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To: neverdem
And he obviously disagrees with Roe v. Wade, having voted to uphold the one provision of the Pennsylvania abortion statute that the Supreme Court struck down in the Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision of 1992.

That is not necessarily an accurate assumption. Had Alito seen constitutional grounds against Roe, he probably would have said so when he upheld partial birth abortion. He differs with others mentioned for the SCOTUS short list, such as Edith Jones and Emilio Garza, who had (reluctantly) upheld abortion precedent while specifying disagreement with Roe.

Alito's judicial philosophy seems to be to fall in line with precedent. Where that will lead on the SCOTUS is anyone's guess.

11 posted on 10/31/2005 3:48:55 PM PST by Gelato
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To: Gelato
"Had Alito seen constitutional grounds against Roe, he probably would have said so when he upheld partial birth abortion."

That's a lot of reading. Can you paste in the relevant parts?

15 posted on 10/31/2005 3:53:30 PM PST by Batrachian
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