Exactly. This is the biggest non-event ever. The Supreme Court didn’t outlaw abortion. It just said that there is nothing in the Constitution that guarantees abortion as a constitutional right (which is 100% legally correct, as the word ‘abortion’ does not appear anywhere in the Constitution), therefore it’s an issue for the states. People will still have the right to vote for pro-abortion politicians at state level. No one is taking that away.
Roe v. Wade invented a constitutional right that simply didn’t exist. It’s no different than a court deciding that one has the constitutional right to own a car or a smartphone…or to attend college and travel the world. It made no legal sense.
Forgive my ignorance, but aren’t there tons of amendments? Can’t amendments be made?
When US politics talks about “unconstitutional” things, surely isn’t the idea to change things as and when time and utility merit it?
Here, we just pass a law. There’s no constitution, just common law which evolved over thousands of years.
if something is unconstitutional, can’t they just amend the constitution?
The worry would be under this system is that the constitution is hundreds of years old, it’s like basing your life on a book written thousands of years ago ;-)