'Pro-life' Miers to be unbiased on court: ally

[sabra]

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'Pro-life' Miers to be unbiased on court: ally


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has long opposed abortion but would set aside personal views when deciding legal issues, her close friend who has been a leading advocate for her nomination said on Sunday.

"She is pro-life, and she has been for 25 years," Nathan Hecht, a Texas Supreme Court justice and Miers' longtime friend, said on "Fox News Sunday."

Asked how Miers, with that view, could conceivably vote to uphold the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that affirmed a woman's right to abortion, Hecht said, "legal issues and personal issues are just two different things. Judges do it all the time."

"In fact, a judge is going to take an oath that says I'm going to judge rightly in cases, which means that you have to set aside your personal views in deciding the case," he said.

[LibDemAlways]

1. I have every confidence that she'll set

aside her personal views - in the great tradition of the repuke judges who decided Bush v. Gore. In other words, it'll happen when hell freezes over.

[rpannier]

2. So......what....she's saying is....if I understand her friend....

is that Meirs believes that God thinks abortion is wrong. But....Meirs is willing to ignore the will of the All Mighty One...put her soul in mortal jeopardy, because she's on the Court.
Why don't I believe her friend?
Besides...what does "judge rightly" mean? Isn't that one of those gray areas?