Posted on 10/09/2018 6:46:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I found the Collins speech to be odd too. It was a speech that suggest that Roe was in no danger. I didn’t like that.
It was a speech that suggest that Roe was in no
Is she going to be passing judgement on cases before SCOTUS?
Sounds like you think she will be.
THAT worries me much more.
She had to say that. But it’s not in danger until a new case can set precedence.
This speculation is way premature.
Kavenaugh has elected to turn over several judicial determinations. He is not above it, because he believes the Constitution speaks for itself, where.it.speaks.at.all.
Roe was determined on privacy rights and the rights of the mother, but, not the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It was wrongly decided, taken from the States, taken from Congress, taken from established precedent of being against the law. Roe was lawless.
Kav is a practicing Catholic. What kind of Catholic, we will see.
I’m telling everyone! I M O, Kavanaugh is a Bush style “compassionate conservative “ - Roe v Wade is in absolutely no danger because he is on the court. I’m not an expert on the career of Kav but his words and then Collins’ speech reaffirmed my opinion
Roe is in no danger.
Unless we get more SC picks and they are so inclined, Kavanaugh is not.
imho, the left went nuts over him because he’s strongly supportive of the 2nd Amendment.
No conservative jurist accepts Roe as being based on the Constitution. Not one.
In other words, precedent isn’t a goal or an aspiration. It is a constitutional tenet that has to be followed except in the most extraordinary circumstances.
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This kind of thinking can be dangerous when the precedent is wrong.
Chuck Grassley said today if a SCOTUS seat opens up in 2020, he will not do anything if Trump nominates another justice.
UNBELEIVABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE!!!! Grassley, if you refuse to do your job as judiciary chairman, you need to be FIRED from your chairmanship!
Cocaine Mitch needs to have a Come to Jesus Meeting with Grassley. Don’t let us down, Mitch!!!!
Roe is “settled law” just like Plessy v. Ferguson and the Dred Scott decision were settled law. They were overturned and the wrongly decided Roe v. Wade case will be overturned in time.
The Truth will out!
No they should not. What the alternative?
This is why Conservative Inc is the most pathetically intent political moment in history. Instead of celebratinf the 1st down they sit in the stands mindlessly bitching the team doesn’t score a touchdown on every play.
Dred Scott established a “precedent” and we see how that worked out.
If anyone expects Roe vs. Wade will be suddenly overturned on a 5-4 vote, they are going to be disappointed.
That is not how it is going to happen. Conservatives are not going to ignore precedent.
It is very possible that the freedom of states to regulate abortion can be gradually restored. Eventually, better science can replace Blackmun’s junk science of trimesters. Maybe states will be able to prohibit abortion after the point where the fetus is viable, or the point where it can be demonstrated that the fetus can feel pain,both of which are moving closer and closer to the moment of conception.
We did not become a people that it kills its unborn in a s single moment, and we will not expiate this practice in a single moment. It is a long struggle and the tide is only slowly beginning to turn.
No judge who is openly, or even plausibly, anti-abortion will be confirmed by this or any other Senate.
Plessy v. Ferguson has never been overturned, although finding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 constitutional had the effect of making Plessy moot.
The Brown v. Board decision was not based on overturning Plessy, and there were not five votes to do so. It was based on “new findings in psychological research”.
Dred Scott was never overturned, it was corrected (if you want to call it that) by three constitutional amendments.
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