Posted on 04/18/2007 7:14:49 AM PDT by Spiff
Edited on 04/18/2007 8:48:59 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.
The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.
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No matter the stakes, I don't think you want to go there.
This wouldn’t have happened under President Giuliani.
Praise Jesus!
This is ONE thread where the Bush bashing will be at a minimum!!
Please. That is not the question. The question is would we rather have Rudy or some RAT as president and the answer is we'd rather have Rudy but I'd rather have a true conservative than Rudy. Let's take this one step at a time.
For the sake of unity, I hope Fred T. gets into the race.
that’s pretty funny. that is exactly was I was going to post. WooHoo!
Excellent!
too good to be true
but it is!
On immigration and free trade GW is dead wrong.
Also, the 14th Amendment says "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Section 5 goes on to say that "Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Furthermore, the interstate commerce clause could be used to regulate the travel of persons from one state to another for the purpose of getting an abortion. In U.S. v. Morrison(a 5-4 decision with Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, O'Connor, and Kennedy in the majority) the Chief said that "Congress is empowered to regulate . . . persons or things in interstate commerce, even though the threat may come only from intrastate activities."
There are clearly Constitutional grounds for Congress to regulate abortion in varying degrees. I am a state rights advocate, but I am not in favor of stripping the federal government of its authority to protect our god given rights (e.g. life, the right to keep and bear arms, the right to freedom of a=expression and association, the free exercise of religion, etc.). I truly hope your question was sincere, and not merely rhetorical. Either way, I always like to brush up on my Constitutional law.
I just heard! EXCELLENT NEWS! This is a major defeat for liberals. Now if we all get together and keep a conservative Republican in the White House, this won’t be for naught.
Dailykos is going nuts!
The carnage in Virginia was his reaction. Blood must be spilled somewhere.
Powerful spiritual forces at work here, folks. Keep praying.
“Dailykos is going nuts!”
So are the Rooty Rooters!
We can be certain it NEVER would not have happened under a Democrat presidency.
Hey that is ok with me and I am poor as a church mouse. Now all we have to do to balance things out is get RID of the illegal aliens! And believe it or not the women I know who had abortions,money was not the problem!
I am praying for retirement THIS YEAR for Stevens (87 is beyond retirement). Perhaps Bush WILL get atleast 1 more pick and the senate is so closely divided that I think he’ll get another one through, perhaps a stealth candidate like John Roberts.
Outstanding!
And the women who did have the abortions,I spoke of,all but one had more than one. And again it had nothing to do with money!
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