Call John Roberts's Bluff

[Jon8503]

The Nation -- John Roberts, the President's nominee to become the seventeenth Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, says that the 1973 high court ruling that guaranteed a woman's right to choose is "settled as a precedent."
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Roberts told the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination that the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion is "entitled to respect under principles of stare decisis," the legal standard that long-established court rulings should not be casually challenged.

When pressed, Roberts suggested that only in extraordinary circumstances--when the precedent has proved to be "unworkable" or "difficult to apply"--should the Court even consider overturning settled law.

Since the
Roe v. Wade precedent has survived basically intact through three decades of legal and legislative assaults, and since it has not proved to be unworkable or difficult to apply, Roberts has effectively promised the Senate--under oath--that he will not seek as the Chief Justice to outlaw abortion or other reproductive rights.

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[greekspeak]

1. No he hasn't

"When pressed, Roberts suggested that only in extraordinary circumstances--when the precedent has proved to be 'unworkable' or 'difficult to apply'--should the Court even consider overturning settled law."

I will be dollars to donuts that what he would do the day the first case came before him was to say that Roe is "unworkable" or that the precident is now "difficult to apply." And henceforth until it ceases to exist.

[DemonFighterLives]

2. I don't trust him

Someone who can be that evasive under questioning will surely spring to life when installed.
He's a phony and will perform as bad as any of dubby's other appointments.

[abluelady]

3. Maybe Naral or Planned Parenthood

should run with it. Can you just see his picture with that statement plastered all over the tv?