Daily Kos‘ Joan McCarter remarks on the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling that a law dating from before Arizona became a State is still a law:
Rep. David Schweikert is one of the most vulnerable, up for reelection in a district that narrowly voted for President Joe Biden in 2020. Schweikert is a six-time co-sponsor of the radical Life at Conception Act. That’s the legislation that would ban all abortions and does not exclude IVF treatments in defining a “person” as “each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization.” …
“I do not support today’s ruling from the AZ Supreme Court,” he tweeted. “This issue should be decided by Arizonans, not legislated from the bench. I encourage the state legislature to address this issue immediately.”
And all I can think is that, obviously, they are not legislating from the bench, which is an old Republican trigger phrase that he evidently thinks applies whenever he becomes uncomfortable, but rather affirming a law from … pre-Arizona days … concerning pre-humans.
If it wasn’t so sad, it’d be funny as hell. For Mr. Twisted Sense of Humor over here. Bad Hue! Go lay down by your dish!
