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To: Publius
This is not going to work even if passed. You need five votes to overturn. You might have three for overturn--Thomas, Scalia and Alito. You will have Roberts only if you are tightening Roe, not overturning it. Then you need that fifth judge for any tightening and the only one who might move over is Kennedy--and he won't go for a dramatic tightening. So for an overturn, you would be lucky to get a 3-6 vote. The end result will be a strengthening of Roe with one more major precedent.

Brown vs. Board of Education was overturned based on a long series of steps before it; that is the best you can hope for here.

9 posted on 06/19/2006 3:40:59 PM PDT by mcvey (Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
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To: mcvey
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education was never overturned. It's still the law of the land.
10 posted on 06/19/2006 3:42:34 PM PDT by Publius
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