activist judges

[bfdd]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/125379.html

FYI. Roe v. Wade was decided 7-2 by a court that was 6-3, Republican appointees v. Democrat appointees. One of the dissents was a Democrat. That means 5 of the 6 Republican agreed with the decision. This alone exposes the canard that is now the talking point: the next president decides the court. While the statement is prima facie true, its implication, that only Democratic appointees are evil, is false. From Roe v. Wade (a small, but high-profile sample), we see that only 67% of the Democrats are evil (with regard to the sanctity of life), while 84% of the Republicans are. Another reason that voting is useless.

Just thought I'd share this for those who are anti-abortion Republicans or Demos who fear getting "conservative" judges.

 

[techs]

Actually the current group of Republicans on the Supreme Court is maybe the most activist group ever.

 

[Moonbeam]

I want to share with you the fact that today's Republican party is mentally ill. It didn't used to be as sick as it is now.

 

[Screech]

A republican from the 50s-60s-70s-even 80s would be shouted out of the current republican party as a pinko communist, so I'm not sure that the 1973 roe v wade decision is really relevant to draw modern comparisons from/to. That said, what a appointing president thinks a person will rule for and what they end up ruling in favor of can indeed vary, particularly over a great length of time.