Supreme Court nominee John Roberts said Tuesday that the landmark 1973 ruling legalizing abortion was "settled as a precedent." He declined to answer specific questions about abortion and voting rights, citing cases he could face on the high court.
The heart of the abortion ruling is "settled as a precedent of the Court, entitled to respect under principles of stare decisis," the concept that long-established rulings should be given extra weight, Roberts told the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of his confirmation hearings. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1126602309636 On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 2:02 PM, morgan l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> To me, in MY humble opinion --- Roe vs Wade is never going too be >> overturned. Not by one of these two guys. And I think it's pretty naive of >> people to think that it might. It's too big an animal with both sides >> having >> a pretty big voice. So to base my decision on which president to vote for >> based on that choice alone - is not very smart of me. again... my opinion. >> > > Not necessarily. Bush appointed 2 SC justices, replacing 2 so-called > "liberals" with 2 so-called "moderately conservatives", both of whom are > supposedly anti-choice in their personal opinions. The next sitting > president is also expected to appoint 2 SC justices, and while personal > opinion/belief is not supposed to be the guide of justice, we all know that > it is, to some degree. If the SC gets stacked with all anti-choice justices, > R v. W could be in jeopardy. I'd be willing to wager that to many > "conservatives", this one issue ranks far higher than any other. And most of > them will actually vote, as opposed to the majority of Americans. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268624 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
