The Supreme Court delivered a significant boost to federalism with its ruling returning abortion decisions to the states, but court watchers say the justices’ overall approach is more of a mixed bag when it comes to states’ rights.
Just a day before the abortion ruling, the justices had come out with a decision wiping away state laws that limited issuance of concealed weapons permits.
In each case the GOP-appointed justices who wrote the decision said they were adhering to original constitutional principles, but the differing outcomes for states left some critics confounded.
“Such a contradiction,” opined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.