[Huck]

Pro-life judges are no more desirable to me than pro-abort judges. I want pro-Constitution, pro-republic judges. Deferring authority to the Legislature is not equivelant to being pro-life. It means that the question properly resides outside the jurisdiction of the courts. Similarly, one can be anti-Roe without being pro-life, in theory anyway. I want Scalias, meaning objective referees, not idealogues of any stripe.

[ohioWfan]

Pro-Constitution judges ARE pro-life.

[Cicero]

Here's the deal. If you are willing to ACCEPT pro-life judges, then you will get your conservative, constitutional judges. If you are not, you won't.

It can be argued, of course, that the right to life is constitutional, that it is the most basic of the inalienable rights, which the Founding Fathers declared to be "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." If your life isn't safe from arbitrary seizure, then what good are liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

In any case, the practical point is that those who don't care about the abortion issue, or even those who are somewhat pro-abortion, can afford to compromise. Those who are pro-life will not compromise. They haven't for 30 years since Roe v. Wade, and they never will. So why not welcome them as allies of the conservative cause?

[EGPWS]

Pro-life judges are no more desirable to me than pro-abort judges. I want pro-Constitution, pro-republic judges. Deferring authority to the Legislature is not equivelant to being pro-life. It means that the question properly resides outside the jurisdiction of the courts. Similarly, one can be anti-Roe without being pro-life, in theory anyway. I want Scalias, meaning objective referees, not idealogues of any stripe.

Think of it as access to a "Colgate invincible, tungsten cowhide, turbo encabulated spade shovel" digging us out of a hole, slowly but surely.

[Indie]

Pro-life judges are no more desirable to me than pro-abort judges. I want pro-Constitution, pro-republic judges

What do you think "The RIGHT to LIFE, Liberty..." actually means?????? Sheeesh...

[F16Fighter]

The prerequisite for the incoming Supreme Court Justices need NOT be based upon complexion, race or creed, but whether they are strict Constitutionalists who value the sanctity of life in the womb.

Why should this be so hard?

[bobsatwork]

"Pro-life judges are no more desirable to me than pro-abort judges. I want pro-Constitution, pro-republic judges.".........Well said. I agree completely. It does not matter to me whether a judge thinks abortion if FORBIDDEN by god, or is a basic motherly right. It matters whether the judge sees such forbiddance or right in the constitution (it ain't there).