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To: Always Right
It is all about if Miers will rule like a conservative...

No, it's not. It's about whether Miers will rule as an originalist, not a conservative. Yes, there is a difference between the two: a conservative would jump at the first chance a case presented to ban abortion, while an originalist would refer said issue to the states.
38 posted on 10/11/2005 6:36:59 AM PDT by Terpfen (Bush is playing chess. Remember that, and stop playing checkers.)
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To: Terpfen
No, it's not. It's about whether Miers will rule as an originalist, not a conservative. Yes, there is a difference between the two: a conservative would jump at the first chance a case presented to ban abortion, while an originalist would refer said issue to the states.

I disagree. Most conservatives view it as a states rights issue first, but would work to restrict abortions at the state level.

55 posted on 10/11/2005 6:43:54 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: Terpfen
Yes, there is a difference between the two: a conservative would jump at the first chance a case presented to ban abortion, while an originalist would refer said issue to the states.

Simply untrue. You are buying into the D.U. definition of conservative.

88 posted on 10/11/2005 6:53:36 AM PDT by Sloth (We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
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To: Terpfen
No, it's not. It's about whether Miers will rule as an originalist, not a conservative. Yes, there is a difference between the two: a conservative would jump at the first chance a case presented to ban abortion, while an originalist would refer said issue to the states.

Thank you.

159 posted on 10/11/2005 7:27:59 AM PDT by houeto (Mr. President, close our borders now!)
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