Yeah, gear cash, gear robes
but the groupies don't live up
to Zeppelin standards . . .
Posted on 10/02/2005 9:46:45 AM PDT by SmithL
Even without a change in membership, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term would be lively, with cases already on the docket about abortion, assisted suicide, military recruiters, campaign finance and claims of innocence on death row.
But with the arrival of Chief Justice John Roberts and the soon-to-be-named replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the term that starts Monday could prove to be a decisive one for the direction of the court.
"It's got new members and big cases, and the combination of those things will make it historic,'' said Michael Gerhardt, a constitutional law professor at the University of North Carolina.
Erwin Chemerinsky, a Duke University law professor and Supreme Court litigator, said the docket holds "an unusually large number of cases that will give us a reading of the new justices.''
One issue on which the newcomers will be closely scrutinized is abortion, which the court will address for the first time in five years. Roberts -- who referred to the "abortion tragedy'' in a 1985 memo and signed a government brief in 1991 calling for overturning of the Roe vs. Wade abortion-rights ruling -- adamantly refused to discuss the subject at his Senate confirmation hearings.
The next case is scheduled to be argued before the court on Nov. 30. It is a challenge by Planned Parenthood to a New Hampshire law requiring unmarried women under 18 to notify their parents before obtaining an abortion.
Laws requiring parental notification or consent for minors' abortions are on the books in 35 states; California will become the 36th if voters approve Proposition 73, a notification measure, on Nov. 8. The Supreme Court has upheld such laws in the past but has indicated that states must exempt minors whose health would be endangered by childbirth.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I fail to see how the "right" to an abortion trumps the parental responsibilty to sign the waiver for a minor patient.
No other medical procedure is so "treasured" or "honored".
45 million murdered and more to come.
Media objectivity strikes again.
They're experts in all forms of morality, you know.
America is lucky to have Chief Justice Roberts.
Yeah, gear cash, gear robes
but the groupies don't live up
to Zeppelin standards . . .
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