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To: lepton
Since it has been decided at the SCOTUS level, that abortion is legal, ruling it illegal is not an option for him.

The Supreme Court's decision was an unconstitutional one that a conscientious jurist need not apply strictly, as exemplified by the "no" votes in the Texas case. The conflicts that result between lower courts concerning various abortion restrictions passed by legislatures also serve to prove that judges regularly apply Roe V Wade and Casey in very different ways. Scalia has mentioned this phenomenon is his abortion dissents. So, Gonzales is obviously pro-abortion. The only question is, are conservatives going to roll over once more while a Souter clone in a sombrero is put on the Supreme Court -- right when we are within a vote or two from finishing Roe.

32 posted on 03/18/2002 9:37:54 AM PST by helmsman
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To: helmsman
WADR, do you know what the cases referred to are about?
35 posted on 03/18/2002 9:57:00 AM PST by lepton
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