There is a LEGAL basis for the Supreme Courts recent rulings on the New York concealed carry gun law and overturning the Court's own previous ruling on Roe v. Wade.
It does not matter in the least how the media or others wish to characterize the morality of gun ownership and/or abortion, and these two decisions of the Court should not be judged based on emotional or moral issues.
These decisions, and all cases brought to the US Supreme Court, should be based on their CONSTITUTIONALITY. For these two cases, the Court affirmed the that the US Constitution (2nd Amendment) clearly specifies that the government cannot infringe on the right of gun ownership. Therefore, the New York law was inconsistent with the Constitution and was ILLEGAL. The rest is noise.
In the second case, the Court determined that the Constitution does not offer any legal framework (for or against) the practice of abortion. As such, the US Supreme Court does not have the authority to issue rulings on the abortion issues raised in the various states. Therefore, by default, any legal issues pertaining to abortion should be decided by the states and their legal systems.
The Supreme Court supposedly deliberates LEGAL matters and issues rulings that specifically involve the highest Law of the Land, which is the US Constitution.
The prevalent misunderstanding of the Supreme Court's role as it relates to the powers of the federal government is understandable, given their recent history of judicial activism. Foremost, it is the duty of the US Supreme Court to restrict powers that federal and state governments claim to give themselves that are not allowed in the US Constitution.
These two recent rulings offer some hope that.