Gonzales once referred to the Roe vs. Wade decision as "settled law". Putting aside even his position on abortion itself, if that's the way he sees court decisions then he definitely doesn't belong on the S.C.
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-Dan
Gonzales is a Latin Rino. Stop!
Gonzales once referred to the Roe vs. Wade decision as "settled law". Putting aside even his position on abortion itself, if that's the way he sees court decisions then he definitely doesn't belong on the S.C.
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Of course as a presidential advisor, Attorney General or even a Texas Supreme Court Judge, Roe v. Wade was settled law. That is he was in no position to overturn that decision in any of those position and to do his job had to accept the current "settled law."
As you say, if he would not return to the Constitution on issues where the court has strayed from the constitution like the recent "international" death penalty decision or Roe v. Wade or the Enemy Combatant decision, then he does not belong on the SCOTUS. However if he was only talking about the reality of doing his job at the time, then I would want to know more about him.
Bush has referred to it as such as well and I mean GW, not dad. He has said it doubts that abortion will disappear until people's hearts change.
Most court watchers dont expect an overturn of Roe, just additional limitations. BTW, not all conservatives are the same. Many of those on the short list dont believe in overturning existing constitutional law except in special circumstances like Brown vs. Board of Education.