I think Rudy is a man of his word who has good people advising him. I am confident that his judge picks would be sound. I dont think that his choices in NY give any insight about the type of person he would pick for the Supreme Court. He had to pick from a pre-selected group provided to him by others.
Roe v. Wade is so bizarre that I would not be surprised if someday a liberal judge voted it down.
Okay. Can the government buy me a Remington pump-action shotgun? After all, it's my constitutional right to keep and bear arms, and I can't afford one right now
I agree, the idea that the govt should pay to uphold what the court defines as constitutional rights does not make sense precisely for the reason you give (although some might argue that medical is different, I wouldnt.) My point was only that Rudy did not say in that interview that it was his view that abortion is a Constitutional right, only that the court said it.
I dont understand why so many people here are so exercised about this. Congress has passed laws against federal funding of abortion. Rudy has said he is not going to try to change that, and there is no reason to think he could succeed if he tried. Unless people sit on the sidelines and let lots of people be elected to Congress who might vote to repeal. Then you might have something to worry about.
All that said, I like Fred about equally.
And those "others" are, in turn, appointed by the mayor.