The News & Topicality Thread

[Del]

We don't have a thread specifically for pro-life news, but this will do.

Source: www.lifenews.com
Link: https://www.lifenews.com/2023/08/07/bid ... abortions/

Biden Issues Mandate Trying to Force Every Employer in America to Fund Abortions [Short. To-the-point]

The Biden administration issued a mandate today that would attempt to force every employer in America to fund abortions.

Proposed regulations the Biden administration announced Monday for implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act are coming under fire from pro-life advocates. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s proposed rule hijacks the bipartisan law, which does not address abortion, to impose an abortion mandate on virtually every employer in the country, including pro-life and Christian employers who oppose abortion.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires every employer in America to “reasonably accommodate” a worker’s “pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.”

But Biden is now proposing that “related medical conditions” include “termination of pregnancy, including via . . . abortion.”

If the mandate is implemented, it would require employers with more than 15 employees to create “reasonable accommodations” for their workers’ abortions, even if doing so violates their pro-life or religious beliefs.

The proposed rule will be formally published Friday, kicking off a 60-day period for pro-life and religious Americans to submit public comments to the administration to oppose this radically pro-abortion rule.

Here is link to the proposed rule, including links for submitting public comments in opposition to this policy:
https://public-inspection.federalregist ... -17041.pdf

The doc is worth looking at, simply to observe the ginormous Footnote 51 (approx. 2/3 page long, single-spaced), listing all the court cases from the Roe v. Wade era which the Biden Admin claims support for their policy that aborting mothers deserve the same respect, protection, and accommodation as pregnant mothers. Clearly, Biden Admin anticipates that this policy will be opposed and challenged.
(Word-search "abortion" to find it.)

My take on this:

-- Mothers work to support their families, and good employers have a natural duty to assist mothers in supporting their families.
-- The purpose of this rule is to compel bad employers to accommodate the specific needs of pregnant mothers, or face lawsuits.
-- The bad employers would love to have this loophole that allows them to pressure their pregnant mothers to get abortions and slave harder.
-- Since Dobbs, roughly half of the country bans or stiffly regulates abortion, regarded as a public evil by prevailing community standards. Biden wants to use this pro-motherhood law to threaten pro-life employers in pro-life states and communities to generously accommodate those mothers who seek abortions or face lawsuits.

[Hovannes]

Biden will get his comeuppance.
At his age, sooner than later.
I understand Nomex is quite the thing.

[Del]

Biden will get his comeuppance.
At his age, sooner than later.
I understand Nomex is quite the thing.

After 80 years of Mass, he should know better. He really should.

But Sleepy Creepy Joe may not even know about this proposed rule. He has staffed his bureaus with people who push this stuff. There is still hope that this might come to Joe's attention somehow, and he might redeem himself with a decision of moral leadership.

.... I rather doubt it, but he's an old man and I worry for his eternal judgment.

Nomex is good for the first minute of intense heat; eternity is a long time.

[Del]

Democrat Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over Biden’s Border Crisis

Executive Summary:

Governor of Massachusetts says state can't handle/house all of the illegal immigrants.

Gov says that Biden's unsecured border is part of the problem, but also Biden Admin won't expedite any sort of work permits so the families can get jobs and support themselves. Emergency shelters are stuffed full and no one gets out.

[Hovannes]

This just in from the Times of Israel:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/round-the ... treasures/

[Del]

When all of the real news is fake, we must turn to the fake news for reality.

Babylon Bee:

Trump Charged With Questioning Election Results While Not Being A Democrat

[Wosbald]

+JMJ+

Title: Abbott claims "sovereign authority" over border security, but Supreme Court precedent isn't so clear
Source: CBS Austin
Link: cbsaustin DOT com/news/local/abbott-claims-sovereign-authority-over-border-security-but-supreme-court-precedent-isnt-so-clear

The Money-Quotes:

[Since the US Constitution's adoption], it's fallen largely on the U.S. Supreme Court to determine where authority over the border falls. Largely, they have sided with the federal government, including most recently in 2012 with the case Arizona v. United States.

[…]

"Even five years ago, I would say that [TX Gov. Abbott's] argument is just unequivocal nonsense," Sanford Levinson, a constitutional law professor at the University of Texas, said. "That is to say, the United States of America overrides the claims of states in almost all respects."

[…]

"I have no doubt that traditional law would say that it is the United States that controls what happens at the border, including the Rio Grande River, rather than Arizona, or Texas, or whatever," Levinson said. "But we have a remarkable Supreme Court right now; a remarkable Fifth Circuit; there are some remarkable district judges who have done remarkable things in the last year. So as an academic, I would say that I'm really hesitant."

[Del]

+JMJ+

Title: Abbott claims "sovereign authority" over border security, but Supreme Court precedent isn't so clear
Source: CBS Austin
Link: cbsaustin DOT com/news/local/abbott-claims-sovereign-authority-over-border-security-but-supreme-court-precedent-isnt-so-clear

No one is really clear on what to do when the federal government is grossly derelict in its fundamental duties and obligations, resulting in widespread humanitarian crises.

We've never had Biden as President before.

[Wosbald]

+JMJ+

Title: Texas' Rio Grande buoys are mostly on Mexico's side of river, international agency says
Source: Caller Times
Link: caller DOT com/story/news/local/texas/state-bureau/2023/08/15/abbotts-buoys-were-placed-mostly-in-mexican-territory-agency-says/70594858007/

The Money-Quote:

The finding by the International Boundary and Water Commission, which is responsible for border and water treaties between the United States and Mexico, was filed Tuesday by the U.S. Justice Department with the federal court that is overseeing the lawsuit against Abbott and the state of Texas.

"Comparing the survey results against the International Boundary Line (IBL) between the United States and Mexico, the survey as concurred in by (U.S. and Mexican) Commissioners reflects that the buoy chain crosses the IBL, and that a majority of the floating barrier … is located within the territory of Mexico," the filing in the federal court's Western District of Texas states.

According to the court document, IBWC representatives from both nations late last month conducted a topographic survey of the section of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass where the 1,000-foot chain of buoys have been floating since mid-July.

The survey found that only 108 feet of the chain was in American waters.

[Del]

+JMJ+

Title: Texas' Rio Grande buoys are mostly on Mexico's side of river, international agency says
Source: Caller Times
Link: caller DOT com/story/news/local/texas/state-bureau/2023/08/15/abbotts-buoys-were-placed-mostly-in-mexican-territory-agency-says/70594858007/

The Money-Quote:

The finding by the International Boundary and Water Commission, which is responsible for border and water treaties between the United States and Mexico, was filed Tuesday by the U.S. Justice Department with the federal court that is overseeing the lawsuit against Abbott and the state of Texas.

"Comparing the survey results against the International Boundary Line (IBL) between the United States and Mexico, the survey as concurred in by (U.S. and Mexican) Commissioners reflects that the buoy chain crosses the IBL, and that a majority of the floating barrier … is located within the territory of Mexico," the filing in the federal court's Western District of Texas states.

According to the court document, IBWC representatives from both nations late last month conducted a topographic survey of the section of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass where the 1,000-foot chain of buoys have been floating since mid-July.

The survey found that only 108 feet of the chain was in American waters.

Is Biden concerned that some buoys have crossed the border illegally?