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To: P-Marlowe; *Catholic_list
The battle for abortion can only be fought in the courts.

Not true. The Constitution gives Congress the power to remove any particular issue from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. All it would take is simple majority of the Congress.

But that require two things: a pro-life majority and a Republican party with balls. Neither of which, we currently have.

296 posted on 12/20/2002 7:11:24 AM PST by Aristophanes
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To: Aristophanes
All it would take is simple majority of the Congress.

Its a STATE issue. The Supreme Court had no constitutional authority to even hear the Roe v. Wade decision in the first place. Did that stop them?

If they won't accept a constitutional prohibition against exercising their Jurisdiction, do you think they will accept an act of Congress? Heck no. They'll just declare the act of congress to be unconstitutiuonal.

Congress can't change the situation. We need to appoint judges who adhere to the original intent of the drafters of the Constitution. This is not going to happen any time soon, no matter who we elect as ML.

307 posted on 12/20/2002 7:20:24 AM PST by P-Marlowe
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