[PzLdr]

A President can use the bully pulpit to speak out on any issue, including abortion, in an effort to sway public opinion. Rudy when he was speaking out in favor of abortion, including partial birth abortion, was silent on the subject during his Mayoralty. So you think he's going to change that position?

And for all you "strict constructionist" fans, there is now a sizable body of case law supporting abortion. That's legal precedent. You don't need strict constructionists, you need conservative activists on the bench to ignore stare decisis. Want to bet Rudy appoints any of THOSE to the bench?

[colorado tanker]

was silent on the subject during his Mayoralty

Exactly.

to ignore stare decisis

Stare decisis is not a constitutional doctrine and nowhere in the Constitution is it required. It is a fairly weak doctrine of common law that does not apply to block overruling a plainly erroneous ruling such as Roe. The only person who thought it did was Sandra Day O'Connor and she only said that because she didn't have the balls to say she supported Roe and abortion.