Roe v. Wade: Right wing myth shot to hell!

[Tennessee Gal]

RIGHT WING TALKING POINT ON ABORTION: Millions are dying because of the agenda that your party (Democrat) has pushed for years.


WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!


The Supreme Court, prior to the death of Rhenquist, was comprised of 7 justices appointed by Republicans (Nixon 1, Ford 1, Reagan 3, Bush I 2) and 2 justices appointed by a Democrat (Clinton).

Since 1955 there have been 21 judicial appointments to the Supreme Court. Republican presidents appointed 15 justices (Eisenhower 4, Nixon 4, Ford 1, Reagan 3, Bush 2, and Bush 1). Democratic presidents appointed 6 justices (Kennedy 2, Johnson 2, and Clinton 2).

The Supreme Court at the time of the Roe v. Wade decision was comprised of 6 justices nominated by Republican presidents (Eisenhower 2 and Nixon 4) and 3 justices nominated by Democratic presidents (Roosevelt 1, Kennedy 1, and Johnson 1).

The Roe v. Wade decision and the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade has always been controlled by justices nominated by Republican presidents because they were in the majority on the court.

If the Democratic Party has pushed an agenda in opposition to the Republican Party regarding Roe v. Wade, they have certainly been quite unsuccessful!

Those are the facts, plain and simple.

Those who want to blame the Democratic Party or activist Democratic judges for legalizing abortion or for not overturning the legalization of abortion could not be more wrong!

Republicans, if you don't like Roe v. Wade and are upset that it has not been overturned, you have no one to blame but your own Party!

[achtung_circus]

1. One thing I don't understand.

I'm Canadian, so I don't know the intricacies of US law, but if the matter has been settled by the Supreme Court, how would the issue get to the Supreme Court again.

Any lower court would interpret matters in light of settled law, that is, in light of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision.

What grounds would there be for appeal to the Supreme Court?

[dsc]

2. A state passing a law that bans abortion

then the state gets sued and appeals. Eventually it gets back to the SC if the SC wants it to.

[NYC Liberal]

4. Yep..I just wonder which state will do it so they can get it to SCOTUS

[dsc]

7. There are some slam dunks out there

such as Utah and Mississippi.

[Tennessee Gal]

3. Maybe there is an attorney around

who can answer that. It is a great question!

[Raiden]

5. The same way the Supreme Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

Which was the case which basically allowed segregation with Brown v. The Board of Education, which desegregated public schools.

[serryjw]

6. Nothing in American is EVER

settled. As for ROE they have chipped away at it on late term abortion, parental notification and a few others. Many believe that ROE was decided on bad law.I disagree