getting back to the abortion question, I am a little concerned about Rust v Sullivan but if he is saying that he was presenting the opinion of his client -- well, this is in fact what lawyers do.
Dana On 7/20/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Comments Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts has made regarding abortion: > > ------ > > ''We continue to believe that Roe was wrongly decided and should be > overruled.'' -- Roberts, in a 1991 Supreme Court brief he co-wrote for the > first Bush administration, while he was principal deputy solicitor general. > > ------ > > ''The statement in the brief was my position as an advocate for a client.'' > -- Roberts, explaining the brief during his 2003 Senate Judiciary Committee > hearing on his nomination to a federal appeals court. > > ''Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land. It's a little more than > settled. It was reaffirmed in the face of a challenge that it should be > overruled in the Casey decision. Accordingly, it's the settled law of the > land. There's nothing in my personal views that would prevent me from fully > and faithfully applying that precedent, as well as Casey.'' -- Roberts, > during the confirmation hearing, when asked for his own views on Roe v. Wade. > > ------ > > ''I don't think it's appropriate for me to criticize it as judicial activism. > ... My definition of judicial activism is when the court departs from > applying the rule of law and undertakes legislative or executive decisions.'' > -- Roberts, during the confirmation hearing, on whether Roe v. Wade was > judicial activism. > > Link at NY Times: > http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Roberts-Abortion-Quotes.html > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165691 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
