor. 13:12). The path of the righteous grows brighter and brighter until the dawning of the full day of Christ in our hearts (2 Pet. 1:19).

Meekness allows me to grow, change, and become more perfect
So I embrace both 1) confidence that today I am as right as I know to be and 2) tomorrow I will see more clearly, and because of that may change my mind, and that is fine.

Summary
Confidence yet humility.
P.S. I have had a sign on my desk for many years: "Don't bother to agree with me, I've already changed my mind!"

Journaling
1. Lord, am I walking before You in confidence that I am living in full integrity to Your revealed truth in my life, and yet, humbly realizing that I see through a glass darkly, and so You will be revealing new insights to me on an ongoing basis?
2. How would You have me honor others who disagree with me, and yet point them lovingly and gently toward the light You have revealed to me?
3. Are there any blockages that keep me from being open to new insights You wish to show me?

________________________________________
Fan the flames of revival by sharing this blog with your friends on social media!
________________________________________

Videos

Sorry, no results were found.

Circles

Sorry, no results were found.

Videos

Sorry, no results were found.

Posts

04/24/2024


Watch: Hillary Gets OWNED On CNN For Mocking Voters: ‘Get Over Yourselves’
Posted by

Stephen A. Smith, the outspoken ESPN commentator, never holds back when he speaks his mind on political matters. This time, he took aim at presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for her recent remarks toward voters.
During an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Clinton was promoting the new Broadway musical “Suffs,” which she helped produce. Fallon couldn’t resist asking about the upcoming election, and Clinton’s response was less than endearing.
“Get over yourself,” she quipped, referring to voters who may be upset with their options of Donald Trump and Joe Biden for president. She then went on to promote Biden, taking a jab at Trump by saying that one candidate had a heart and compassion, while the other was “old” and had been charged with 91 felonies.

The response from the studio audience was positive, but similar sentiments have not been seen across the country. When Smith sat down with CNN’s Abby Phillip and was asked about Clinton’s comments, he didn’t hold back.
“I don’t think that was a wise statement on her part,” he stated. “How did that work out for her in 2016?”
Smith then proceeded to outline the numerous faults of Clinton’s failed campaign in 2016, including her lack of appearances in key states and the controversy surrounding former FBI Director James B. Comey’s investigation into her handling of classified information.

04/24/2024

Encountering God in the High Places of Heaven by Patty Sadallah

Spirit Life Workshops recently delivered the SOAR HIGHER Spirit Life Workshop in Panama City Beach, Florida and I (Mark Virkler) asked Dr. Patty Sadallah to share the anointed finale encounter she led us in. Both Patti and I had powerful heavenly experiences as we participated in this visionary journaling experience. In the guided exercise below, Patty Sadallah had us go for a walk with Jesus up through the clouds into heaven where there were several doors/rooms He could take us into to reveal things to us. As "flow" took over, this became wonderful heavenly room experiences that profoundly impacted our lives with faith, hope, and love. I trust you will experience the same!
________________________________________

Workshop participants worked through four stages during the four-day event including 1: Learning about their Christ Identities so they can know “I am who God says I am”. 2. Stretching past their comfort zone challenges them to say “Yes” to the large and wonderful call on their lives. 3. Understanding how to pass the tests of character and spiritual warfare trials to persevere toward the plans God has for them. And understanding how to worship and battle from the uniqueness of who God called them to be. And finally, 4. Learning how to see things from God’s heavenly perspective and live out of the flow of the Holy Spirit from the high places where their spirits dwell.

There are some anchoring Scriptures to help you understand why it is important to seek God in the high places.

Come Up Higher
Revelations 4:1,2 - After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold … And then John received the rest of the 21 chapters of the book of Revelation.

Notice that John looked and when he did, he saw. John looked 17 times and saw 47 times in the 21 chapters of the book of Revelation. Looking with the eyes of your heart is one of the spiritual senses that everyone has, and the purpose is for us to receive from the Lord what He has for us to understand.

John also heard a voice speaking to him. He was using the ears of his heart to listen. The voice was the LORD and he said, “Come up here”. This may sound like an invitation, or a suggestion, but when a verb begins a sentence in the Bible, it is a command. God wants EVERY believer to come up to His perspective.

The Lord comes down to meet you where you are
I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath (Ps. 116:1,2)!

The Lord bends down and listens to you when you pray. But He wants you to come up to His perspective because there is more for you there. It is the journey to spiritual maturity to want to move from God coming down to meet you where you need Him, to you wanting to come up to meet Him where He needs you to be.

