Sad Day At Supreme Court, Polling As Propaganda, Brexit Fallout Continues

by Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: A Sad Day At The Supreme Court - Today is a sad day for the pro-life movement. In a 5-to-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down laws passed by the state of Texas regulating the health and safety standards of abortion clinics. After Texas passed these regulations, more than half of the abortion clinics in the state shut down. Many states adopted similar laws in recent years.

Incredibly, the court's majority opinion, written by Justice Stephen Breyer and joined by Justice Anthony Kennedy, claimed that the safety regulations failed "to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes."

For those who recall the 1992 Planned Parenthood vs. Casey decision, today's ruling is eerily similar. In that case, Justice Kennedy joined the liberal majority in striking down certain commonsense restrictions on abortion as "undue burdens" on a woman's access to abortion.

It is ironic that the abortion industry is the one business that the left adamantly refuses to regulate. The left wants to regulate guns out of existence, effectively repealing the Second Amendment. It wants to regulate/redefine privacy in public bathrooms. It wants to dictate what kind of lightbulbs you can buy. It wants to regulate whole sectors of the energy industry into bankruptcy.

But when it comes to destroying innocent unborn life in the womb, the left wants no limits at all. Abortion until the moment of birth, paid for by the taxpayers -- that is Hillary Clinton's extreme position.

It is worth remembering that these state laws were a reaction to Kermit Gosnell and his barbaric abortion practices.

Today's decision further highlights the stakes this November. Not only will the next president fill Justice Scalia's vacancy, but he or she could likely make several appointments.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 83 years old. Justice Anthony Kennedy will turn 80 next month. Justice Stephen Breyer turns 78 in August.

As disappointing as today's decision is, I know the pro-life movement will not give up. Our Founders declared that life was an inalienable right endowed to each man and woman by our Creator.

The Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade is built upon the same injustice as Dred Scott -- that some people (black men and women or unborn babies) can be treated like property and disposed of on a whim. This nation is better than that.

The pro-life cause -- just like the fight against slavery -- is a noble cause. I am confident that one day, we will restore the sanctity of life in America. One day, all of our children will be protected by the law and welcomed into the world.

Polling As Propaganda - There's no doubt that Donald Trump has been hurt in recent weeks since he locked up the Republican presidential nomination. But no candidate, including the people he defeated, would have fared any better given the over-the-top attempts by the left and the liberal media to make conservative values virtually unspeakable.

According to the left, if you favor border security, you are a racist. If you believe in traditional marriage, you're a bigot. And if you think it is a bad idea to bring in more Muslims when we can't adequately vet them, you're an Islamophobe.

So the idea that there is another candidate -- Bush, Cruz, Huckabee, anybody -- who would be convincingly leading Hillary Clinton right now is absurd. Big media, crony capitalists and big labor have amassed incredible power and all three are gunning for the likely GOP nominee.

So, yes, Trump has been hurt. But how badly?

A month ago, Trump and Clinton were tied. Now two weekend polls show Trump is losing. One poll shows a close race, while the other suggests a Clinton landslide is in the making. The question is: Which one is correct?

If you work in the tech world, you've likely heard the old saying "Garbage in, garbage out." Well, it's the same with polls.

The ABC News/Washington Post poll found Clinton leading Trump 51% to 39%. But it oversampled Democrats by ten points. One recent Reuters poll that found Hillary Clinton leading Trump by a wide margin oversampled Democrats by 17 points!

Moreover, most pollsters are still surveying adults or registered voters, many of whom will not vote. The most accurate polls are surveys of likely voters.

In contrast to the ABC/Washington Post poll, this weekend's NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found Clinton leading Trump by just five points. And when you factor in the Libertarian and Green party candidates, Clinton and Trump were tied.

Fallout Continues - The fallout from last week's Brexit vote continues. There are growing demands in as many as eight European nations for their own votes on the E.U.

Not surprisingly, the financial turmoil also continued today. It must be noted that globalists like George Soros have a financial interest in continuing the turmoil in order to discourage other nations from following England's example.

But as the socialist left gains more and more control, the one thing it produces in surplus is stupidity. For example, one of things most frequently said in the last few days is that we are now in "uncharted territory."

No, it's the exact opposite. The European experiment in a continental, transnational union was the uncharted territory we had been in for the past 23 years.

England has been an independent, sovereign nation for centuries. The European Union did not come into formal existence until the Treaty of Maastricht was signed in 1993. Now that Britons have decided they want out of these uncharted waters, their "masters" are in full-blown panic mode.

And speaking of panicking, just consider some of these Brexit-induced headlines:"How Old People Have Screwed Over The Younger Generation" -- The Independent

"EU Referendum Results: Young 'Screwed By Older Generations'" -- Huffington Post

"We Should Ban Old People From Voting" -- GQ MagazineWhile the headlines contain a little satire, the sentiment behind them is serious. The increasingly intolerant left is all about "victimization," identity politics and pitting this group against that one. Older voters are now out of favor with the left.

But there is some irony in these headlines.

The left wants convicted criminals to vote. It wants illegal immigrants to vote. The left wants people who can't prove who they are to vote. The left wants younger teenagers to vote.

But now the left has found the one group that it doesn't want to vote -- senior citizens who still believe in nation-states, secure borders, patriotism and love of God and Country.
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families

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