Hacker News Reader

Because they are pandering for votes. They know that the average citizen doesn't know that the law would be deemed unconstitutional based on the most recent ruling.

View on HN

If you’re talking about the decision overturning Roe, it has literally nothing to do with whether a federal abortion law would be constitutional.

The Dobbs case has everything to do with whether or not a federal abortion law would be constitutional. The court determined on 10th amendment grounds that the constitution was silent on abortion. Therefore, that power belongs to each state. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

They ruled that the constitution does not confer the right to an abortion. That’s it.

The constitution does not confer the right to clean water and yet, it’s not unconstitutional for the federal government to make laws regarding clean water standards.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com