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Editorial: Americans voted for Trump. Here's what they chose — and the hope for all those who didn't Voters picked a leader who embraced authoritarianism, division and dehumanization. Those who chose Kamala Harris, including in California, aren't without recourse.

You might be a 🫏 if you are trying to gaslight American voters about your political opponent being responsible for $4.00 eggs when the sign behind you clearly indicates the price of a dozen eggs is $2.99 . . .
Don't fall for the BS. Vote for Kamala Harris for President.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Activist Judges Overturn Precedents; Ignore the Will of Voters in Florida
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Kendall, FL - Earlier today a majority of the Florida Supreme Court, overwhelmingly stacked with neo-conservative judicial appointees, overturned decades of precedent and ignored the will of Florida voters who decades ago enshrined a constitutional right of privacy into the Florida Constitution, primarily as a bulwark against anti-abortionist legislation. Seemingly emboldened by their neo-conservative brethren on the US Supreme Court, and not to be outdone in their conservative zealotry, the Florida Supremes likewise brushed aside decades of binding legal precedents and negated the will of the people. Again. Only one Justice, the Honorable Jorge LaBarga, dissented.

Unlike the US Constitution, which does not have an express privacy clause, the Florida Constitution states that Floridians have "the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into . . . private life.” Art. I, - 2 - § 23, Fla. Const. This language was added to the Florida Constitution in 1980. I can't imagine a greater intrusion into a woman's private life than a state government dictating what a woman can and cannot do with her body. Until now, all of the precedents agreed. The language contained in Paragraph 23 was placed in the Constitution by Florida voters precisely because they wanted to protect women from anti-abortion legislation. The Florida Supreme Court had faced this issue time and time again, and in each case the Court had upheld a woman's right to choose to end an unwanted pregnancy. That is until now.

There can be no mistake about this decision, it is judicial activism of the worse kind, the kind that deprives citizens of their most basic human rights. The kind of judicial activism that imposes the religious beliefs of a few against those of a majority of citizens and infringes on the religious beliefs of those who believe that human life begins with the first breath. It is the kind of judicial activism that offends the long-standing constitutional principle of separation of church and state. The Florida Supreme Court's decision in the Planned Parenthood case is a miscarriage of justice. Unfortunately, the fight for our rights doesn't end with the Dobbs or Planned Parenthood decisions, they are only the beginning of a long and arduous fight to preserve those freedoms gained by the civil rights movement of the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. We must continue to fight against those neo-conservative voices who would roll back the clock on our civil rights. We must push back on those who seek to impose a theocracy where their beliefs, and their particular religious beliefs are supported by the weight of the law.

Fortunately, this very issue will be on the ballot in November. Fortunately, Florida voters will have the opportunity to send a message to the Florida Supreme Court and the neo-conservative super-majority in Tallahassee that they got it dead wrong. Fortunately, every single one of these Judges has to be re-elected (retained) by THE PEOPLE every six years. The single most powerful instrument of democracy, the ballot, has the ability to undo this infringement of a woman's right to reproductive freedom. That same ballot has the power to remove every single judge who attached his or her name to this horrendous opinion. Their names are: Jamie Grosshans (who wrote the opinion), Carlos Muniz, Charles Canady, John Couriel, Renatha Francis and Merideth Sasso. Write those names down. Remember those names. Vote every single one of them off of the Supreme Court when their names come up on the ballot for retention.

In November we have the opportunity to enshrine women's reproductive freedom into the Florida Constitution in a way that not even the most activist neo-con judges can overturn, but it will only happen if we unite and get out the vote. It will only happen if everyone who is eligible to vote exercises their sacred right to vote. It will only happen if we register more like-minded voters and get them to the polls in November. The assault on our civil liberties will only end when the super-majority in Tallahassee is broken and the neo-conservatives who have hijacked the GOP and our State government are soundly defeated. Make no mistake, it will take ALL OF US to prevail in this fight, but prevail we must. Failure is not an option. Nothing less than our freedom and our way of life is at stake. Vote like your life depends on it.

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