The Spiritually High Places
My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. (Jn. 14:2,3 NIV)
The word for room is moné and it means a place to abide, to dwell, to stay, to be.

There are many places that Jesus could take you. He can take you to one of these places today, and then He can take you to any of these other places whenever you desire and He has something to show you there.

Some of the places in heaven that Jesus could take you today… He will take you to one, but you can ask Him to take you to any and all of them! He knows which room you need today!

About 100 verses about heavenly places: https://www.openbible.info/topics/seated_in_heavenly_places
• Your special place - This is your spiritual home base where God meets with you about all the areas in your life that you need His help and guidance. The more time you spend with Him in this place, the more you will love and trust Him and realize who He really is.
• Healing places - for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs.
• Truth places - to help you understand who God is and who you truly are:This is for unlearning limiting lies that may be holding you back so you can allow God to transform you into your Christ Identity.
• Treasure places - to help you understand how to pull down the resources of heaven for Kingdom purposes, not for selfish purposes. See the link for 14 verses about the treasures of heaven: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Treasure-In-Heaven
• Library places - where the book of your life and God’s plan is for you. (See Jeremiah 29:11 and Psalm 139:16.)
• Destiny places - where God can show you how to navigate this life plan and give you glimpses of the future He has for you. Here are about 25 verses about God’s plans for you: https://scripturesavvy.com/bible-verses-about-gods-plan-for-you/
• Creative strategy places - for God to birth new ideas and longstanding solutions to problems related to your destiny mountain.And to receive wisdom and angelic assistance for problem solving and destiny assignments. See podcast episode about ways that angels help us and how to cooperate with the ministry of angels: https://pattyej.podbean.com/e/how-to-partner-with-angels-for-gods-purposes/
• Connections places - where God can show you who is your tribe and how to connect with them for your destined purpose.
• Other places - He can take you exactly where you need to go!
Remember that you can ask Jesus to take you to any of these rooms because your spirit is now seated in heavenly places. So go back and visit them all!
The guided walk into heaven with Jesus
• Click here (https://bit.ly/4d2TP8a) for Dr. Patty’s guided encounter where you will meet God in the high heavenly place of His choosing.
• At minute 17:20 you are with Jesus in the Throne Room. Hit "pause" on the audio recording and journal for the next 5-15 minutes the full encounter as Jesus explains to you what is in this particular room He has led you to.
Spirit Life Workshops will be producing a SOAR HIGHER Spirit Life Workshop downloadable product if you would like the teaching content and handouts of the entire 7 session, 4-day event. If you want to be notified when that is released, and you are not already on our mailing list, please go to https://spiritlifeworkshops.com and sign up for our mailing list for this and information about all future workshop offerings.

A topical Bible which shows the most relevant Bible verse for each topic

bible.knowing-jesus.com

04/23/2024

Is it OK to always believe I'm right, and yet change my mind so often?

I have always believed I was right, no matter what position I held. And I notice other people hold the same opinion of themselves. They believe they are right, even when they disagree with me. Hm!
________________________________________
So is this good, necessary, and right to live out what you believe to be right, even though you acknowledge that you have only limited insight and are likely to change your mind as you go along?
Living with our hearts NOT condemning us is a MUST!
If your heart does not condemn you then you have confidence before God (1 Jn. 3:21). Well, we all desire and need to walk in confidence before God, allowing the peace of God to rule in our hearts. So we have to live according to what we understand to be right, pure, and holy. If we violate our hearts we will have no peace or rest, and physical, emotional, and spiritual disturbance will plague us so we do not sleep at night, as we find ourselves in a self-destructive mode.

Meekness is ALSO a MUST!
Pride comes before a fall (Prov. 8:13; 11:2; 16:18). Blessed are the meek (Matt. 5:5:KJV), for now, we see through a glass dimly but then face to face (1 Cor. 13:12). The path of the righteous grows brighter and brighter until the dawning of the full day of Christ in our hearts (2 Pet. 1:19).

Meekness allows me to grow, change, and become more perfect
So I embrace both 1) confidence that today I am as right as I know to be and 2) tomorrow I will see more clearly, and because of that may change my mind, and that is fine.

Summary
Confidence yet humility.
P.S. I have had a sign on my desk for many years: "Don't bother to agree with me, I've already changed my mind!"

