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Justice Antonin Scalia Reconfirms: No Right to Abortion in Constitution
Life News ^
| 10/17/07
| Steven Ertelt
Posted on 10/17/2007 3:25:32 PM PDT by wagglebee
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"Why would you think nine people, much less nine lawyers, are likely to come to a more accurate reflection of current mores than our legislators?" Great point!
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:25:34 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
To: cgk; Coleus; cpforlife.org; narses; 8mmMauser
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:26:16 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: 230FMJ; 49th; 50mm; 69ConvertibleFirebird; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; An American In Dairyland; ..
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:26:37 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
If there’s a right to abortion in the constitution, then when was it ratified? Is there a record of the two-thirds roll call vote in both houses of Congress, and a list of the three-fourths of the states that ratified it?
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:28:57 PM PDT
by
puroresu
(Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
To: wagglebee
Certainly a great human hero.
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:29:15 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: wagglebee
No kidding it’s not in there. The Constitution is not that long and complicated that one can’t read it.
For issues not mentioned in the Constitution, the states have the power to decide. How complicated is that? All these issues should go to the states (abortion, gay rights, etc)
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:29:24 PM PDT
by
tips up
To: wagglebee
I got slammed for saying this on here back in August. Finally, someone in government said it.
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:29:55 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(All right! Let's go Tribe!!)
To: wagglebee
"Not everything you may care about is in the Constitution," he told the audience, according to a report in The Bulletin newspaper. "It is a legal document that had compromises in it. What it says it says; what it doesn't say it doesn't say."
This should be a footnote on every document the Federal Government releases, including money. States' Rights bump!
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:35:55 PM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: wagglebee; JustAmy; mtngrl@vrwc; gracie1; Mama_Bear; jkphoto; notpoliticallycorewrecked; ...
Great remarks by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia!!
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:46:00 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Our God-given unalienable rights are not open to debate, negotiation or compromise!)
To: wagglebee
Hmmm.... seeing as how Rudy Giuliani actually supports a woman’s right to abortion as a constitutional right, I wonder how sincere is his pledge to appoint “strict constructionist” judges like Scalia?
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:51:02 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Our God-given unalienable rights are not open to debate, negotiation or compromise!)
To: wagglebee
It’s the other way around. Article 5 says:
No person ...shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
We have deprived tens of millions of human lives in the past 30+ years
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:51:56 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
To: wagglebee
How can you exercise your right to life, liberty, and pursue happiness if you’ve been aborted? What Justice Scalia said needed to be said, very unfortunately.
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:52:34 PM PDT
by
Old 300
To: eleni121
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:52:52 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Our God-given unalienable rights are not open to debate, negotiation or compromise!)
To: wagglebee
Democracy (legislature) vs. aristocracy (judges, law lords) — take your pick.
To: wagglebee
"Roe v. Wade is one. There is nothing in the Constitution about the right to abortion," the associate justice explained. One might argue that your right of privacy in your papers and property extended to a womans body. Ok. So then my right of privacy also should extend to the substances I put into my body, which means that all drug laws should be null and void.
Yeah. When pigs fly.
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:53:55 PM PDT
by
narby
To: Coleus; nickcarraway; narses; Mr. Silverback; Canticle_of_Deborah; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...
While this is good news it is also true that Justice Scalia does not see the unborn as legal persons as understood in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Here is a sample of what IMO is critical reading:
No present or past Justice has ever taken the position that the unborn child is, or should be regarded as, a person as understood in the Fourteenth Amendment, including the late Justice White, perhaps the most eloquent critic of Roe v. Wade.
http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft0211/opinion/linton.html
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:54:44 PM PDT
by
cpforlife.org
(A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available at KnightsForLife.org)
To: wagglebee
Pro-life kudos to J. Scalia!
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posted on
10/17/2007 3:59:22 PM PDT
by
Reagan Man
(FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
To: Jim Robinson
Of course Dems and their fellow travelers will argue the definition of “person” just like the previous WH occupant argued the definition of sex.
Dems did the same with slaves back in the 1800s...
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posted on
10/17/2007 4:00:03 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
To: Jim Robinson
Rooty Toot wouldn’t recognize a strict constructionist if his life depended on it. He would appoint judges who “strictly” define the Constitution as “living and breathing” and probably outdated. The best we would get under him is someone along the lines of Sandra Day O’Connor, but more likely we would get another Souter.
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posted on
10/17/2007 4:00:43 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: eleni121
Abortionists are denying life to 3500 Americans EVERY DAY.
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posted on
10/17/2007 4:02:18 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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