[B Knotts]

The law is constitutional because the Supreme Court says it is, regardless of our opinions.

Hardly.

Abortion is not truly a constitutional right, is it?

Of course it isn't; the court decided wrongly in that case, and millions have suffered the consequences.

The fact that the court issues a hair-brained decision upholding a blatantly unconsitutional law doesn't make it constitutional; it just makes it legally enforceable.

[Miss Marple]

Well, since abortions are legal in all states and no one is being arrested, I have to assume that they ARE constitutional, until either an amendment or a court decision rules otherwise. Are they right? No. Do I oppose them? Yes. But until things change, they are constitutional.

Slavery was constitutional until the Emancipation Proclamation and attendant amendments to the Constitution. Was it right? No. Do I oppose slavery? Yes. But until laws were enacted and the Constitution was amended, it WAS Constitutional.

[Who is John Galt?]

The fact that the court issues a hair-brained decision upholding a blatantly unconsitutional law doesn't make it constitutional; it just makes it legally enforceable.

(I know one guy here who, if the court ruled that he was a potato, would swear it was entirely constitutional for the government to make french fries out of him... ;>)