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In reply to the discussion: Please answer this question "yes" or "no." [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)69. This is sort of a trick question, I think. I voted 'no' then realized
I actually meant to vote 'yes.' Why 'yes'? Because there is no Federal Constitutional right to an abortion. There is a Federal Constitutional right to privacy, first articulated in Griswold v. New Hampshire (1964), which revolved around access to birth control and became part of the precedent for Roe v. Wade, IIRC.
So if a SC nominee said there were no Constitutional right to abortion, he or she would nominally be correct and so, yes, I could support him or her. Now if said nominee said there were no constitutional right to privacy, why that's a whole different ballgame.
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The civil right of a person to own and posses a firearm for self defense (per Heller) is attacked
kelly1mm
Jun 2012
#43
I voted 'no' but obviously it is not for me to 'tolerate' another country's judges or otherwise
LeftishBrit
Jun 2012
#53
This is sort of a trick question, I think. I voted 'no' then realized
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#69
As you doubtless know, you give too little info for a rational choice to be made
dmallind
Jun 2012
#70
You cannot expect to get the answer you want when you are being so disingenuous. n/t
cynatnite
Jun 2012
#83