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To: SmithPatterson
On "Fox News Sunday," White House political adviser Karl Rove said Mr. Bush would nominate only judges who would "strictly apply the law, strictly interpret the Constitution" from the bench.

We must consider that a justice with the above qualifications, even if he is personally pro-life, may still come down on the pro-chosed side of the issue in his rullings. A non-activist judge who would 'strictly apply the law' also means not actively promoting a pro-life agenda, either. The issue still comes back to the fundamental biological/legal classification of the unborn. One might successfully argue that the unborn are not 'persons' in the legal sense and under the Constitution. Short of an Amendment, I think the most that can be done is to allow abortion to be regulated at the state level.

10 posted on 11/08/2004 9:05:11 AM PST by nosofar
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To: nosofar
You're about right, nosofar. Judicial activism exists only in the minds of the side whose ox is being gored.

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15 posted on 11/09/2004 3:19:27 AM PST by foreverfree
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