Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Originally posted by: Dari
Palin supports Roe v. Wade without realizing it.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/
In the same interview, she talks about supporting states' rights but calls herself a Federalist?
. This bitch is stupid and confused.
I hate to defend Palin, but that's what Federalism is.
Yep.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_federalism
EDIT: Some other people got in before me, but from my reading of it, Federalism is much more than either "the federal government has more power" or "the states have more power." Federalism is more about strictly separating the roles of the federal and state governments, giving states specific freedoms to set much of their own policies.
Really, her answer to the Roe v. Wade thing makes sense. She, like other Republicans, knows that Roe v. Wade isn't going to be overturned by the SCOTUS, so she promotes the gradual passage of more restrictions on abortion at the state level. Same goes for a whole lot of other controversial measures that might be popular in certain states but can't gain national traction (such as an explicit ban on gay marriage).
The other thing is that she was asked if there were any rulings she disagreed with, and if she could name any. I could see this being tough if you haven't studied it a bit. I can't think of a ruling that I strongly disagree with right off the top of my head. There was the one that Brown v. Board of Education overturned, Plessy v. Ferguson, but I had to look that one up. And, of course, it's not a current ruling.
Can you think of a recent SCOTUS ruling that most Republicans would disagree with? DC v. Heller was a win for them (even Obama said he supported the ruling). I guess giving habeas rights to Guantanamo detainees would be a loss for them, but it would look pretty bad for her to come out and say she disagrees with that because it's a major Bush issue in an election where they want to get away from Bush.
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