[EternalVigilance]

Maybe she realized that anyone at a State level judicial position would have absolutely NO effect on abortion laws, so why would it matter?

Why would that be? Every officer of government, at every level, swears before God to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Which imperatively requires that:

"No person shall be deprived of life without due process of law."

"No State shall deprive any person of life without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

It's not optional, whether you're a mayor or a governor or a president or a legislator, or whether you're sitting on the judicial bench at any level.

[SuziQ]

According the the Supremes, that Constitution, at this point in time, allows for women to abort their unborn children. So an oath to support and defend it, presumably means to defend that right, whether we like it or not.

My point was that no matter what the appointee's personal beliefs on the issue, ANY decision by the AK Supreme Court would be 'reviewed' by the US Supremes, so the AK Court has no final bearing on the matter.