[AntiGuv]

I dunno if anyone's posted this yet (probably) but just in case!!

"Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land. It's a little more than settled. It was reaffirmed in the face of a challenge that it should be overruled in the Casey decision. Accordingly, it's the settled law of the land. There's nothing in my personal views that would prevent me from fully and faithfully applying that precedent, as well as Casey."

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"I don't think it's appropriate for me to criticize [Roe v. Wade] as judicial activism. ... My definition of judicial activism is when the court departs from applying the rule of law and undertakes legislative or executive decisions."

-- Roberts, during 2003 Senate Judiciary hearing, when asked for his own views on Roe v. Wade.

Oh well - I guess we'll see! The #1 thing I want out of GWB's Supreme Court justices is to see Roe v Wade overturned. I'm not very confident at the moment..

[Steve_Seattle]

"The #1 thing I want out of GWB's Supreme Court justices is to see Roe v Wade overturned. I'm not very confident at the moment."

I think Roe is horrible law and horrible legal reasoning, but that's because I like things to be logical and according to law. Basically, I think it is a lawless decision and would like to see it overturned simply as a matter of principle. But as a practical matter, overturning Roe wouldn't necessarily change a lot. Where I live, it would change virtually nothing; the voters have repeatedly supported very liberal abortion laws.

[Steve_Seattle]

Roberts' describing Roe as "settled law" is disturbing. It might even be ok if he said "a flawed decision, but too deeply ingrained to reverse." But I'm very unhappy with "settled law." I would hope for a little more spunk from a so-called conservative.

[billbears]

The #1 thing I want out of GWB's Supreme Court justices is to see Roe v Wade overturned

Wouldn't you want all decisions that have usurped the powers of the respective states overturned? Roe v Wade is just one decision out of many that the federal judiciary centralized the power under the auspices of the federal government.