[goldstategop]

I know the law is settled. But I don't think Roe is constitutional. A good jurist should be able to appreciate the difference.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Oliver Optic]

Hi, goldstate...

She chose her words pretty carefully ... she never says she thinks Roe is constitutional, just that the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that way.

As an appeal court justice she felt bound to follow that precedent ... on the Supreme Court it may be a different story.

That's my optimistic reading of the "penumbra" of her statement. :-)

[BnBlFlag]

Precident should only apply in matters of law and fact as established in trials. On Constitutional issues, precident has been overturned many times. Roe Vs. Wade itself is a good example. Up intil 1972, it was Costitutional to outlaw abortion. The the "Supremes" overturned almost 200 years of legal precident and presto! - It suddenly beame Unconstitutional to ban abortion.