Well, except that he went on to say this at those same hearings: "I don't think it's appropriate for me to criticize [Roe v. Wade] as judicial activism ... My definition of judicial activism is when the court departs from applying the rule of law and undertakes legislative or executive decisions."
I read that as him refusing to fall into the trap of explicitly going on record against Roe, but at the same time signaling that he does consider it activism.
23 posted on 07/20/2005 10:08:06 AM PDT by Freemyland