327: Reductionism - The Enemy of Clear Thinking

Roe vs. Wade has not been overturned. The media has repeated it, but it’s really not true.  In today’s episode of Life Matters, we’re going to spend some time talking about the meaning of the word ‘overturned’. What does that really mean?  But to answer that, you have to understand what Roe vs. Wade really did. Many people think that Roe vs. Wade simply gave women the right to choose.  We're going to talk about what the Supreme Court really did do in Roe, what it's doing now through the Dobbs Decision and the subsequent decisions which are limiting the power of the judiciary, because that's really what the Dobbs Decision is about. The Dobbs Decision doesn't even talk about protecting life. The Dobbs Decision ignores what Roe vs. Wade actually did. The Dobbs Decision basically said the Supreme Court shouldn't make any laws whatsoever, that the Supreme Court should not have interfered in the states’ decisions and laws. Dobbs ruled on judicial review, and judicial activism. It is silent on abortion's propriety. But in Roe, The Court had MANDATED that doctors now be killers... this subject is ignored! And they're continuing to make that assertion. In essence, what the Supreme Court has done is, not only skirt the ethical issue in Roe v. Wade, but actually ignores the legal and ethical question of abortion. It does address a previous issue that goes all the way back towards America's founding, a case called Marbury vs. Madison. That's where the Court was perceived to have supreme authority over everything. The idea of judicial review, that there's three co-equal parts of government and it was going to be the Court. The Court gets to rule over the entire nation. But that's not in the Constitution. Marbury vs. Madison was wrongly decided.  The Supreme Court is not the king of the world. It is not the king of all laws. It is not Congress or the Senate. It cannot make laws. It is not more powerful than the executive branch. And yet that notion is deeply, deeply rooted in the minds of many Americans. Please have a deeper understanding of this battle. Understand the battle of ideas. Laws are basically ideas that are enforced. You must master the world of ideas. It's not hard, but you do have to apply yourself, rightly handling these ideas, rightly knowing and understanding the word of truth so that you can apply it to the culture right around you. You need to have an in-depth understanding of this battle if you're going to win. If you want to defend the defenseless, you must be prepared to fight in this battle of ideas because lives really are at stake.