Journaling
1. Lord, am I walking before You in confidence that I am living in full integrity to Your revealed truth in my life, and yet, humbly realizing that I see through a glass darkly, and so You will be revealing new insights to me on an ongoing basis?
2. How would You have me honor others who disagree with me, and yet point them lovingly and gently toward the light You have revealed to me?
3. Are there any blockages that keep me from being open to new insights You wish to show me?

________________________________________
Fan the flames of revival by sharing this blog with your friends on social media!
________________________________________

04/21/2024

USA : WILL THE SUPREME COURT END THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION?

Is America moving toward ending the constitutional right to abortion? Last night, May 2, 2022, online news site Politico revealed that the US Supreme Court was preparing to annul a nearly 50-year-old ruling that recognized the right to abortion, an issue still controversial. in American public opinion.

“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”

Pro Roe Abortion Rights Shirt Feminist Shirt Roe V Wade Social Justice Shirt Feminism Shirt Abortion Is Healthcare Equality Shirt Pro Choice. Pro Roe Abortion Rights Shirt - When Injustice Becomes Law Resistance Becomes Duty Shirt and Hoodie.

This product is made entirely in the USA and is NAFTA compliant. Made in South Central, Los Angeles by sewers who are paid up to $20 an hour or more with benefits and overtime.

***THIS PRODUCT IS LIMITED EDITION LAUNCH PRODUCT***

Also available: Shirts, Kid Shirt, Long Sleeve, Hoodie, Ladies Tee... Products are proudly printed in the United States.
Print on a super-comfortable tee. High-density fabric for exceptional print clarity Seamless collar, taped neck and shoulders.
Color White, Ash, Light Blue, Light Pink.
This product and its graphic design is endorsed or licensed by any team or organization related.
Buy now " Protect Our Reproductive Rights Shirt and Hoodie " today from our store. Hight quality products with perfect design is available in a spectrum of colors and sizes, and many different types of shirts!

Pro Roe Abortion Rights Shirt - When Injustice Becomes Law Resistance Becomes Duty Shirt and Hoodie

He Who Hath No Uterus Should Shut The Fucketh Up Pro Choice Shirt And Hoodie

A person familiar with the court’s deliberations said that four of the other Republican-appointed justices — Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — had voted with Alito in the conference held among the justices after hearing oral arguments in December, and that line-up remains unchanged as of this week.

The three Democratic-appointed justices — Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — are working on one or more dissents, according to the person. How Chief Justice John Roberts will ultimately vote, and whether he will join an already written opinion or draft his own, is unclear.

The document, labeled as a first draft of the majority opinion, includes a notation that it was circulated among the justices on Feb. 10. If the Alito draft is adopted, it would rule in favor of Mississippi in the closely watched case over that state’s attempt to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Roberts confirmed the authenticity of the draft opinion and said he was ordering an investigation into the disclosure.

“To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed. The work of the Court will not be affected in any way,” Roberts pledged in a written statement. “This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here.”

Roberts also stressed that the draft opinion “does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case.” The court spokesperson had declined comment pre-publication.

10 KEY PASSAGES FROM ALITO’S DRAFT OPINION, WHICH WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE
BY JOSH GERSTEIN
POLITICO received a copy of the draft opinion from a person familiar with the court’s proceedings in the Mississippi case along with other details supporting the authenticity of the document. The draft opinion runs 98 pages, including a 31-page appendix of historical state abortion laws. The document is replete with citations to previous court decisions, books and other authorities, and includes 118 footnotes. The appearances and timing of this draft are consistent with court practice.

The disclosure of Alito’s draft majority opinion — a rare breach of Supreme Court secrecy and tradition around its deliberations — comes as all sides in the abortion debate are girding for the ruling. Speculation about the looming decision has been intense since the December oral arguments indicated a majority was inclined to support the Mississippi law.

Pro Roe Reproductive Rights Abortion Rights Shirt Feminist Shirt Social Justice Shirt Feminism Shirt Abortion Is Healthcare Equality Shirt.

This product is made entirely in the USA and is NAFTA compliant. Made in South Central, Los Angeles by sewers who are paid up to $20 an hour or more with benefits and overtime.

***THIS PRODUCT IS LIMITED EDITION LAUNCH PRODUCT***

Also available: Shirts, Kid Shirt, Long Sleeve, Hoodie, Ladies Tee... Products are proudly printed in the United States.
Print on a super-comfortable tee. High-density fabric for exceptional print clarity Seamless collar, taped neck and shoulders.
Color White, Ash, Light Blue, Light Pink.
This product and its graphic design is endorsed or licensed by any team or organization related.
Buy now " Protect Our Reproductive Rights Shirt and Hoodie " today from our store. Hight quality products with perfect design is available in a spectrum of colors and sizes, and many different types of shirts!




