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To: dirtboy

No truly “federalist” position calls for the alienation of the God-given rights to life and liberty by any individual or state.

Hence my tagline...


47 posted on 08/28/2007 2:47:09 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (States' rights don't trump God-given, unalienable rights...support the Reagan pro-life platform)
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To: EternalVigilance
No truly “federalist” position calls for the alienation of the God-given rights to life and liberty by any individual or state.

I hate to tell you this, but the fedgov has taken many, many strides away from originalist federalism, and you ain't gonna get back to the future in one giant leap that I can see.

Overturn Roe, and states can start to overturn abortion. Demand a total federal ban on abortion, and I sincerely doubt we'll make any progress.

So in that regard, overturning Roe is a federalist position. It removes an activist clamp on action at the state level to ban abortion. I'd rather start with the possible, even if it isn't a full ban.

50 posted on 08/28/2007 2:50:23 PM PDT by dirtboy (Chertoff needs to move out of DC, not move to Justice.)
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