Allow me to weigh in on this. I read this article in NRL’s newspaper a couple of months ago. They are endorsing Thompson because of his pro-life stance and his pro-life voting record in the Senate.
The HLA should be a long-term goal for pro-lifers but it cannot be a short-term goal. There is very little chance that this amendment would get the required votes in Congress or be approved by three fourths of the state legislatures any time in the foreseeable future. Moreover, the President really does not play a role in the amendment process. The President’s appointments to the federal judiciary, especially the Supreme Court, are more important than his views on the HLA.
I’m voting for Thompson in the primaries but I would be very willing to vote for Romney if he were the nominee.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873628/posts
Mitt Romney was credited with a political coup last Tuesday when it was announced that Wendy Long has joined his campaign as a senior legal advisor and vice chair of his National Faith and Values Steering Committee. Long is a familiar name to conservatives who follow the courts. She is chief counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network, an organization of conservative lawyers that has played a critical role in the confirmation battles for appellate and Supreme Court judges including Sam Alito and John Roberts. She was a litigation partner with Kirkland & Ellis LLP and previously a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and to U.S. Appeals Court Judge Ralph Winter. We talked to her about her decision to back Romney, her thoughts about the future of the judiciary, and why even non-lawyers should care about the courts.
So he's got the whole thing covered. And don't even start to ask La Enchiladita what she thinks about legal super star Doug Kmiec and his support of Mitt!