Alito seems like a nice guy. On CNN American Morning they had a liberal friend of his saying that he's a pleasant and thoughtful human being. His friend said that he thought he should be on the court, but he expressed reservations about his conservatism. We can always hope that his strong conservatism will not express itself on the court, but that seems pointless.
Before his nomination, the SCOTUS blog thought he would be picked and posted an analysis on his past decision history which is illuminating.
Some think that we should just accept this nomination, but as a pro-choice female, I sincerely hope that the liberal politicians will put up a fight. Then when we have to kiss our abortion rights goodbye, at least we'll look back and recall that we fought for them. *sigh*
...oh, thank goodness! It will be the state's issue! Well, since we all live in Texas, I'm sure there'll be no problem passing a law to keep abortion legal...
Do you really think white guys will have the balls to outlaw abortion? Not the educated ones. No, there will be rights but potentially limited in different ways, for example, partial birth abortions etc. When and if the Supreme Court steps out there, then Congress and the President come into play. Perhaps that is when the Rove revolution, based on gay bashing and fear of foreigners, will end.
As my mother says....show me a Baptist with a pregnant 15 year old... and I will show you someone who is pro-choice. I would think that the same could be said of single men everywhere...
I would tend to agree with you, except for one salient fact. It WAS illegal up until the Roe v. Wade decision in most states. It wasn't that long ago, and white guys were in charge. If Roe is overturned, abortion will be illegal in Texas and no telling how many other states. Kiss your choice goodbye.
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I guess I just don't understand where the thought that without Roe.Wade, there can be no abortion. Strike down RvW and it will then go back to the states so that state's voters can decide the issue. Then, abortion will be like in England, not so divisive since the people will have decided the issue, not the self-appointed guardians in robes.