Posted on 03/08/2006 6:19:34 AM PST by blitzgig
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I could have put it less bluntly, but he already tried to cram Miers down our throats, I have no confidence he will appoint another conservative. He doesn't make it easy for us, the great unwashed base.
Thus you could have a hippy-dippy San Freakcisco and a very conservative SD or VA, and people would move according to where they wanted to be.
The over-reaching, one-size-fits-all Federal "solutions" that we see imposed by the SCOTUS and Congress have largely taken away this competition.
I know that the immediate outcome of this particular statute is unpredictable, but I still see that it's a start in the right direction. I think that those who support the protection of innocent life have not only the moral high ground, but also current science, on our side. The push to overturn Roe will not end if this law is struck down because as the Court is returned to the "original intent" of the Founders, other states' legislatures will likely introduce and pass similar laws.
Personally, I also have a respect and affection for those who are willing to do the right thing, even if the conventional wisdom is that they will not succeed.
Candidly, believing-in Bush & his handlers [Rove & Hughes], I think DC got major dose of "rope 'a dope"...Bush doesn't do much without 'purpose'!
True. California, New York, Massachusetts et al will never, ever, outlaw abortion.
Women in those states (or women who travel to them) will continue to be able to kill an unborn child for any reason, at any stage of pregnancy, as they do now legally.
Yet I heard a NARAL witch on the radio yesterday claim that "If South Dakota can outlaw abortion, then all the states will."
At least the Left is having to come up with new lies to replace the old.
What's the deal with an injunction? Anyone know the likely scenario?
The elites at National Review ought to get in touch with their mentor. Seems he's not in tune with their latest "wisdom" on the front page.
For my part I don't care how tthis plays out at the Supremes in the short term. What I care about is that legislatures are forcing pressure on the Courts, and attempting to take back their Constitutional roles. As is proper.
Eventually R v W is going to fall, the only question is how many more times the Supremes will stand as a roadblock before accepting that reality...and will the legislatures and Governor eventually just tell the Court to try to enforce R v W....with their non-existant standing army.
Well, I hope not, anyway. Of course, the governor and legislature have the moral duty, if not the duty under the state constitution, to enforce the law. May the appeals process drag on so that lives may be saved.
Yes. Let's take a page from the tactics of the Left, such as the pushing of homosexual "marriage" at the state level. Incrementalism in the effort to protect innnocent life is no vice.
Except that in the instance of homosexual marriage, they have forced the issue wrongly through dictate of the courts. Legislatures have every right to take this role.
I wonder how the future will look if there are states where it's quickly illegal, and states where it never will be.
If it's "reproductive freedom" is it really acceptable that a woman has rights in one state and not in another?
If it's "murder", is it really acceptable that one can step over a state line and commit it with impunity?
You are exactly right. Under the proper understanding of the Constitution, states have the right to proscribe abortion, and South Dakota is to be applauded for exercising this right without waiting for approval from the Supreme Court or the Beltway types who favor an incremental strategy that has achieved virtually nothing in 30 years. God Bless South Dakota!
I noted that too in post #8.
There are only two types of people who think the Hamas election idicates a failure of Bush's policy of promoting democracy in the Middle East:
1. People who have a prejudice against the president anyway.
2. People who are dumb enough to think of Fatah as anything more legitimate than Hamas Lite.
Also, none of the proposed tactics to deal with the election results reject the decision; they merely bring the deserved consequences to the mopes who elected Hamas.
Actually, I'm betting on Priscilla Owens or Janice Rogers Brown.
Yes, regicide... killing the king.... the great Warren Zevon even worked it into a song about Elvis Presley (The King):
"Left behind by the latest trends,
Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends;
That's how the story ends...."
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