Same-sex marriage will NOT be repealed.I'm so stressed out by this, my face has broken out so bad. Pre-existing conditions won't be covered, marrying another woman will be out of the question, who knows what they will do about kids, plus nothing can get changed again for decades. I can barely think about anything else and I have to the LSAT(Law School Admissions Exam) in a few weeks and Hillary winning was meaning I wouldn't have to think about politics for a few years...now my entire life has changed and I just want to cry and cry.
THINGS A PRESIDENT CANNOT DO:
- Reverse any Supreme Court decision
* This includes Obergefell v. Hodges, which made same-sex marriage a constitutional right; Whole Womans Health v. Hellerstedt, which reaffirmed a womans right to choose first articulated in Roe v. Wade, another Supreme Court case. Grutter v. Bollinger, which instituted affirmative action, the entire body of Civil Rights case law, plus anything related to due process, including the right of minors to due process, your right to an attorney, Miranda rights, inadmissible evidence, etc.
* (Even if Trump appoints the worst possible SC nominee, they still cant reverse any of these decisions without a really significant case coming before the Court with new facts, and then they have to write an opinion stating how this case is different than that other case its unlikely to happen.)
There is definitely reasonable concern to be had over their supreme court nominee(s), but walking back the progress we've already made on that front is not one of them. We're going to be stonewalled on making that progress nationally, but at least local and state laws can still do their thing.
As someone who's too poor to be covered by health insurance, I admit I am selfishly hoping that the whole thing imploding will push us towards universal health care in the following election cycles. It's that kind of blind, naive optimism that keeps me going in dark times like these. Gotta look ahead when the near future looks so bleak.