Protect Our Reproductive Rights Shirt and Hoodie

Under long-standing court procedures, justices hold preliminary votes on cases shortly after argument and assign a member of the majority to write a draft of the court’s opinion. The draft is often amended in consultation with other justices, and in some cases the justices change their votes altogether, creating the possibility that the current alignment on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization could change.

The chief justice typically assigns majority opinions when he is in the majority. When he is not, that decision is typically made by the most senior justice in the majority.

The immediate impact of the ruling as drafted in February would be to end a half-century guarantee of federal constitutional protection of abortion rights and allow each state to decide whether to restrict or ban abortion. It’s unclear if there have been subsequent changes to the draft.

No draft decision in the modern history of the court has been disclosed publicly while a case was still pending. The unprecedented revelation is bound to intensify the debate over what was already the most controversial case on the docket this term.

The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.

The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision — Planned Parenthood v. Casey — that largely maintained the right. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito writes.

(CNN)The Supreme Court may be poised to end the right to an abortion that American women have had for nearly 50 years.

A draft opinion -- published on Monday by Politico in an unprecedented breach of secrecy at the normally secretive high court -- suggests Republican-appointed justices could use their new power to deliver what conservative legal activists have spent decades trying to accomplish: a full and complete reversal of Roe v. Wade.

THE OPINION IS NOT FINAL
These things can and do change, such as Chief Justice John Roberts' last-minute decision in 2012 to save the Affordable Care Act.

CNN's Joan Biskupic has written about how the Roe decision was crafted, with changes in the weeks before it was handed down in 1973.

ARGUING IN REAL TIME
Details of those dramas seeped out years or decades later.





Biskupic has reported Roberts is willing to uphold Mississippi's law that would ban abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is in line with some European countries, as a middle ground.

close dialog

But the other Republican-appointed justices, led by Samuel Alito, want to completely change the meaning of precedent and hand control of the abortion issue back to states.

"It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives," Alito writes in the draft opinion.

The question now is whether another conservative on the court -- Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh or Amy Coney Barrett -- might disagree.

WHAT WAS THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT MEANT TO ACCOMPLISH?
The publishing of the draft opinion by Politico puts the Supreme Court's inner workings in public. Roberts ordered an investigation by the Marshal of the Court, but secrecy of decisions is custom rather than law, so it's not clear what penalty the source of the leak could face.

"Is the leak designed to get (Kavanaugh) to change his mind or designed to make sure he does not change his mind?" wondered John King on CNN on Tuesday. "That's one of the mysteries as we watch this play out." Some experts have wondered if Kavanaugh might be the most likely to switch sides.

King's question is valid, and it will be all the more intriguing if this draft opinion does not come to be. The court's formal ruling is not expected to be published until late June.

The unexpected release of the draft opinion, however, is a subplot to the larger issue of a court willing to remake the social landscape of the country.

THESE JUSTICES USED TO VIEW ROE V. WADE AS PRECEDENT
I looked at what justices like Alito, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch said when they were trying to get confirmed -- that Roe was accepted precedent. Thomas said he hadn't given it much thought. Those days seem far away now. Read more here.

In the draft opinion, Alito unleashes on the Roe decision as "egregiously wrong."

SOME REPUBLICANS MUST FEEL BETRAYED
Many Republicans who have worked for this moment are elated.

But Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who previously expressed her confidence that the GOP-appointed judges she supported would not overturn Roe, issued a statement of shock at the draft opinion, suggesting she had been misled. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said the draft "rocks my confidence in the court."

Perhaps Collins should have simply paid a bit more attention. What justices like Alito and Kavanaugh said about precedent in their confirmation hearings seemed to contradict their earlier views as government lawyers. Now those earlier views, that Roe was wrongly decided, may inform the law of the land.

ABORTION RIGHTS SUPPORTERS WOULD HAVE LITTLE RECOURSE
The minority of Democrat-appointed justices on the Supreme Court has little power in a court newly emboldened.

Meanwhile, the Republican minority in the Senate can squash any attempt to codify Roe into law.

The effort to overturn Roe v. Wade took nearly 50 years of hard work. The effort to remake courts or codify abortion into law could take a very long time too.

