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Evanston/North Shore NAACP President's Report

June 24, 2002

The Supreme Court and its Particular Five Justices-

The division in our nation has never been felt more deeply than with the SCOTUS' decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade just a few hours ago. Make no mistake about it, this decision was not about abortion. Rather, it was all about flexing the muscle of the conservative Supreme Court against tens of millions of vulnerable United States citizens. This decision was about making a determination in just how far Americans will allow judicial oversight into the private matters of its citizens. This decision was about moving our attention away from the January 6th hearings and the certain knowledge that the same Republicans who sought to overturn our nation and steal an election, are the same ones who approved of the majority of justices on this court. What an incredible sham!

Roe vs. Wade was not just about abortion, my friends. Roe vs. Wade had to do with the empowerment of women. It was about women demanding and receiving their civil and human rights to make their own determination about what was best for their bodies. It was about lifting centuries of misogyny and sexism from the necks and bodies of women of all hues, colors and backgrounds.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Along with Alito was supra/ultra conservative Clarence Thomas. Also voting to return America to pre-colonial days were Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barnett (all Trump appointees).

It is critical to see the important, underlying role of Justice Clarence Thomas. It is literally "prorsus absurdum." This is the same justice who was accused of sexual harassment during his hearings for the SC. This is the same justice who was paid $200,000 by a group in support of a travel ban on Muslims (2018) in which Thomas refused to recuse himself. This is the same justice who was the lone dissenting vote in Trump v. Thompson where Donald Trump sought to block the National Archives from releasing White House documents sought by the House Select Committee. This is the same justice whose wife has been fully engaged with the insurrectionists of January 6th.

And now this deeply disturbed, egomaniacal, megalomaniac, narcissistic, self-loathing neanderthal, is part of the jive five, who decided to halt the forward progress of all women in the United States.

This is the thing, now that abortion has been overturned, who and what is next? Because I damn sure guarantee, they are coming after others. No civil rights are safe; voting rights, fair housing laws, same sex marriage and gay rights, immigration, and non Anglo-Saxon religions are all in danger. That pretty much includes the majority of Americans.
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The Evanston/North Shore NAACP stands with our national office and hundreds of millions in opposition of this divisive spirit that is now spreading throughout our country. Any lost rights, is a loss for a brighter future.

Rev. Dr. Michael Nabors
President
Evanston/North Shore NAACP
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2100 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Friday June 24
6pm Social Hour
7 pm Program
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