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To: justshutupandtakeit
Take the abortion issue and the laws passed by Congress to control it only to have the courts toss those laws.

AFAIK, all the laws tossed by SCOTUS, regarding abortion, have been state laws. That's the major point of the dissents in Roe, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, etc. That a court is taking on a legislative function, on an issue that is contentious to the public. Once judicially determined, the public debate is inflamed with no place left to settle it, short of Constitutional amendment.

788 posted on 04/15/2005 8:37:25 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

You may be right.

Many have argued that Congress cowardly allows the Courts to do things it does not have the guts to do.


795 posted on 04/15/2005 8:45:43 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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