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"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
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It's one of those "balance of power" things that no one else seems to understand...Originally posted by Sava
one of the many problems with the out-dated American democracy...
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How likely do you think it would be for the Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion to be overturned? If so, what would the consequences be politically. How do the numbers of Pro-choice v. Pro-lifers stack up in America?
Unlikely. The court had a chance to do it in 1992, and in fact most of the justices then thought that Roe was a streach, but in Planned Parenthood v. Casey the 3 most moderate justices said it is important that the court sticks to precedent because to reverse Roe would make the court lose public favoribility.
Though most of the court (include some moderate lefties) believed that Roe was decided wrongly.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
the 3 most moderate justices said it is important that the court sticks to precedent because to reverse Roe would make the court lose public favoribility.
That seems like a fairly weak reason to affirm precedent whose legal basis you disagree with.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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Well that's what Scalia said and that is the common critique... but remember that's the basis for the court deciding what it has since the beginning. Remember in Marbury v. Madison there was little proof that the Judiciary Act of 1789 gave the SC original jurisdiction over writs of mandamus, but Marshall said it did, so he could say that Jefferson had to follow his order, which Marshall knew he wouldn't and which would make the court seem weak.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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I don't know that I agree with the contention that overturning Roe would cause the Court to loose public favoribility though.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Look at some of the lefties on this site, DD.
They'd be calling for the abolishment of the Supreme Court after that hypothetical ruling
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Hell, I may be pro-choice, but I still think Roe was decided wrongly.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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When has public ridicule ever stopped the Court from venturing into a public issue before anyway? I can name several cases off the top of my head that caused full scale riots after the opinion was handed down.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Yeah, but most of them were Warren Court decisions, where they didn't give a damn. Public ridicule stopped the court in [i]Marbury[i] and it stops the court all the time. You just don't notice it because the court denies cert (such as the gun control issue).
Planned Parenthood was granted cert because the Court wanted to assert that you could put restrictions on abortion.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Unlikely indeed, before they get to the basic Roe vs Wade, they can spend a decade rolling back the various extensions made to it.Gaius Mucius Scaevola Sinistra
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Although I don't believe in abortion myself, it does seem archaic that a woman should not have control of her own body, that government does. I'm Catholic and abortion is against my religion. Some people may think that belief is archaic also, but I support it.Comment
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Was there ever a time when some politician *wasn't* trying to stack the Supreme Court (or, for that matter, any federal court) with some damn right-wing judges or screwball left-wing judges? Whatever the hell happened to a non-political judiciary?
As for abortion rights, that decision is an intensely *personal* one and should be up to the prospective parents and no one else. They're the ones who will bear the price of whatever decision is made, not some Joe or Jane Public politician.
Gatekeeper"I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire
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Originally posted by Gatekeeper
As for abortion rights, that decision is an intensely *personal* one and should be up to the prospective parents and no one else. They're the ones who will bear the price of whatever decision is made, not some Joe or Jane Public politician.
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"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran SiddiquiComment
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They went the way of the unicorn.Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Whatever the hell happened to a non-political judiciary?I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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So the "balance of power" is just an illusion.Originally posted by DinoDoc
They went the way of the unicorn.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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