Roberts on Roe

[Jersey Devil]

Roberts Wrote that Roe v Wade Was "Wrongly Decided and Should be Overturned."

In 1990 while serving as the Deputy Solicitor General, Roberts coauthored a brief in the case of Rust v. Sullivan, "we continue to believe that Roe was wrongly decided and should be overruled . . . The Court's conclusion in Roe that there is a fundamental right to an abortion . . . finds no support in the text, structure, or history of the Constitution." Brief for the Respondent, Rust v. Sullivan, 1989 U.S. Briefs 1391 (1990).

Roberts Wrote Amicus Brief in Support of Radical Anti-Choice Group.

While serving as Deputy Solicitor General, Roberts authored an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court in the case of Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic. Roberts filed the brief in support of the radical anti-choice group, Operation Rescue that had blocked access to woman's health care clinics. Roberts wrote that the protestors had not amounted to the discrimination of women "even though only women can have abortions."

http://www.americablog.org/

[still_one]

1. maybe we can casterate the bastard

so he won't be part of the problem

[Fiona]

2. He was working for the Solicitor-General's office when he wrote

that. During his appellate confirmation hearing, he stated that Roe was decided law, and that it shouldn't be overturned. It's not clear cut one way or the other.

[Jersey Devil]

3. Yes, and he clerked for Rehnquist - that should tell you something

Yes, Roe was decided law for an appellate judge who has to follow Supreme Court precedents. But that is not true for a Supreme Court Justice who MAKES the precedents.