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Trump Stumbles Over Abortion Issue
CNN John King Blog ^ | 4/19/2011 | John King

Posted on 04/19/2011 12:46:04 PM PDT by TN4Bush

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To: TN4Bush

BFD


41 posted on 04/19/2011 1:40:31 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Red Steel

‘You do understand in doing so, would be against stare decisis in the Rowe v. Wade 1973 Supreme Court case?’

Stare Decisis is little more than a loin cloth to cover for the poor decisions of the Supreme Court in the past. Particularly Roe VS. Wade which is a particularly poorly thought out decision. The fact is thatthe Supreme c=Court, and NO fFederal Court had any reason to even hear an abortion rights case considering that the Constitution makes no reference to it OR Privacy.

There never any right toprivacy in the constitution. It is inferred, which is the worst sort of law making. The Katz case in the late sixties actualy overturned TWO previous rulings concerning the right to privacy and the expectations of privacy.

If they can over rule one they can over rule others.


42 posted on 04/19/2011 1:47:34 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Jim from C-Town
You are right on...

Stare Decisis is little more than a loin cloth to cover for the poor decisions of the Supreme Court in the past. Particularly Roe VS. Wade which is a particularly poorly thought out decision.

I agree.

The fact is thatthe Supreme c=Court, and NO fFederal Court had any reason to even hear an abortion rights case considering that the Constitution makes no reference to it OR Privacy.

I agree.

There never any right toprivacy in the constitution.

I agree.

It is inferred, which is the worst sort of law making.

I agree.

The Katz case in the late sixties actualy overturned TWO previous rulings concerning the right to privacy and the expectations of privacy.

Thanks for the info on the case. No expectation; I agree.

If they can over rule one they can over rule others.

Yes, I agree.

43 posted on 04/19/2011 1:56:22 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: TN4Bush
When NBC's Savannah Guthrie wondered how that line of legal theory "squares" with his pro-life stance, Trump said, "Well, that's a pretty strange way of getting to pro-life. I mean, it's a very unique way of asking about pro-life. What does that have to do with privacy? How are you equating pro-life with privacy?"

He stumbled, but this was a DAMN good response after that. Intentionally or not, I think he called her out.

44 posted on 04/19/2011 2:05:00 PM PDT by RockinRight (Trump's "fake" conservatism is still better than the "real" conservatism of most of the GOP.)
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To: reasonisfaith

Trump don’t need no steenkin’ teleprompter.

He does, however, need to brush up a bit.


45 posted on 04/19/2011 2:05:46 PM PDT by RockinRight (Trump's "fake" conservatism is still better than the "real" conservatism of most of the GOP.)
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To: TN4Bush

Get with me when Trump tops the AnnointedIdiot’s “above my paygrade” mention concerning abortion.... =.=


46 posted on 04/19/2011 2:24:12 PM PDT by cranked
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Where was CNN asking Mitt Romney why he was attending Planned Parenthood fundraisers in Massachusetts? Or why he included $50 abortions in his health care bill?

Trump has his issues but the liberal media wouldn't be beating him if he wasn't kicking Obama's butt on a daily basis.

47 posted on 04/20/2011 9:26:24 AM PDT by RINOs suck
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To: Red Steel
The stink'n media thinks it's a private right to have abortions.

That was actually the ridiculous argument used by SCOTUS in Roe.

48 posted on 04/20/2011 9:27:43 AM PDT by RINOs suck
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To: Red Steel

The fact, based on the record of Trump’s comments, is that Trump has no consistent beliefs on abortion.


49 posted on 04/22/2011 3:59:58 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Sarah Palin is above taking the fake high road.)
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To: RockinRight

He needs a teleprompter so that he can be fed information on the basic principles of conservative ideology.

Inevitably, if he keeps up with this, Trump will be asked questions that expose his lack of philosophical thinking, and his lack of true commitment to constitutional conservatism.


50 posted on 04/22/2011 4:06:02 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Sarah Palin is above taking the fake high road.)
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You should know that Trump did stumble over the abortion question in this interview, but only from a liberal pro-abortion viewpoint.


51 posted on 04/22/2011 6:26:27 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Are you talking about Trump’s liberal pro-abortion viewpoint from a few years ago, or his liberal pro-abortion viewpoint a few weeks ago as he claimed to be “forming” a different opinion on it for political purposes?


52 posted on 04/22/2011 8:58:52 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Sarah Palin is above taking the fake high road.)
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To: Will88

I believe Trump’s responsive question about equating pro-life with privacy was very well made even to the implication people can have their own beliefs as to SC decisions. The members of the Court are not infallible as to matters of social conscience. Though not yet a diehard Trumpster I give him good ratings as to expression on this issue.


53 posted on 04/22/2011 9:16:27 AM PDT by noinfringers2
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Though not yet a diehard Trumpster I give him good ratings as to expression on this issue.

I believe he didn't know the court's reasoning in Roe Vs. Wade, and that his response was a puzzled and totally honest answer. And, of course it makes no senses to talk about an abortion right being related to a right to privacy. Trump's instinctive reaction was a good one.

54 posted on 04/22/2011 9:36:23 AM PDT by Will88
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He responded, "I guess there is, I guess there is."

The rest of us conservatives guess there's not, Donald. Roe v Wade was perhaps the worst judicial decision of all time.

55 posted on 04/22/2011 9:37:52 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
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