Court Speculation Centers on Female Judge (Who Thinks Abortion is Constitutionally-Protected)

Yahoo! News (AP) ^ | 7/19/2005 | Deb Riechmann

[Pyro7480]

Edith Jones over Edith Clement, please!

[agitator]

http://rightalk.net/mainstream.asx

[thoughtomator]

I don't like this pick already.

[concerned about politics]

(Who Thinks Abortion is Constitutionally-Protected)

There goes the religious right votes. All those who voted for the first time in 2004 won't waste their time again.

[RockinRight]

It's still speculation at this point. While I worry as much as anyone that Bush will screw us, I haven't thrown in the towel yet. IIRC Bush surprises us with most of his nominees (some good some bad) so it may well be someone we aren't thinking of at the moment.

[RockinRight]

Keep in mind what she said was the same thing Ashcroft said as AG. IOW Roe V. Wade exists until it doesn't. She could be more conservative than we think and still think that (she might adhere to stare decisis which isn't great really-but Scalia has a similar view).

[thoughtomator]

Gave me an idea for a new tag, thanks

[concerned about politics]

I was watching the news this morning, and they were saying Bush is making a nomination just to change the subject and move away from Rove. So what is he suppose to do? Bring his administration to a complete halt while the democrats try to destroy his friend because they simple don't like him?
Gawd, lefties are dumber than hell.

[BlackElk]

Janice Rogers Brown would be my first choice so long as she is sound on the babies as she appears to be.

[Zack Nguyen]

This concerns me greatly.

[SoFloFreeper]

?

[ariamne]

Please...do we have to descend to the level of the Democratic Underground? We would have understood your point without the vulgarity.

[SoFloFreeper]

Known as a conservative and a strict constructionist in legal circles, Clement also has eased fears among abortion-rights advocates. She has stated that the Supreme Court "has clearly held that the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution includes the right to have an abortion" and that "the law is settled in that regard."

When, where and in what context was this quote? This is the first I've seen of such a turn of phrase by Clement.

[Graymatter]

I'm still praying for Janice Brown.

[concerned about politics]

There is nothing more sacred to liberals than abortion. It is the key to their largest 'hoodwinked' voting block.

Abortion is the liberal white elitists population control. 85% of abortion clinics are in minority areas.
The left doesn't want the minorities educated and thinking for themselves, so their policies are to keep them dumb and poor. Abortion keeps them from getting too big and rebelling. Liberal white elitists keep them like cattle.
The minorities just can't see it. They're told the liberals are there to help them, and they don't know any better.
Many have escaped the liberal stronghold, but people who do, like Condaleeza, Powell etc, are quickly attacked and belittled for their "unfaithfulness."

[kevkrom]

She has stated that the Supreme Court "has clearly held that the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution includes the right to have an abortion" and that "the law is settled in that regard."

IOW, a 5th Circuit judge doesn't have the authority to overrule the USSC. What's the problem here?

[byteback]

A Tale of Two Ediths

For the conservatives, the most consequential shift would come in flipping the decision on Stenberg v. Carhart (2000) and upholding the federal ban on partial-birth abortion. Either one of the Ediths would guarantee that outcome; and in my own reckoning, such a decision on partial-birth abortion would virtually bring to an end the Roe v. Wade regime. For it would send up a signal to legislatures throughout the country that the Court was now open for business in sustaining many varieties of restriction on abortion.

[SoFloFreeper]

Yes, I see it the same way, essentially. Roe v. Wade's perversion of the Constitution can be undone by the death of 1000 cuts: bit by bit, taking away its effect by enforcing (rightfully) the state laws that diminish Roe's power.