Any would-be lower court judge who said he/she does not intend to follow the precedents of the US Supreme Court would be clearly out of line. That is exactly what this judge is saying in this Q&A exchange.
It is an entirely different kettle of fish to be on the Supreme Court where those precedents are written and established.
That's the way this four-decade veteran of Supreme Court research sees this issue.
Congressman Billybob
That's a good point BillyBob. I'm not as concerned now.
And it would be confirmation suicide for a judge to come out against Roe v. Wade.
Roe v. Wade can be dismembered by applying a federalist approach. And this judge is a member of the Federalist Society and has shown limited-government thinking in a couple of her writings that I have seen. So I'm not ready to throw her under the bus until I see more.
What is your leaning as to the accuracy of this 'leak' that Clement will be named? Am starting to have a gut instinct that this is a misdirection leak, and the actual nominee will be someone else. But I have no sources, nor a DC or legal background.