[kevkrom]

And you're indulging in name calling just cause you don't like the valid arguments that faithincowboys is raising. Based on Edith Clement's skewed (liberal) logic for declaring abortion to be the settled law, raises serious doubts in my mind as to the depth or strength of her "strict constructionist" leanings. Refer to my post #56 above.

What "name calling"? Saying that the original poster is acting like an idiot is 100% correct in that all we have are unfounded (and factually incorrect) opinions being used to launch a pessimistic rant. Clement's so-called "skewed (liberal) logic for declaring abortion to be the settled law" is pretty much the exact same answer that Thomas and Scalia gave to the same question during their confirmations. Her answer was 100% correct, from the view of a federal appellate judge -- they have no authority to overrule the Supreme Court.

[colorado tanker]

You are correct. As of today, Roe is "settled" law and judges on courts inferior to SCOTUS are bound to apply it, like it or not.

I don't have any earthly idea how she would come out on Roe as a Justice, where she would be free to vote for overrule. And in the thousands of posts on too many threads I've seen nobody has cited any evidence how she would vote in that circumstance. But I betcha Dubya has some idea of her views.

[faithincowboys]

Is Edith Clement the most conservative nominee Bush could have got through the process and put on the court? If the answer is no, why did he appease the Democrats? Her conservative bone fides are at best suspect, why are we left with this uncertainty. To put an unknown quantity on there, when we know the movement to the left that many justices have made, is just inexcusable. I want the comfort of knowing that the nominee is a faithful, committed conservative who , at the very least, would have to do lots of public explanation if he or she went Left-- that there would be a paper trail and a desire to appear principled keeping them honest. A blank-slate nominee isn't what I signed on for.

[rcrngroup]

Well I guess we will find out tonight! In the meantime drop the "idiot" lingo!