NOT ALL DEMOCRATS SUPPORT ABORTION RIGHTS
Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat, opposes abortion rights and will not change Senate rules to codify Roe into law. That means there aren't enough votes to change the rules, given that it's a 50-50 Senate and Democrats need every vote.

GENERAL SUPPORT FOR ROE AND ABORTION RIGHTS
Americans, broadly, are supportive of Roe and abortion rights, although the details can vary with how pollsters ask the question.

According to a CNN poll conducted in January, more than two-thirds, 69% of Americans, do not support overturning Roe v. Wade.

The poll also asked how people would feel if the law was overturned, and the results suggest a large number of Americans would be frustrated:

14% - Happy.
12% - Satisfied.
25% - Dissatisfied.
35% - Angry.
14% - Wouldn't care.
AMERICANS DO NOT SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE ON ABORTION
It's true that a majority of Americans support protecting abortion rights, but it's also likely those views vary by state.

In this way, Alito's draft opinion to give power back to state legislators might find more supporters in certain portions of the country.

Views on whether abortion should be legal have been relatively static for years. In a PRRI survey in 2018, about two-thirds of people in Massachusetts said abortion should be legal in all or most cases. And Massachusetts will protect abortion rights in that state.

Much smaller minorities, 34% in Louisiana and 39% in Arkansas, said abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Abortion would face likely bans in those states.

In many parts of the country, support is about evenly split, including in the political battlegrounds of Texas and Georgia. Both states are among those that have passed extreme limits on abortion, which have already created a patchwork of access to abortion services.

HOW MANY ABORTIONS ARE PERFORMED EACH YEAR?
The draft opinion, if it becomes law, would have a profound and immediate impact on women in the half of the country that may not have access to abortion services later this year.

There were 629,898 legal abortions in the US in 2019, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vast majority -- 92.7% -- took place before 13 weeks of gestation. Far fewer, 6.2%, took place between 14 and 20 weeks of gestation, and less than 1% took place at more than 21 weeks. A large portion of US abortions, 42.3%, are induced very early in pregnancy by medication.

ABORTION-ACCESS STATES VS. ABORTION-BAN STATES
If Roe is overturned, more than half of states, 26, could feature abortion bans, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights.

Nine states have pre-Roe bans that could potentially be enforced and 13 have passed "trigger bans" that would go into effect if Roe is overturned. See the maps.

A LARGER THREAT TO PRIVACY
President Joe Biden is not extremely comfortable talking about abortion. He supports protecting a woman's right to choose an abortion as a policy matter but is a Catholic who opposes abortion personally.

Until Tuesday, according to CNN's White House team, he had not used the word "abortion" as President. Talking to reporters about the draft opinion, he immediately broadened out the scope of the decision to argue Alito's thinking could jeopardize other decisions, including the right to same-sex marriage.

"Even more equally as profound is the rationale used. And it would mean that every other decision relating to the notion of privacy is thrown into question," Biden told reporters.

A NEW POLITICAL REALITY
The draft opinion, if it becomes law, remakes the political conversation heading into the 2022 midterms, according to CNN's Chris Cillizza.

Democrats will seize again on women's rights as a political issue, even as they have little they can tangibly deliver to protect the right to an abortion at the state level.

Republicans for now are trying to keep focus on the economy and not abortion, as they look to appeal to educated voters in the suburbs who are more likely to support abortion rights.

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
Women would undeniably have fewer rights. CNN legal analyst Carrie Cordero said on "Inside Politics" that the draft opinion would make women less free.

"If we can back up the lens, it means women in the 21st century are going to be less constitutionally protected than in the 20th," she said.

Stop saying courts aren't political. Another CNN analyst, Elliot Williams, said the draft opinion would disprove the increasingly naive idea that the nation's courts are not driven by political belief.

"We've got to get off this idea that the Supreme Court is this apolitical body that exists outside of politics, when less than two years after a major personnel shift at the court, a major precedent is falling," Williams said. "This idea that the court sort of exists outside and above it all -- it's just not reality."

See details in the article: https://www.skullridding.com/blogs/usa-will-the-supreme-court-end-the-constitutional-right-to-abortion





& Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel is just 1 merely aside from MAY B some other's that I can lean toward some respect 4 BUT, as with (?) of Holy Trinity ie: (?) drop in bucket as 2 deem past-2date NEVER had NOR suppose 2 B cuz NOT maintaining tight = why all is as is & worse Coming!