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Feinstein tells SCOTUS nominee: Roe v. Wade is a ‘super precedent’ that can’t be changed
The Blaze ^ | March 20, 2017 | Kate Scanlon

Posted on 03/20/2017 2:56:02 PM PDT by TBP

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said Monday during the confirmation hearing for Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, that Roe v. Wade is now a “super precedent” that cannot be changed.

Feinstein argued that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide, is “settled law” and could not be overturned by the Supreme Court in the future.

“The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld Roe’s court finding, making it settled law for the last 44 years,” she said, citing 14 cases where the high court upheld the “core holding” of Roe and 39 decisions that have “reaffirmed” Roe.

“If these judgments when combined do not constitute super precedent, I don’t know what does,” she said. The doctrine of stare decisis is one in which courts adhere to previous rulings. The notion of “super stare decisis” or “super precedent” suggests that some cases are immune to being overturned.

The California Democrat also argued that the Supreme Court “has the final say over whether a woman will continue to have control over her own body.”

She objected to Gorsuch’s written position that “the intentional taking of a human life by private persons is always wrong.” Feinstein claimed that Gorsuch’s “language has been interpreted by both pro-life and pro-choice organizations to mean he would overturn Roe.”

Gorsuch has never ruled on abortion, although pro-life groups point to his decisions on religious liberty cases as evidence he will support their cause. Pro-choice groups have condemned Gorsuch’s conservative record.

Gorsuch was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia early last year.


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 115th; evil; feinstein; gorsuch; proaborts; roevwade; supremecourt; trumpscotus
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Plessy v. Ferguson, which we all consider wrong, stood from 1896 to 1954 -- longer then Roe v. Wade has stood.

Plessy said that "separate but equal" was constitutional. We all know that it meant second-class citizenship for blacks. Previously, the Supreme Court had ruled that blacks couldn't even be citizens.

Roe v. Wade puts the preborn in a position where they cannot even aspire to second-class citizenship. It enshrines a practice aimed particularly at the same minorities harmed by Dred Scott and Plessy.

Needless to say, progressives find it inviolable. (Well, of course they do.) Feinstein's remarks tell us all we need to know about her and her party.

All the more reason we MUST get Gorsuch on the Court ASAP.

1 posted on 03/20/2017 2:56:02 PM PDT by TBP
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Using this idiot’s logic, we can make any new interpretation of the case “double super precedent” ... That’ll make it iron clad and supersede any wimpy “super” precedent.


2 posted on 03/20/2017 2:58:27 PM PDT by edh (I need a better tagline)
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Great point.

never understood why killing an American is somehow protected by the Constitution.

3 posted on 03/20/2017 2:59:20 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: TBP

Feinstein and her pals agree. Nothing could be more important than killing babies. “ Listen, baby: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for me, but not for thee.”


4 posted on 03/20/2017 2:59:34 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: edh

Actually, make that “double super precedent, no take backs” ... That’ll make it iron clad.


5 posted on 03/20/2017 2:59:50 PM PDT by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: edh
we can make any new interpretation of the case “double super precedent”

With a cherry on top!!!

6 posted on 03/20/2017 3:00:26 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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Dred Scott v. Sandford was once settled law.
7 posted on 03/20/2017 3:00:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: TBP

Nothing must interrupt their child sacrifices to the god of death!


8 posted on 03/20/2017 3:00:51 PM PDT by Boogieman
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Yes, and so was Plessy. Exactly my point.

I believe both stood longer than Roe has stood as of today. So I guess they couldn’t be overturned.


9 posted on 03/20/2017 3:02:02 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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Why are leftists so incredibly hellbent on abortions as if it’s some kind of medical procedure women go through once a month? First off, besides the fact that they are killing a baby, having an abortion is not the healthiest thing for the uterus and WHY THE HELL does the public have to finance this insanity because some asshat is irresponsible?


10 posted on 03/20/2017 3:03:57 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon)
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To: TBP

Super precedent,Ms. Fi? You made that up, didn’ ya?


11 posted on 03/20/2017 3:05:28 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( rent this space)
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To: TBP

If overturned will it result in double secret probation?


12 posted on 03/20/2017 3:05:40 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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“Nothing could be more important than killing babies.”

Since abortions are disproportionally black babies doesn’t that make her racist?


13 posted on 03/20/2017 3:06:32 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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It’s a majority opinion of a bunch of lawyers.


14 posted on 03/20/2017 3:07:35 PM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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Feinstein, whose party was responsible for and defended the Dred Scott decision.


15 posted on 03/20/2017 3:08:33 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: TBP

So is Citizens United.


16 posted on 03/20/2017 3:08:59 PM PDT by NotSoFreeStater (If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice)
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To: Buttons12

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Supreprecedent!


17 posted on 03/20/2017 3:09:13 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Still does, implicitly.


18 posted on 03/20/2017 3:09:44 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Boogieman

The “Living Breathing Document” argument she made kind of ... negates this point, doesn’t it?

If it’s a LBD then the court can be overruled as well, right? Fein swine is a MORON.


19 posted on 03/20/2017 3:11:54 PM PDT by Big Giant Head
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To: edh

Very funny, EDH!


20 posted on 03/20/2017 3:11:59 PM PDT by karnage
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